Hey all, I’m just now entering my third week of TRT and I noticed that during sex the other day my erection seems to be at about 85% strength. Is this a sign that my hormones are just trying to balance each other out this early in the game or should I bring this up to my doctor? I’ve read instances of men having ED on TRT but that usually develops after a few months or so, this seems a little early. My test before jumping on was 350s but never had issues with erections before - had all of the other symptoms of low T and feel x10 better now on week 3 but this is the first side effect I’ve noticed.
I’m 6’5, 280 lbs, 34 years old, and taking 160mg/week test cyp injected twice a week for reference. I’m taking 37.5 phentermine every other day (didn’t take it the day my GF and I had sex) and a little bit of Kratom in the evenings.
This is common, hormones are in flux for 4-6 weeks, symptoms can come and go. For me 6 weeks exactly was like a flipping switch and all the good stuff started happening.
A lot of men are expecting immediate results, rock hard boners on demand shortly after starting treatment, most of the time this isn’t the case.
It can take up to 6 months to “start” seeing changes in erections and ejaculations.
As far as ED on TRT, a lot of the time men start out too high a dosage. Too much T and E2 can be as bad as not enough.
Thank you for taking the time to respond. Looks like I made a double post, oof. Yea that makes sense how things are in flux for the first few weeks I’ll try not to put too much stock into that. I was originally started out on 200mg but after doing some research week 1 I opted to go with a clinic that put me lower that seemed to know more. I’d rather find the minimum dose needed to feel good than go up too high - looking for something that gives longevity.
Would you say 160mg/week is even too much to start with for my size? I’ve seen some guys on here be on 100/120mg
This is a good way to reduce side effects, minimum effective dosage.
Most guys are between 100-150 mg. Outliers need less, or more.
If it wasn’t for my Gilbert’s syndrome, a liver disorder, I’d be optimal on 7 mg daily, 49 mg weekly (450 ng/dL, E2 28).
50 mg twice weekly will get most men to midrange or slightly higher. I got a 697 ng/dL trough level 3.5 days after my injection, peak levels are likely near 1000 ng/dL.
This is more than most natural men.
But years of injections didn’t work either for you? Correct?
Yeah just woke up this morning and didn’t have morning wood. Something weird is going on. Again, you guys are saying this happens while the body is trying to figure itself out right?
It did when injecting daily, every other day, caused crazy low blood pressure when falling asleep, couldn’t take it anymore, all other benefits were great. I believe the GS caused the problems, bilirubin back up in my liver causing a partial blockage and my skin turn yellow.
Test prop may have been a different story due to the shorter half-life.