Ive 2 sets of labs.
The 1st one is the one ive been doing for 4 yrs, 200mg weekly. Protocol is test cyp, shallow IM 5xs weekly.1/2" pin of 40 mgs.
Few months ago, I bumped up to 300mg weekly using a 5/8" pin at shallow im 5xs week.
Around that time i strarted experiencing severe insomnia and wasnt until a few weeks later i considered it might be trt related. Never had this issue. Now i cant seem to pin without having 2-3 nights insomnia following.
Here are my labs when i began to suspect trt as the cause of insomnia.
Tried switching back to smaller needle. Lowered dose considerably for a week. Pinning 2xs 1 shallow im of 40mg and pinning subq the other at 35mg test cyp, thinking id metabolize different. Having said that. Its been 4 days since a subq and 3 nights of horrible sleep. Taking trazadone, benadryl and whatever otc stuff i can to knock me out. Ill usially be out for 3-4 hrs then its tossing and turning.
This is the labs after a few weeks of trying to tweak protocol.
Anyone deal with this?
Need to stop injecting for a bit and let some of those esters cleave off.
My advice would be to switch to prop since you don’t mind frequent pins and that way you’d be in more control and change protocol quickly as opposed to TC.
You bumped up your dosage and started having problems. There’s no mystery here!
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Once you cross the threshold from TRT to Cycle, you have to realize there might be side effects. One that I noticed was if my E2 was higher, i would have trouble sleeping. Cortisol also affects sleep. It would happens later in the night, as in, would wake up around 330-4am and either have very light, disturbed sleep, or not be able to sleep at all.
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Based on my labs, how long do you think i would need to wait? My last pin was friday, subq of 40mg. Horrible sleep since saturday and still feeling “wired”. I pinned 35 mgs, shallow im 4 days before that
It seems the only test offered at the clincs around here are test c or some blend.
I’d wait until this Friday(1 full week) and try again. Since TC is all you can get maybe try a more standard protocol of pinning every 3.5 days and sticking to IM injections. Also, what time of day are you injecting? Peak plasma levels for each TC injection is 10-12 hours post pin.
Why did you decide to up the dose to 300mg? What other changes have you made except TRT dosage? Diet? Exercise? Other prescription drugs?
