60 yo male, started taking Test Enanthate (read it had fewer side effects) about 6 months ago. Nothing short of life changing for me so I'd venture a guess those without the results they're looking for may have other root causes to their problems. I put off trying it until I had exhausted all other options because all they hype seemed too good to be true so was a bit wary.
Sex drive wasn't an issue for me but it's dialed mine back to 2 decades ago, initially I'd say 3 decades but stabilized to about what my late 30's were like. I have dropped some bodyfat % and about 20 pounds but but not as much as I'd like.
Side effects are nominal other than packing on weight when I have protein in my diet. Since I don't hit the weights a lot that makes no sense to me. So I live on almost all fruits and vegetables with some butter on the veggies, that's it. Cheat day 1 or 2 times a month with 90% lean buffalo, then back to the veggies. I add any lean chicken or beef into my daily diet and I'm packing on 1 pound a day, every day.
Mood, mental clarity, endurance, mental focus, visual focus, feels good to flex my muscles, just standing up and stretching feels amazing. All improved 100% to 500% and stable, initially it felt like 1000% but dialed back after the first 2 weeks. Initially it felt like "this can't be legal", felt so good.
The one thing I did not expect as a side but it's smoothing out now. Sleep patterns. I normally have a great nights sleep when I have at least 60 mins of deep and 120 mins of REM, have monitored with a fitbit for 10 years. Since I started TRT I "thought" it was making me sleep better since I'd want to stay asleep longer, but what was actually happening was that I was only getting 30 mins or less of deep and 60 mins or less of REM, the rest was all light. I felt sleepy because I wasn't getting the quality of sleep I needed. Positive it is TRT induced.
