My current protocol is 18mg of T a day and 10units of HCG Ed as well but after reading this thread I feel like I see everyone else is on a lot highe dose of HCG.
Do you guys think 10 units Ed is not enough
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Cool, I SubQ 17mg a day for a total of 120mg a week. (7x17=119) I also have a really low SHBG of 14. No AI nor HCG.
I thought you were taking a total of 100mg a week. May I ask you why the doc upped you to 126mg? (18x7=126)
my doctor has switch my protocol so many times just off the simple fact I can not seem to get dialed in for 2 years now. But it was actually higher than that.
I also have low SHBG not as low as your mine is about 20.
So I have a question how have you been feeling lately with the current protocol that you are on?
Do you think because of me taking HCG sense Ive started trt maybe why I havenāt been able to get dialed in. It seems like a lot of guys that donāt take HCG have a lot easier time getting dialed in
Personally, yupā¦ Iām back to feeling like I was at 47 years old just before my testosterone levels dropped off to a 90 yearās oldās level. Started with gels prescribed by uro, fucked around with that to appease him and got put on 100mg cyp a week 3 months later. Eventually got my way to 120mg a week so as to reach the higher Free T levels I had at 45. No AI or HCG, ever, just that good ole man oil and never looked backā¦ :))))))
So what problems have you faced sense you have been on TRT like which symptoms were your biggest barriers ?
Because I like to hear other people experiences so I can see what they did to improve because maybe what you fixed may help me as well.
Have you ever come across the symptom where the head of your penis gets very cold almost feels like there is not blood running through it
No cold penis, just a non-functioning one. LOL
I had all the typical low T symptoms because I WAS LOW T, really low. Got Free T up onto higher range and morning/night erections came back, my energy and drive re-upped, no more needing naps and brain fog lifted completely away too. Been a miracle but a completely understandable as a logical and biological answer was there at the ready. LOL
see tats the thing my morning and nite erections still have never came back. So what levels of good free and total T for you makes you feel your best?
I was feeling and working at optimal levels once I hit well over 400. I was in the 100ās prior to TRT. I donāt care about Total T because of my very low SHBG, Free T is where itās at. Latest labs from a few weeks ago, at trough, 3 months at new protocal:
Testosterone Total 18.3 nmol/L 6.1-27.1
Testosterone Free Calculated 565 pmol/L (110-660)
Testosterone Bioavailable Calculated 13.2 nmol/L (2.8-15.5)
SHBG 14 nmol/L (13-89)
Estradiol 130 pmol/L (40-160)
Estradiol will continue to lower as body organically adjusts it as it always doesā¦ takes about 6 months for me.