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Switched to a daily protocol, experiencing joint pain and random aches now. Is this temporary?
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<blockquote data-quote="chasedat" data-source="post: 59172" data-attributes="member: 13875"><p>Interesting, so in your particular case, the theory of "less is more" on a daily injection protocol didn't work out that way for you? I considered 25mg daily as opposed to 22mg. This way my weekly cumulative would be the near the same as my e3.5d protocol. Landing me at 175 a week on daily as opposed to the 180 a week on e3.5d. The fact that my estrogen was kind of high, (granted not sensitive testing) and my mood slightly reflected high estrogen symptoms, I did not want to risk a daily protocol nearing the same weekly cumulative when it has been said daily protocol could raise T numbers (and in turn raising estrogen as well) and potentially cause additional high estrogen problems.</p><p></p><p>So, after talking with some folks who have had success with 20mg daily, and taking into consideration how I felt at a weekly cumulative of 180, as well as taking into consideration the potential of "less being more" on a daily protocol, I felt like 22mg daily would be a safe happy medium to try out. Admittedly, these random pains I'm having are making me a touch nervous. So I'm hoping it's just a period of adjustment. All in all, it's only a drop of 26mg in the weekly cumulative though. So I'm probably worrying for nothing <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes that was trough. and my CBC has always been good. Hematocrit was at 47, and hemoglobin at 16g/dL</p><p>And yep the T level was pretty high. I think I'll benefit from a little bit lower. Hoping my most recent protocol is the key. The high estrogen that came along with the high T level was effecting my mood negatively a bit. Nothing too bad, but definitely apparent. . No physical symptoms. Even the back acne I had subsided as time went on at the high levels. Actually has come back on my new protocol. So must just be general hormone fluctuations causing it. </p><p></p><p>I'm glad to hear that your symptoms eventually settled around 6 weeks. Gives me hope that I didn't necessarily make a mistake by starting this protocol. I also believed these symptoms could be simply from my body adjusting. Everybody attributes (understandably) my symptoms to an estrogen crash. But I'm not taking any estrogen blockers. So it must just be my estrogen fluctuating in general. </p><p></p><p>Frustrating right now! I was going to the gym pretty frequently before this, now it's uncomfortable to walk much less work out. But I'll look forward to it potentially subsiding in the coming weeks <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chasedat, post: 59172, member: 13875"] Interesting, so in your particular case, the theory of "less is more" on a daily injection protocol didn't work out that way for you? I considered 25mg daily as opposed to 22mg. This way my weekly cumulative would be the near the same as my e3.5d protocol. Landing me at 175 a week on daily as opposed to the 180 a week on e3.5d. The fact that my estrogen was kind of high, (granted not sensitive testing) and my mood slightly reflected high estrogen symptoms, I did not want to risk a daily protocol nearing the same weekly cumulative when it has been said daily protocol could raise T numbers (and in turn raising estrogen as well) and potentially cause additional high estrogen problems. So, after talking with some folks who have had success with 20mg daily, and taking into consideration how I felt at a weekly cumulative of 180, as well as taking into consideration the potential of "less being more" on a daily protocol, I felt like 22mg daily would be a safe happy medium to try out. Admittedly, these random pains I'm having are making me a touch nervous. So I'm hoping it's just a period of adjustment. All in all, it's only a drop of 26mg in the weekly cumulative though. So I'm probably worrying for nothing :D. Yes that was trough. and my CBC has always been good. Hematocrit was at 47, and hemoglobin at 16g/dL And yep the T level was pretty high. I think I'll benefit from a little bit lower. Hoping my most recent protocol is the key. The high estrogen that came along with the high T level was effecting my mood negatively a bit. Nothing too bad, but definitely apparent. . No physical symptoms. Even the back acne I had subsided as time went on at the high levels. Actually has come back on my new protocol. So must just be general hormone fluctuations causing it. I'm glad to hear that your symptoms eventually settled around 6 weeks. Gives me hope that I didn't necessarily make a mistake by starting this protocol. I also believed these symptoms could be simply from my body adjusting. Everybody attributes (understandably) my symptoms to an estrogen crash. But I'm not taking any estrogen blockers. So it must just be my estrogen fluctuating in general. Frustrating right now! I was going to the gym pretty frequently before this, now it's uncomfortable to walk much less work out. But I'll look forward to it potentially subsiding in the coming weeks :) [/QUOTE]
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