Just take your 200mg of testostorne and give it 2-3 months. I would expect symptoms like water retention, itchy or sensitive nipples, up and downlibido and mood until the body is used to the new levels of hormones.
These symptoms go away and it’s just part of the process. Don’t fall into the trap of trying to modify dose due to these symptoms. People will say estrogen is too high. Your dose is too high. The truth is these symptoms are expected and will go away with time. You are on a good dose if you stick with 200mg a week.
If you can do more frequent dosing you will probably have a better chance of success and will need to make less changes in the long run.
In the meantime eat right, sleep right, stick with fitness and it will all come together in the near future.
Blood work wont do much, but tell you your dose is working and what levels you achieve with your dose. In 8-12 weeks ask yourself “how do i feel”. If not so great use labs to make adjustments and track. Lab ranges are lower than they were 5 years ago. You might be 25 and your lab says above range, but 5 years ago you would be in range and at the top of that range. Hope that helps in explaining why labs don’t matter as much and are a bad way to do TRT.
The best way to do TRT is go off symptom resolution. You might need more in 3 months. Maybe you need less. I can tell you that most guys feel good around 20 to 30 free t. Few need to be above 30 and even more rare are the guys who need more. Then you have another group who say they feel good below 20, but i don’t think they had the patience to let the body stabilize 20+ and were quick to make changes due to temporary symptoms i described in my previous post.
I posted a very important and insightful post a few days ago about libido and aromatization in the brain. I suggest you read it in the meantime and realize one of the reasons we suggest not blocking estrogen. Sexual Desire and Its Connection to Aromatase in the Brain - #11 by roscoe88