I know I may sound not sufficiently educated about TRT but if I were you I would just not even do anything related to TRT at this stage. Absolutely nothing.
Did you already give your body a rest, like 1-2 years ? You should focus on starting a program to re-start your testicular function with proper medical guidance. Don´t overthink or expect very quick results. You´ll get there.
In my opinion, unless you always had severe testosterone deficiency, you shouldn´t be doing it. Best of luck to you !!
Appreciate the input. I’ve been told that a lot. I’ve decided that, unless I’m faced with health concerns regarding being on TRT, I will remain on. Regardless of whether I was low T prior or not, it has improved my quality of life.
Maybe this counts as drug “abuse”, as I’m aware I could likely come off and restart production and forget about injections. But, my blood indicators look good, I feel good, I plan on cycling in the future (not any time soon), I don’t mind injections, and I simply don’t want to come off. Partly because I don’t want to endure what I’d expect to be a long PCT, partly because I feel like staying on justifies the year or so that I suffered from ED and other symptoms while dialing in.
I would greatly appreciate some input on this panel. I just moved out to the desert, so it could be my body getting adjusted to the dryness, but I’ve gotten two, gushing bloody noses in the past days. I have also noticed some increased aggression and heart burn (not extreme, just mildly after eating certain foods).
I am still running Masteron along my TRT and believe that the excess free testosterone may be driving my RBC through the roof. It’s my understanding that High blood pressure could cause this aggression, bloody noses, and heart burn.
I chose a larger panel besides just testing my CBC because I’d like to checkup on my kidney function due to the amount I inject and to get a better view of my T/E levels on these doses. I feel good on these doses, however, I want to ensure that they are sustainable.
Yes, I understand your position and after all, it´s your choice to feel good and have good life quality,
Still, 1-2 years to re-start could be worth it in the long run, considering you´re still very young. Your body will need that time to re-start and I´m very confident it would ! My honest advice is to give it a try before totally giving up ! That´s what I would do.
Lots of things cause those issues, honestly. What’s your blood pressure running? You can also develop food allergies as you age, and they are not fun. I get aggression and bloody nose from ginger and turmeric. Like pull somebody out of their car and pound them for “Looking at me funny” aggression. That started in my late twenties.
I completely understand your position. To be completely honest, a partial reason why I’d lean towards staying on is, despite my previous experiences, I do believe I will cycle steroids again in my life. Of course this will be done years down the road and under close supervision. But lifting is among three hobbies of mine that I’m extremely passionate about. I hope to compete one day, nothing crazy that would require me to juice up right now, but just something that I want to do to say I did it.
Anyway, in that case, I’d most likely end up back on TRT in 10-20 years, blasting/cruising would be much safer than cycling in the meantime. Again, I do not plan to abuse PEDs for quite some time.
It could be that, but I recently got blood work done and I felt better after. Was a big panel, but I’m not sure if 6-7 test vials would be enough to affect BP. If I get the rage again I’ll try to be conscious of what I ate earlier.