My story- I’m a 45 year old male that started feeling sluggish, tired,loss of libido etc. this was two years ago. Went to a specialist in TRT and they did a complete panel of blood work. My T levels were bottomed out. under 200! So they did one more blood test to confirm and then gave me options . They suggested Clomid every other day to see if that helped.
T jumped to 600-700’s but then went down to 389-420 consistently for over a year. I still felt the same and I agreed that TRT was the next step. I’m not a needles guy Nd creams&gels are a pain. They suggested Pellets. Can anyone here tell me their opinions on pellets. The doc said 3-4 sometimes 5 months before your next pellets and it’s a pretty steady dose then tapers off.
From what I understand pallets will give you a high in the start and taper too low by the next insert. Injections are proven to be the best method. I inject every other day and my T levels stay around 1000 and E2 stays around 25 with a very small dose of Arimidex.
Read the Protocol for injections sticky. Explains it all…
[quote]Igs wrote:
From what I understand pallets will give you a high in the start and taper too low by the next insert. Injections are proven to be the best method. I inject every other day and my T levels stay around 1000 and E2 stays around 25 with a very small dose of Arimidex.
Read the Protocol for injections sticky. Explains it all…[/quote]
^^This. I inject every three and one-half days. Injections are in the glutes and I alternate sides. Easy. Make sure you are using the right size needle. I draw with a 22g (1 1/2") which came on the syringe and inject with a 25g (1"). Painless and no issues with highs and lows. Best of luck!
[quote]Igs wrote:
From what I understand pallets will give you a high in the start and taper too low by the next insert. Injections are proven to be the best method. I inject every other day and my T levels stay around 1000 and E2 stays around 25 with a very small dose of Arimidex.
Read the Protocol for injections sticky. Explains it all…[/quote]
^^This. I inject every three and one-half days. Injections are in the glutes and I alternate sides. Easy. Make sure you are using the right size needle. I draw with a 22g (1 1/2") which came on the syringe and inject with a 25g (1"). Painless and no issues with highs and lows. Best of luck!
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No need for that. You can use #29 1/2" 0.5ml insulin syringes. Slow to load, decent injection speed and SC injections work as well [or better] than IM. If doc says SC will not work, ask why transdermals and pellets work.
Injecting with the syringes above is very easy and quite comfortable.
Don’t do pellets. Do the shots as KSMAN has laid out in the protocall for injections sticky. I started TRT by taking shots, then switched to pellets and now back on shots. Shots are way better. Felt like crap on pellets and they are expensive.
When you start TRT, T levels increase very fast. However, your brain and other tissues have been starved of T and it takes time for the T to alter gene expression, cells to change, and bulk tissue changes to occur. In the brain, different areas need to alter their function and pathways between will grow or diminish. Typical good results on 4-6 weeks. Estrogen levels control the final result.
I suggest injecting 50mg twice a week, [total=100] to keep levels steady. Your thinking is slightly wrong. You need overlapping injection sites. Some inject EOD, see stickies.
What does “E was good mean”?
You will do best getting near E2=22pg/ml. DO NOT be thinking that “in normal range” is OK, you need to be thinking ‘optimal’.
When a guy has low T and then gets the benefits of TRT, he has no interest in stopping TRT.
Injecting:
Select a spot on top of upper leg. It is easy to see what you are doing.
Look for a spot with no obvious veins.
Press a pen cap on selected injection site to mark it. If your insulin syringes have a large end cap, you can use that.
Swab the site with an alcohol prep pad. Rub firmly to remove loose skin cells and bacteria. [This does not render the skin bacteria free.]
Pinch up the skin at that location with marked injection site not in contact with fingers. Injection site should be out a bit past your fingers.
Inject with needle mostly parallel with leg, injecting into the fold of skin from the end of the fold. This avoids the muscle.
Pull out the needle and then press on the injection site for 10 seconds to promote closure of small blood vessels, to avoid bruising.