Good to know.
Thank you!
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Hey guys, Quick question.
Iām coming up on the 1 month mark on 140mg Test cyp dose taken sub q and split up twice a week. Everything is going good with the exception of burning nipples. Itās been going on for a couple of weeks now and getting more intense with each shot. I donāt have my follow up bloods with Defy for another 8 wks. I donāt really have any symptoms of high E2 so, I havenāt taken any AI yet. However, my prolactin was on the higher end of normal pre TRT.
Should I just ride it out?
Perfectly normal and expected. The cause of the burning nipples is fluid retention which is caused by the change in the way the kidneys absorb sodium caused by he TRT.
These symptoms should subside after 6 weeks.
Alternatively, if this is the beginning of gyno - should he not take preventative measures before it gets worse?
Growing tits isnāt as fun as it sounds.
Would very much like to avoid the whole Boobie thing!
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Is taking Tamoxifen a thing?
You can seriously be consider Tamoxifen for burning nipples when hormone levels are in flux!
This is such a common experience for men initiating TRT, gyno is pretty rare around here. If you never had gyno before, you likely never will.
Now if you had gyno early in life, different story. Sometimes being overly preventative can have the opposite outcome you expect.
I had similar symptoms when beginning TRT(3 years ago). It went away on its own. I think it was because I went from extremely low E2 to healthy levels. Just my body adjusting to optimum hormone levels.
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Hey guys, For those still following. I just got my 12 wk labs back from Labcorp.
TT 1175 ng/dl ( 264-916 )
FT 16.8 pg/ml ( 6.8-21.5 )
E2 Sensitive 22.9 pg/ml ( 8-35 )
SHBG 45.9 nmol/L ( 16.5-55.9 )
Prolactin 13.3ng/ml ( 3.9-22.7 )
So far symptom resolution hasnāt been great.
Its been a bit of a rollar coaster. But starting to get much better.
Labs look good. However, I was hoping for a better FT number.
Anyone have any thoughts on raising FT?
Currently 70mg x 2 per week. For a total of 140mg per week Test C
Outside of raising test dose, theres only so much that can be done to raise FT. I believe some people supplement with boron to lower SHBG>Raise FT.
Your labs look great tbh. I never got full symptom resolution, but i did get symptom improvement across the board. This may be you as well.
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Sounds good. Thanks for getting back to me. I may add some Boron and then just let it ride.
Gym life has been the most improved so far. Iām up about 20lbs since I started this thread and still fairly lean.
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Why donāt you just increase the Test dosage?
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I wouldnāt. If you want more FT which I think is sound, just increase your dose a bit. Talk to your provider about upping it to 160mg/wk.
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Ya, I guess that was my initial thought as well. Weāll see what Defy has to say about it. Iām still struggling with burning nips from my starting dose. ( Like 10 weeks of it )
New update. My Dr. raised my dose to 140mg weekly to 160mg weekly.
I have always used a half dose twice a week sub-q.
However, when I changed dose. I also changed from sub-q to IM.
Now, out of curiosity I just got some 6 wk blood test results and my TT and FT are now lower in light of the fact that I increased the dose.
Same dosing schedule and test taken at through exactly the same time as last time.
I can only assume that this is the difference between IM having a higher peak and lower trough and sub-q has a lower peak and higher trough.
Anyone have any thoughts on this?
TRT is not a set and forget therapy, your levels are still going to fluctuate. Lab timing is critical.
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Same dosing schedule and test taken at through exactly the same time as last time.
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For anyone still interested about any physique updates. I took these last weekend. compared to the before pictures from earlier in this post I donāt see a great difference but, I have put on some weight and gotten stronger. Most pretreatment hypogonadal symptoms have been resolved @ 160 mg per wk.
lol. Huge difference; much more fullness. Really happy to hear that your symptoms have been significantly addressed.
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