I’ve noticed and increase in anxiety/depression, weight gain, insomnia, after I stopped getting IM shots by a family member who was a nurse on schedule.
Since moving out on my own, I’ve been able to commit to 22g 1 inch injections due to anxiety. I got 27g 1/2 inch syringes but due to their depth, I never inject more than 0.25 or 0.3mL.
Even then, I get some anxiety.
I’ve been skipping doses, sometimes only injecting 0.1mL even though I have 0.3mL in the syringe, due to adrenaline rush and nerves. My paranoia and anxiety has gotten to a state I’ve never experienced before.
I’m wondering if this could be caused due to low T and low E, now that I’ve been on TRT for 2 years, but for 3 months, havn’t had consistent dosing.
I have very poor sleep when I miss injections as well. I’ll go to sleep at 10 and wake up at 2 am wide awake, then go back to sleep at 5 am, after I eat.
I don’t know if my cortisol is off or my T/E is actually LOW and causing me these issues, and I SHOULDNT be afraid of my injections, because they help.
I don’t mind it if someone else gives it to me, but once weekly and only either or glute ads up. I can’t bring it to do it myself. Getting a 1 inch to do it in my quad I don’t even know what to choose, my quads feel so muscle dense I also freak myself out doing that.
Lucky for me that I either got a boney ass or my body react well to subq/shallow IM, with blood work showing efficacy when I do 1/2 inch insulin needles in the glute. For most of us 1/2 inch should be more than fine for the delt as well if you need IM.
I’m prescribed 140mg/week, last year went to 120mg/week and told doctor that. As of recent, I’ve been trying to do 0.25mL Wed/Sunday. I do it on the upper outter glute, but even at 90 degree angle, half inch is probably just going into fat. But, past few weeks I feel like I took 20mg three days ago and like 40mg a week ago. I’m so freaked out putting cyp with benzyl alcohol and preservatives into SQ is like, hurting me.
Well, took a 50mg SC injection yesterday and, anxiety is gone today. I think I’ve vastly underestimated how important consistent dosing is. My body now produces 0 testosterone, and if I miss a dose, I am riding on low T and leftover E, and what that does to neurotransmitters, who knows, but it isn’t good.
I’m quite scared to ever get off this stuff now, with how night and day my anxiety is 24hr after the small injection.
