Hello everyone! Hope that all of you are having a good time. It would be so helpful for me if someone share his expertise regarding a healthy trt protocol.
I am 34 and my pre trt reports are as follows.
1. Total Testosterone 299 ngdl.
2.Free Testosterone 17.5
Currently,as trt, I am using testoviron depot 250mg weekly. I split the ampule into two dosages 125mg every 3.5 days. Its good but on 4th day I feel a little bit sluggish. My concern is that by increasing the dose to 150 mg only once a week wo
Currently,as trt, I am using testoviron depot 250mg weekly. I split the ampule into two dosages 125mg every 3.5 days. Its good but on 4th day I feel a little bit sluggish. My concern is that by increasing the dose to 150 mg only once a week wo
250 mg T/week is way too high a dose!
This is well beyond the high-end therapeutic dose 200 mg/week which the majority of men would never even need.
Complete overkill here.
Your trough FT will be absurdly high.
The standard starting dose across the board by those in the know is 100 mg T/week or 50 mg T twice-weekly (every 3.5 days).
Most men are injecting 100-200 mg T/week whether once weekly or split into more frequent injections.
The majority of men can easily hit a healthy/high trough FT injecting 100-150 mg T/week especially when split into more frequent injections.
Yes there will be those outliers/strays who may need the higher-end dose 200 mg T/week but its far from common as in rare!
Some men can achieve stellar levels injecting <100 mg T/week especially when split into more frequent injections.
How many weeks have you been on your protocol and did you have labs done once you reached steady-state (6 weeks) after starting .
Labs need to be done at the true trough (lowest point) before your next injection so you can see where said protocol (dose T/injection frequency) has your trough TT and more importantly FT, estradiol and SHBG.
Do you have any labs to post?
You can easily get away with injecting 100 mg T/week but keep in mind when injecting once weekly there will be a big difference between the peak--->trough and blood levels will not be as stable throughout the week.
Splitting the weekly dose and injecting more frequently will clip the peak--->trough and blood levels will be more stable throughout the week.
Seeing as you are using Testoviron and the carrier is castor oil you can easily get away with injecting once weekly and your peak-->trough would most likely be smoother and levels will be more stable throughout the week.
If anything the sensible move here would be 100 mg/week then retest in 6 weeks to see where your trough TT and more importantly FT, estradiol and SHBG sit.
If you are not hitting a healthy trough FT (highly doubtful) in most cases then you can bump your dose up 20-25 mg/week.
Always best to start low and go slow so you can see how your body reacts to testosterone and where said protocol (dose T/injection frequency) has your trough TT, FT, estradiol and SHBG,
Much easier going up then having to come down.
There will always be time to increase the dose if need be!
