My "Noobie" TRT Journey

[mwhities]

I’m in my 8th week and alternating subq shots back and forth on each side of my abdomen.

@KSman Not sure if you will see this, so I did the tag in this sentence.

Quoting you from another thread, I think I am encountering this. Week 1 through 6 felt great, at/around 7 and now at the end of week 8, I’m more moody and sensitive (mentally/crying/etc). I’m getting labs done tomorrow morning to get everything checked. At 100mg a week split to 2X50mg cypionate, do you think E2 might be high? I am suspecting that it is or too low of test? No swelling of nipples or sensitivity.

@KSman

When you start TRT without an AI and if E2 increasing: You can feel like TRT is really working then at 6~12 weeks it starts slipping away. That is in part a delay as the -ve effects involve changes in the brain from E2 induced changes in gene expression and subsequent effects on brain patterns. Yes, nipples may create issues sooner.

Your TT, FT and E2 levels are changing between injections. Lab timing changes produce different results - artifacts. If you do not change lab timing, then any changes represent something real that can be used to drive AI dosing changes etc. When guys get T injections every two weeks, their levels have huge swings and then the results are mostly determined by lab timing.