Changing TRT Protocol

Pharma TRT
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2 Weeks ago I began TRT with 200mg of Test Cyp per week. However, I was getting pretty symptomatic of estrogen conversion (water weight, moodiness, joint pain, low energy). These were symptoms before TRT but the dosage seemed to make them worse.

Tomorrow is the day of the week I’m supposed to inject, so I contacted my doctor and he okayed me to split the dose to 2x per week to prevent the conversion to estrogen.

My question would be: Do I just go for 100mg tomorrow and then follow up with 100mg in 3.5 days? Or is there a way to transition to 100mg? He wasn’t specific but I figured I’d make sure.

By the way, I realize this isn’t the dosing scheme that is recommended on this site, but my doc wants me to just be patient and try his way first before we switch things up.

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I’d say just do your 100mg tomorrow (now today) and then do the other 100mg in 3.5 days. You won’t notice any negative issues by doing this especially as you’ve only been at it for 2 weeks

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Aromatase (conversion to estrogen) happens no matter what. Some aromatase more than others. You will aromatase even if you only inject 100mg a week. The only way to control that is with an aromatase inhibitor. Without it, E2 rises and falls with T, so you are getting a big dose of estrogen with your dose of testosterone.

Google anastrozole research chemical. Read the TRT:protocol for injections sticky post at the top of the forum. Dose accordingly.

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Hey all, I have some recent labs that are from 7 months on TRT.
Protocol:
100mg Test Cyp (split in 2 doses, subq)
250iu HCG (split in 2 doses, subq)

  1. Here are my recent labs. Do my estradiol or estrone seem a bit high?

  2. I had my thyroid checked just because it hasn’t in a long time. It seems fine, but is there any other routine labwork I need 7 months into TRT?

T3, Free: 3.9 [2.3-4.2]
T4, Free: 1.2 [0.7-1.5]
TSH: 1.99 [0.45-5.10]

Testosterone, Free: 41.7 [5-40]
Testosterone, Total: 712 [332-896]

Estrogens, Fractionated:
Estrone: 73 [<80]
Estradiol: 44 [0-56]
Estrogens, Total: 111 [<136]

Any help or opinions at all are greatly appreciated, my doc is a bit clueless. He’s tried to put me on stinging nettle and saw palmetto for estrogen control (not empirically validated) and wants to lower my Test or HCG to lower my estrogen, when I want to keep my levels where they’re at except maybe lower my E2. He is very opposed to using an AI