Here are my results after 10 weeks doing 100mg total a week of test e divided into 2 shots so every 3.5 days.
I feel a little better than pre t but not dialed in, some things to consider that could be affecting this are, lack of sleep (new born) smoking weed everyday and minimum 4 coffees a day.
The blood was taken 8 hours before next injection. Test is looking good, estrogen is good to. My concerns are low transferritin as this is the norm in my tests over the last 2 years and vit b12. Is there anything else to worry about.
Up that dose. 100mg is really low. 150mg is where I’d go next if I were you. I’ve never seen HCT actually DECREASE on TRT so that’s interesting. What did your doc say about the iron? Did you have iron issues pre-trt?
Hct is a weird one, but a massive positive, possibly could of hit 4 instead of 5 would be my luck.
What is your reasoning for a dose increase?
I get bloods before consult so i can be up to speed with what’s going on as it’s 180aud for 10 minutes. So I’m tryi g to get to the bottom of the low transferritin.
Because you’re likely to feel better and it won’t take your HCT to levels that the doc will bitch about. The majority of folks on 100mg have very low SHBG. Yours is 3x higher than theirs.
You’re not going to see maximum benefits from TRT in 10 weeks, so when you say you’re not dial, you may in fact be dialed in, you just need to give it more time.
4+ cups of coffee a day will wreck you. I quit caffeine completely 2 years ago and never looked back. Your energy levels on that much caffeine are going to be unstable, and you’ll likely be dehydrated all the time. Even if you can sleep well, caffeine suppresses deep sleep, the kind of sleep that makes you refreshed in the morning. Deep sleep is also when your pituitary gland secretes hormones. My advice would be to cut back significantly, if not completely. It’s hard to measure how you are feeling when you have that significant road block in the way.
I know where you are coming from, honestly I’m content with the levels and wouldn’t mind running 100mg a week for a little while and see the benifits of being consistent over time
I got some sublingual b12 over the weekend as I have read else where of your recommendations. With my levels being low would I be better doing 2000mcg a day?
This very individual. I can drink 12 cups and get a good nights sleep, and conversely I can drink none for days and feel no difference at all. If someone is affected that much, they should avoid it, but I wouldn’t go with any blanket statements on caffeine.
That was not a blanket statement. This has been studied extensively. Caffeine affects sleep quality, whether you think you feel it or not, it does. There are countless studies on the subject.
Here are just a few I found in 3 minutes of searching.
By what metric though? Are you saying CPAP isn’t effectively treating your sleep apnea? Because if it does improve your sleep apnea, then your sleep is obviously improved, even if you don’t feel like it is.
The only metric that matters is how you feel when it comes to sleep. The only perceived benefit is not snoring, so my wife sleeps better. The data says my sleep couldn’t be better. The fact that I never wake up rested when using the thing tells a different story, I periodically need a break from it to get some decent recuperative sleep. A blanket statement is still blanket, even if the studies say it can be a big blanket. I’m not criticizing you, you have posted some interesting stuff, just caffeine doesn’t do that to everyone. Stimulants lower my blood pressure and heart rate, not that that makes any sense if you only look at studies,
I am on a CPAP as well, and don’t feel any different on it or off of it, but with less apnea’s and hypopneas, I know my health is better in the long run. Same goes with caffeine, studies show it reduces deep sleep, whether that makes you feel different or not, the fact is, in a large enough quantity it reduces sleep quality, and maybe for you it is not noticeable at all. I guess it’s possible it doesn’t affect your sleep at all, but that would put you in a minority for sure. And there is no way for you to tell for sure unless you are part of a case study.
I am definitely an abnormality in this regard, but I am unlikely to be entirely unique. Some guys come on here and don’t know enough to supply their own qualifiers, that’s all.
