How long to reach steady state when reducing dose

Hi,

I’m currently at 120mg/week of testoserone cypiantae divided into three 40mg injections. I’m not feeling any benefit and want to try a higher dose. I saw another post with graphs showing it takes just over 30 days to reach a steady state. Not sure if it would be the same, just in reverse and would also be 30 days to return back to where I was. If I upped my dose to 150g/week or 180mg/week for a certain period of time and later wanted to return to my 120mg/week dose, how can I estimate when my total and free testosterone would return to the pre-increased dosage levels? And, do I need to incrementally increase my dose over time or just up the injections to the 150mg or 180mg level right away, divided into the three injections/week schedule.

Thanks.

how long have you been at this dose?

what benefit are you expecting that you are not getting?

no

How long have you been dosing? IM or SubQ injections?

Shallow intramuscular with a 27g 1/2” syringe. I was at 100mg/week for 3 months and then 120mg for three months. I’ve seen no improvement in energy, focus, concentration, motivation. From a performance perspective I’ve seen no improvement with my lifting.

Were you actually hypogonadal prior to treatment? Free T and Total T values please

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Total T was as low as 239ng/dL up to the highest at 330ng/dL but mostly staying around 270ng/dL. Free T was measured from 7.2pg/mL, up to 10.7pm/mL. SHBG was measured only once at 21.1, FSH & LH were in the low range but still within range. Cortisol was low as well as the special Dexamethasone, Serum Cortisol test. I also have a prolactinoma which I was told did it affect my Testosterone however my Prolactin has always been at the very high of the range or a few points over.

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Sure, bump dosage. Elimination half life of Test C is about 2 weeks, you could give it 4-6weeks if wanting to be ultra safe to ensure your TT returns to ‘nomal’.

It’ll take longer to return to normal the higher you push your dose.