Ok Im on day 6 now protocol change, test E 10mg every day. Right now I have zero erection ability, none.
Changed from 80mg e3d and I have low libido and shitty erection quality on that too. How long will this take? My penis do not work at all now.
Its hard to say for sure. Everyone is different. That dosage sounds super low though. Iām on 160mg split into daily doses. I started to feel better and more stable immediately when I made the switch to daily dosing. But as far as erections are concerned, I think week 2 on daily dosing I noticed the difference. I also had a hard time keeping it up on once and twice a week dosing. That all changed with the switch. Iām no doctor, but Id imagine that dose is going to need to come up to resolve your symptoms.
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Test E got me lower levels versus Test C, when I went from 7mg Test E to 7mg Test C, what a difference!
Thanks for all your help, maybe Ill just increase the dosage to maybe 20mg a day then.
I dont wanna whine like a woman, but I feel so fucking miserable over my situation. Ive been on testosterone for more than two years now, Ive done cycles aswell, my erections were good before TRT, despite my testosterone being so low, but I had all the other symptoms.
On testosterone, Im stronger, more mentally alert etc, but my libido is so weird. The erections are weak, libido is hit and miss, morning wood is hit and miss.
What the fuck is wrong with me, why does testosterone do this to me? Two years now and numerous failed sexual encounters cause of this.
Guess Ill try 20mg every day then and see what happends, I just want my dick to be diamond hard again, like it used to be just a few years ago.
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Youāre going to have to deal with it, we all have to deal with feeling low for a couple of weeks after dosage change, but if you keep changing things up not giving it enough time, youāll be one of those guys you always see on forum boards struggling all the time.
I see a lot of guys going onto TRT and expecting it to fix all your problems, some guys just have erectile dysfunction and is not related to hormones. It can be physiological or something wrong with the structure of the penis.
You could have a thyroid problem, in this case TRT isnāt going to fix it.
No my erections were fine before I started injecting testosterone.
Should I be doing my daily injections Subq or IM?
Most people doing daily are going w SubQ
I felt terrible on SQ.
I never got anything out of it either personally. Felt better on IM.
I went through this too. It can get quite depressing. Hang in there. Itās ok to use cialis/viagra while u figure this out. Not being able to get hard is depressing.
The biggest problem is patience when starting a protocol. As long as you are on a reasonable dosage you need to stay on it for at least 6 weeks. Body needs to adjust to your dosage and frequency.
Btw I am an advocate of starting with no more than 100 MG a week. Itās easier to go up gradually.
Yeah man, thanks. The problem is I have low shbg, so I think its recommended I inject ED or EOD, so currently Im doing ED injections of 15mg test E a day, Im only on day 7 so Im probably very low T atm and yeah, I can feel it, feels shit.
Email me Iāll introduce you to a group and youāll find some studies and get some answers.
Your free t is not whatās going to increase libido. Itās estrogen and DHT . Also your mind to penis connection.
Your dose is very low. Low shbg is a shitty way to start a protocol. Basic advice start at 150 or 200 and once it starts working slowly lower the dose until you find the minimum dose needed.
If everything else is health this will work.
Or go add HCG to the mix and stay at 15mg per day. Hcg worked for me and Iāll try to explain in a bit when I get more time.
Charlie this guy is a perfect reason why we donāt start seriously low. When I saw my doc he wanted it to work for me ASAP. He felt my pain and realized I had spent years feeling horrible. So he jsut put me on a good dose and since then weāve slowly managed and tweaked as needed. There is no point in paying for 200mg per week if all I need is 150 or 180.
The problem is waiting 6 weeks at a time for resolution. So thatās why we should always start at 150 or 200. As long as they do daily and are not worried about estrogen it works for majority of men.
So now that you have change the dosage from 10mg daily to 15mg daily, you have reset everything and now must wait 6 weeks because you changed the dosage.
Going from 10ā>15mg daily probably was the right move, everytime you change the dosage, 40 days until levels are stable.
I differ with this. Just look at all the medications (blood pressure, statins,etc) including hormones like thyroid hormones you just donāt start high and go low. You start low and see if u need more.
This is TRT not a steroid cycle.
And 100mg a week is not seriously low. Some would argue to start at 80 mg.
Hormones I believe even more important to not start high. You work yourself up if needed.
These hormones affect your entire endocrine system and more.
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For the guys using insulin syringesā¦ are yāall back filling or drawing with the same 27g needle you pin with?
Yes. I do that with a 30g Takes a few minutes.
Insulin syringes do not have a removable needle, I donāt backfill.
Back filling. Was filling from vial but got sick of it.