To me the cream was more inconvenient due to the fact I felt I had to plan my day around it. I didn’t like worrying about washing it off by swimming before fully absorbing or sweating it off by mowing the lawn on the weekends. Other that I had no issues with the cream.
Yeah, I guess there are pluses and minuses for everyone. I think I’d be fine applying in the morning since I have an hour drive to work after. Might be less convenient on the weekends though.
At night if I can do it right before sleep then I should be fine. I usually take a shower last thing anyways so I could do it after that
Yeah weekdays weren’t an issue for me at all. Weekends and vacations is where I felt cramped by it. I did try the twice a day for 2 weeks before I went to injections and honestly did not feel a difference for better or worse. Very well may not have been long enough though. If I had done that the whole time I would have come off cream a long time ago.
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Makes sense. I guess in the meantime I need to be patient. I highly suspect I’m going to need a higher dose and maybe some danazol but I’m trying to follow the process
I’m considering doing some basic free T and e2 testing in another week or two since those are cheap and the free T one interests me especially. For the love of god, I don’t want to hear about why I shouldn’t measure e2. Mine is low so I just want to see if it’s going up or not.
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Measure everything, you never know what might be important to know later.
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Yup patience. I wouldn’t even consider changing anything drastically until week 10, I wouldn’t do labs until then either its a waste of time and money to do them before then.
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Two conflicting responses, perfect. Haha.
Guess I’m going to stick with it a while longer. I am getting married in like 7 weeks, would be nice to feel a little better by then
I may still do some blood work just for my own knowledge
Well I’m getting close to 2 weeks of consistently doing what defy prescribed and 4 weeks of taking T and I feel worse than ever. Numb dick and anorgasmia pretty bad.
Hopefully it’s just part of the process of getting better, but it really sucks right now.
I don’t know what to do other than keeping on with daily T and seeing what happens.
4/5 of the last times I’ve had sex I haven’t been able to finish. The one time I did it took a really, really long time
Oh well. Continuing on frustrated I guess.
It took me probably 4 to 5 weeks of consistent injections before I felt much different. Might be a little longer if you need to change protocol or decrease e2.
Every week you’re closer to healing. Try your best to stay optimistic and know that we all know how hard it is and we’re here with ya.
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Thanks, sucks for now but hopefully I see some improvements soon. Right now it feels like I’m going the wrong direction.
I guess I just have to be patient, which is not something I’m great at sometimes.
I felt a bit better yesterday and feel pretty good so far today. Very weird thing is I had trouble falling asleep and I woke up before my alarm went off and thought I had overslept. I never wake up on my own.
And I was FINALLY was able to get the job done last night without any real difficulty. It felt weird though, very hard to explain but I’ll take it.
Looking back at the notes I keep on every injection, I realized I missed two injections towards the end of my vacation / traveling. I missed one day, next day was on time, then missed another day. I guess 6 time zones and 36 hours of travel will do that unfortunately. I think that was def. contributing to me not feeling very great. I hope anyways.
I’ve preloaded a weeks worth of syringes now so it’s so much easier to just jab and go, so I should be good to stay on a consistent schedule going forward
I feel better today… I get this tingly feeling on my head when I take testosterone for whatever reason (DHT?) and hadn’t felt that the last few days. It’s back today so hopefully things will continue in the right direction.
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Woohoo, two days in a row of successful, non marathon sex. I hope this becomes a trend but I’m pretty happy right now! It’s been a while since that has happened.
Maybe there’s something to testosterone after all 
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So, still going on the same schedule, around 20mg daily.
Still feeling pretty good, though tired today for some reason. I worked for a few house in the heat yesterday so maybe that’s why.
Libido wise, doing good… no issues last night, so that makes 3 for 3 successes over the last 4 days. Pretty sure that’s the best in a while.
Does anyone have any suggestions for other injection sites for subQ? I’ve been using the area a few inches every direction of my naval, but I feel like it’s still a lot for that relatively small area.
I’ve heard love handles but that sounds like it would hurt more. I guess I can try it and see though.
I used the side of the glutes, thighs, love handles and belly. When I say belly though I am all over it not just near the navel. Thighs were a little harder to pull the skin up for me. As for pain, one thigh stung a little more, along with higher up on my belly once, otherwise I haven’t felt them. I’m not sure it was particular areas though, I’m thinking I had a little of the test outside the needle or I dulled those needles a little more when I drew.
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Thanks, glutes or thigh don’t sound bad to do, I’ll try those next
My feet are swollen a bit today, but I’m not sure if it’s TRT related or from this bachelor party weekend we just had
I’m continuing as is for now. I’ve seen a few people mention iron and potassium issues can increase swelling. Is that something I can/should test for or I just go ahead and supplement and see if it helps?
I tried subQ in the glute tonight and didn’t feel a thing. I will def do that again
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I’ve been alternating between glute and around my stomach, seems to work well.
Swelling around my ankles and feet is getting better. I could barely get my shoes on over the weekend.
I’ve been hearing so many good things about the scrotal cream lately I’m wondering if I should have gone that route instead. The extra DHT sounds nice for libido.
I’m going to stick with what I have for now and at least run out the ~9 or so weeks supply I already have before really considering anything else. I need to stick with something for long enough to see results.
Also, I feel decent but not spectacular. I still haven’t had any sex issues lately but I haven’t been going crazy either. I’m 5 weeks away from getting married. A nice sex drive bump along the way would be a great wedding present.
Well scratch the no sex issues. I’ve had a depressed, numb dick, no motivation whatsoever kind of day. Of course it’s the day she wants some action and I can’t get done. Oh well. I’ve been decent lately I guess but still feel limited to every other day.
I guess every day can’t be as good as some of them? I’m starting to wonder if I’m going to need a higher dose. Clearly patience is not my strong point but I’m going to try to leave it alone for a while longer. I’m only at about 3 weeks which I know is nothing but it feels like it’s been forever.
Everything worked awesome last night, so I guess wednesday was just a fluke or something hopefully.
I weighed myself last night and I’ve gained 15lbs since starting TRT… I’m sure some of that is water but I doubt it all is. Pretty wild. I think I look the same but maybe not quite as skinny as I was.
I feel a little better today but still tired. I’m starting to think about injecting 2-3x a week instead of every day at some point. Every day is starting to get tiring but I’m going to continue on for now. I don’t want changing inj frequency to delay any improvements or anything like that so I’m going to keep going as is for a few more weeks
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