Don’t forget to factor in wages, etc.
Just happened to be chatting about this with a US colleague the other day, so I dug up a wiki page where i saw that a few years ago the median wage was about worth three times as much as ours* based on purchasing power parity.
However, this takes the topic far from AIs, so I’ll stop and just throw in: " *Polak, Węgier, dwa bratanki, i do szabli, i do szklanki." 
@blshaw I am new -
Am I wrong here, but it seems the high E and low E sympotms are the same …
I would have never guessed that low E could be an issue for us or cause ED etc
It does
@finkle_is_einhorn (I love your username)
I’m an expert at low E. I can tell you first hand that it causes erectile dysfunction. There were times it was totally useless to me. I remember after my vasectomy my doc asked me to masterbate 2 or 3 times a day for a week to clear out the pipes. At that time I could barely rub one out every three days let alone 2 or 3 times a day. Low E is terrible. I never want to go back to that place
For starters estrogen is integral in the production of nitric oxide…
I can attest to this. I had low e2 as well
@alldayeveryday LACES OUT!
Seriously tho - thanks for the info.
Did you have a chance to look at my labs post in OP? I have been somewhat confused by my numbers. It seems my E and T are both very low.
I was also told my DHEA-S was too high, and hemocrit was unisially high …
My goals with TRT are to regain some drive (both in work, life and sex) as I just seem kinda bleh and complacent. I dont have ED issues simply for the fact I dont have a sex drive so i never try …
I want to rectify this and get an edge back to myself.
BTW - i took a PH about 11 years ago when they were sold as legal “test boosters” and what i took was a compound made of superdrol and another PH. It put about 20 lb on me in two months time and turned me into a calmer, stronger version of me but also a P$$$y crazed animal. Ive never had a sex drive like that in my life.
I am not trying to get back to that level but id like to get an edge in that department … and need to figure out how to dial in my E and T
I am not a Doctor, but from my personal experience low E2 was devastating to me in every way from fatigue, mood and felt like I had a lidocaine patch on my genitals every moment of the day.
Higher E2 feels pretty close to normal with just a little fatigue feeling, seems easy to cry at movies etc. and erections seem like they wouldn’t work but when my wife touches it, it wakes right up.
The sweet spot was somewhere in between that I can feel as it goes up and down. When it hits that spot, I swear no attractive woman with a vagina is safe. Body revs up at the slightest hint of perfume or breasts. Also I can feel a strong sexual aggression in that sweet spot. Not sure I would enjoy living at that constant state of sexual rage as I dam near dove face first into a girl’s vagina in the elevator the other day 
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Yes that’s because your healthcare is for the people not to line the pockets of corporations.
The downside is you do not have a competitive markett place either.
There are some places with this state healthcare where they can’t even get the right blood testing or type of care needed . Because there is no demand for specialization. Or am I wrong?
Thinking out loud here.
so … how am i going to know where my sweet spot is? With E as well as T
I believe the docs who say stop worrying about e2, but can not deny the fact that men have stated there’s labido is better when e2 is not abnormally high or low. So how is this achieved without chasing your tail.
Symptom. Modify protocol till you feel good. If too high you drop by a tad bit . At least that’s what I would do.
I may go ahead and drop the HCG now since i am only a week in. the doc told me to run 1000 / week but i thought that might be too high. i wasnt aware that guys were running it much lower than that. Maybe 100 x3 a week for 300 total
Yah try that. If I knew what I know today here’s what I’d of done 2 months ago.
Once I felt good I would slowly introduce hcg if I wanted it. 100iu Monday and thursday and see how I felt …This allows for a comparison of before and after . You can see quickly what’s casusing the issue if any.
I would of done this now that I’m not so worried about the balls shriveling up. They haven’t even shrunk on 100iu so that tells me it’s working and zero sides.
Thats a really good idea
i wonder if the three days of being pissy (i described in OP) was due to the HCG
one more question - i am injecting 40 mg Test Cyp on M W F for a total of 120 a week … what are your thoughts on this as a weekly dose?
Whats “normal” to start out on, dose wise ?
Yup that was me haha…
Most would say great. We seem to need more with hcg out the picture.
I stopped hcg 400iu x 2 a week and was on 140 I think. I felt great 5 days later then crashed. I now realize it was due to the testasteorne dropping when hcg was removed. I should of added an extra dose of cypionate weekly to compensate for that.i didn’t for 2-3 weeks…
Anyways I increased my dose friday by 15 a week friday and then Monday new doc said 30 daily no hcg. Ever since I increased dosing my knee issues aren’t as bad, I’m also feeling better. Not so depressed. That can change in an Instant though. But so far so good.
Just keep that in mind… compensate if you remove hcg. Because now your test levels are going to drop like a rock fast!
But this shouldn’t be done more than every 2-3 months. Things take a while to settle down. Maybe even six months for E2 to settle.