.5 of test c , 1/4 mg of arimidex each injection
This doesn’t make sense. “Microdosing” for effects is using small quantities of a substance to get the OPPOSITE effect of large doses. Microdosing Test would have your body “react” to exogenous test with the negatives but not the positives. People who want to MINIMIZE masculine characteristics microdose Test.
What is being described here is not “microdosing” it is just the lowest effective dosage range. There is a big difference. As in, opposite effect difference.
“Microdosing” is an example of Hormesis. An opposite response from increasing dosages or exposure to
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Ok - why is this happening with E3D 60mg Test E??! You can see my baseline from early April and the latest after one week back on Test.
I feel good but that makes no sense and can only spell trouble down the line?!
Agree! I use a 28G 0.5 mL syringe with a 1/2 inch (12.7mm) needle. It’s graduated in IUs, but 5 units is equal to 0.05 mL. Very easy to draw up and dispense such small amounts accurately. I’m and an E2D schedule and inject into the deltoid. I’ve tried the subcutaneous method several times but I always seem to bruise at the injection site.
If amps are all you can get, an alternative is use a larger syringe with a larger and longer needle (e.g. 3 mL 18G X 1.5 inch needle) to draw up the amp and inject into a new sterile vial. Consolidate several amps to get whatever volume you wish. I purchase sterile empty 5 ML and 10 ML vials from AMAZON.
With daily microdosing we r trying to mimic our own body’s mechanism of producing test ( around 7-10 mcg daily depending the individual)
So we can avoid large test spikes and estrogen spikes end EPO excessive production red blood cell production hematocrit cholesterol and the list goes on…
So we keep our test levels-hormones even and no spikes
Some people see even better results on those ereas microdosing twice daily
With an insulin syringe the pining is a no issue
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That’s utter nonsense, if someone is able to achieve balance with hormones steady, meaning minimal dips in T, E2, and DHT, and respond to treatment well, masculine features will still occur.
You also fail to realize exogenous testosterone doesn’t in any way mimic natural testosterone release, natural testosterone is pulsatile, small spikes here and there, throughout the day and therefore no excess.
TRT gives you excess testosterone, the half-life is significantly longer. The average TRT dosage is 100 mg>, the normal daily release is 5-7 mg, the pituitary gland manages hormones in a pulsatile fashion, by micro-dosing.
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You seem to have missed most of my post. The context is MICRODOSING. What you are describing is or are “small amounts”. If a small amount of something gives a clinical effect that is expected, then it is just a low dose. To be fair, this is not the only time I’ve seen low dose hormone replacement described as “microdosing”, but that seems to come from a News report that used the term incorrectly.
Microdosing is a specific technique that takes advantage of Hormesis. Small amounts of a substance that gives the opposite effect of large amounts of the same substance.
Weight training is actually an example of Hormesis in action. Weight training is not anabolic. It is catabolic. Your bodies anabolic response to it is what causes the effect. Not the weight training itself.
Testosterone IS anabolic and androgenic. That is the effect you are looking for. What is being described here is “low doses”.
“A low dose relative to other doses especially high doses that bodybuilders use” is not Microdosing.
This is not the only place that I’ve seen small amounts of T as “microdosing”, but that’s not what it is.
Some examples: Microdosing of Amphetamines can UPREGULATE Dopamine receptors.
Microdosing of Naltrexone, which is normally taken to downregulate Opiod receptors UPREGULATES Opiod receptors.