Still he needs to be on an appropriate protocol given his low SHBG. I agree though problem stem from ASS and ED is probably going to take a long time to heal.
There is no reason to believe that SHBG has anything to do with what he needs for his protocol. Your experience is hardly applicable in a broader sense, you’re too damn complicated, medically speaking.
It sucks man… there are so many different opinions… it’s hard to know which one to follow. Every time I research there’s something different.
That’s because no one really knows the answer. It comes back when it comes back, I honestly doubt anything that anyone does to speed it up makes much difference.
I’m going to the trt doc tomorrow and I’m going to tell him That I still have the same issues. If nothing gets fixed, I guess I’ll continue researching there’s nothing else to it.
You have to go based off other low SHBG men, you start to see a pattern of low SHBG guys doing well on daily protocols. Type low SHBG and TRT in the search bar, you’ll see.
You also need to realize 1 month into TRT is very early in the process and your levels are not even stable until 6 weeks, you need patience but most of all you need a better protocol, whoever prescribe you this protocol is stupid and doesn’t have any really understanding what the hell they’re doing.
I bet they prescribe the same protocol to everyone expecting it to work on everyone, but in reality they will learn it’s not that easy. They will start to notice it only works for a percentage of men.
You’re not going to get anywhere because they don’t have the knowledge, they will not have the answers you seek.
Thanks for the advice. When injecting more often what mg do you require I take a week? I’m already injecting twice a week, do I inject EOD? Or daily and if so how much? Also all these guys are telling me to cut the AI and HCG. What do you recommend?
If you start injecting more frequently, your levels won’t decline as much between injections, so lower the dosage 10-15 percent is a good rule, but no one could have predicted I would need 49mg weekly on a daily protocol when 80 mg weekly on an EOD protocol got about the same numbers. That’s a 31mg difference between the two protocols.
Your problem is your dosage was insane from the beginning and were way off target, so 15mg daily (105 weekly) is a good starting place. This protocol suggestion keeps you right around 100mg weekly, I don’t expect you to have similar results to myself because I’m a unicorn.
Remove the HCG and AI from the protocol, dial-in on TRT in isolation, so much easier. I won’t lie, you probably won’t hit your mark on the first try, you will probably need a couple of adjustments before you strike gold.
My first daily protocol was 10mg, this was way too fu***** much, then I dropped it down to 8mg, still a little too much and finely 7mg was perfection. As you can see for me at least a single digit increase or reduction had big consequences.
Ok! One more question do you use a regular syringe or needle? Or do you use an insulin needle? If you do you use an insulin needle do you inject intramuscular or belly?
You need 1ml 27-29 easy touch syringes (not the .5ml syringes) because there is no dead space between the needle and barrel, otherwise you will run out of medicine long before your next scheduled refill. The 27 gauges load easier, but the 29 gauge hurt less, the 29 gauge takes 30 seconds to load, quicker to inject.
You can get these syringes online, sometime Amazon has them. The 1ml syringes can be dosed 1mg increments, the .5 ml syringes can only been done on plus or minus 2mg increments and you want to be able to dose at 1mg increments.
Ok and intramuscular correct?
I hit muscle every time with 1/2" long needles when I inject in the shoulders and quads, so IM.
I’m 31% body fat and have no problems hitting muscle.
Perfect man, I know that I sound like a damn noob bro. But down the road on this protocol, I assume my estrogen will probably spike up a bit. Do you do anything to bring that down? Or do you just strictly do the testosterone with nothing else?
Unless you are obese a reasonable testosterone dosage will not cause high e2. After 6-8 weeks your e2 will stabilize to a nice level most of the time.
Ai can certainly be contributing to your ED.
Take Cialis or Viagra until you figure this out.
I take daily Cialis but am 42. I don’t worry about my erections anymore. I can get an erection when I want even if I just want to jerk
Not being able to perform is very depressing. Trust me I know.
Alright but before my protocol, I got labs done and my E2 was high and shbg was really low as well. I was experiencing ED before my protocol and just cruising on low test. That’s why I’m confused… I thought incorporating that AI would help but it didn’t… I’m going to give the more frequent shots a try.
It is imperative that you only change one variable at a time. Start with one drug at one dose at one frequency. wait 8 weeks, then get bloods done and adjust. Wait another 8 weeks and adjust again. It’s a time consuming journey, but it’s the fastest way to get results. Keep a diary of what your symptoms are and how you feel on each protocol.
You’ve been on testosterone for 3 months. Go to your email and click search, under advanced search click “only with attachments” and click enter. When the results come up you know it has be within the last 3 months so it’s not going to take long to find.
I did that and for some reason the email that contained the attachment isn’t clickable…
My E2 was above lab range pre-trt. It has nothing to do with shit once you’re on TRT. When you raise testosterone you raise estrogen. That’s how it works and how it’s supposed to work. Above range T likely means above range E on TRT. The ratio is important. You’re better off going with T only (no AI) and giving it enough time to work. Libido can take 6 months to be consistent. Estrogen doesn’t not mean no libido.
Except low E2 can kill things, and he’s taking 2 mg of anastrozole a week for that 250 mg of test.