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<blockquote data-quote="MarkM" data-source="post: 115795"><p>Stopping test cold turkey after years of being on it is not a good idea. Very bad advice from your doctor. It sounds like you have not been consistent in your protocol over the 5 years you have been on testosterone. Changing injections schedule and doses on a regular basis does not normally provide positive results and keeps the body in a state of change. You may not be giving you body a chance to normalize. </p><p></p><p>Your dose is likely too high and that is why you don't feel good until until 6 to 7 days after the injection. The testosterone will peak between 36 to 48 hrs after injection. Yours must be peaking so high that it is taking 6 days to come down to get to a level that you feel good at. Do you know what your SHBG is? That will determine what injection protocol you need to be on. </p><p></p><p>Is the estradiol number you are posting from the Estradiol Sensitive test or the Estradiol Roche ECLIA test? THe Roche ECLIA test is for women. You need the Estradiol Sensitive test, LC/MS/MS assay. Either way, that figure for estradiol is very low and can have some terrible symptoms. </p><p></p><p>You have a very high Free T to Total T ratio. Most people have a Free T percentage of 2 - 3% of Total T but your numbers indicate Free T of 70.9 against Total T of 415. That is a Free T percentage of over 17% which just doesn't sound right. Are you sure of that figure?</p><p></p><p>If your Free T is that high you could have very high DHT which will give you oily skin and acne. </p><p></p><p>All of this is purely guess work because there are no labs posted to give more accurate and solid information. You need to have the Estradiol Sensitive test run and you need to know what your SHBG is in order to get dialed in. </p><p></p><p>How is your thyroid? Have you run a full thyroid panel; TSH, Free T3, Free T4, Reverse T3, and both thyroid antibodies (ATA and TPO)? </p><p></p><p>Are you in for a world of hurt with going cold turkey? I think you are going to have some bad days heading your way and wish you had not gone cold turkey. You will probably get back on TRT and hopefully a better more consistent protocol once you get dialed in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MarkM, post: 115795"] Stopping test cold turkey after years of being on it is not a good idea. Very bad advice from your doctor. It sounds like you have not been consistent in your protocol over the 5 years you have been on testosterone. Changing injections schedule and doses on a regular basis does not normally provide positive results and keeps the body in a state of change. You may not be giving you body a chance to normalize. Your dose is likely too high and that is why you don't feel good until until 6 to 7 days after the injection. The testosterone will peak between 36 to 48 hrs after injection. Yours must be peaking so high that it is taking 6 days to come down to get to a level that you feel good at. Do you know what your SHBG is? That will determine what injection protocol you need to be on. Is the estradiol number you are posting from the Estradiol Sensitive test or the Estradiol Roche ECLIA test? THe Roche ECLIA test is for women. You need the Estradiol Sensitive test, LC/MS/MS assay. Either way, that figure for estradiol is very low and can have some terrible symptoms. You have a very high Free T to Total T ratio. Most people have a Free T percentage of 2 - 3% of Total T but your numbers indicate Free T of 70.9 against Total T of 415. That is a Free T percentage of over 17% which just doesn't sound right. Are you sure of that figure? If your Free T is that high you could have very high DHT which will give you oily skin and acne. All of this is purely guess work because there are no labs posted to give more accurate and solid information. You need to have the Estradiol Sensitive test run and you need to know what your SHBG is in order to get dialed in. How is your thyroid? Have you run a full thyroid panel; TSH, Free T3, Free T4, Reverse T3, and both thyroid antibodies (ATA and TPO)? Are you in for a world of hurt with going cold turkey? I think you are going to have some bad days heading your way and wish you had not gone cold turkey. You will probably get back on TRT and hopefully a better more consistent protocol once you get dialed in. [/QUOTE]
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