Hi, I’ve been on testosterone replacement therapy for almost 5 months. I’ve tried different dosages, but nothing seems to work. No desire and ED bothers me. It feels like water is being injected into the body. Muscles have come, but no sexual effects. Except one time I took a couple of really small pieces of anastrozole and the heavens opened for two weeks. the sensitivity to touch changed completely and I was wet all the time. Based on the tests, I don’t have e2 terribly high, but I don’t understand why this is so difficult. This eats at me a lot. The last values were s-testo 26.0. I didn’t measure the free testosterone because I know it’s at a good level. now I inject 175mg per week divided into three parts. I live in Finland and use the drug Sustanon 250. I have been in treatment for 4 months and have changed protocols several times because I am not getting any sensations or desired results. I have been trying this protocol for a week now and I was going to try for at least 8 weeks to see if the levels even out and if the body would accept this Sustanon. Any instructions and help is fine for me! SHBG last time was 12. Sorry for my bad English, I had to use a translator.
I would def give it at least a few months before you change anything. It’s not like a light switch. Your hormones take time to level out once you change something.
you are on the right. decreased the dose because I was on e3.5d 0.33ml dose for a month and felt weak all the time, as if estros were high and the penis didn’t want to play. I don’t know if this affects the functionality of e2 viagranki, because I took a couple of really small pieces of anastrozole then and I got a great libido and viagra also worked really well. Even if I take 175mg a week divided into three parts, yes my free testosterone should be good because of the low shbg.
Just a heads up more frequency does not always mean less E2. It should all balance out I think for the majority, for some it may decrease some, for some it may actually increase.
- Reduce your dose. Many TRT users repost excellent results at 70-100 mg per week. You are not using TRT doses - you are blasting at those levels. Twice per week injection is fine
- let the lower level work for 4 weeks and redo bloodwork to see where your levels are. Increase your dose incrementally from here to get your your desired T levels.
3)Redo bloodwork frequently
You’re going to feel weak after dosing changes, because your hormones are unsteady forcing your body to adapt. You need to wait at least 6-8 weeks to assess each protocol.
If you’re the type of guy that makes changes too often, you’ll be lost forever. Guessing what your lab work is will be a ticket to treatment failure. Desired results don’t happen immediately, hormones take time to work and mineral deficiencies will hamper, stall progress.
I started TRT with an iron deficiency and low vitamin D due to diabetes, insulin resistance. Nothing worked until I got both of these up. If you’re an outlier like myself, twice weekly injections doesn’t do shit for me, even with high T numbers, I only respond to very frequent dosing, daily or every other day.
I’m now on Jatenzo @ 237 mg twice daily dosing, never been better.
I noticed your SHBG is 12, are you a type 2 diabetic?
Do you have recent thyroid labs?
I know I have changed the protocols I use. I have been using this new one for 2-3 months now. I haven’t had my thyroid levels measured in a while. my blood sugar was quite high but it came down a bit when i lost 10kg. I take vitamin D and I took iron for 2 months when I started the treatment.
This is what I thought. The one thing I’ve noticed over the years, is people with type 2 diabetes/metabolic syndrome require very frequent injections/dosing in order to respond to TRT.
I’m a type 2 diabetic, started with an SHBG at 11, now 20. I felt nothing at 50 mg cypionate twice weekly with trough numbers at 697 ng/dL for 6 months. I kept waiting for benefits that never came.
Whenever I would inject T, during that gradual peak, I my diabetes was good, but after my testosterone peaks and began declining, glucose will shoot up and remain high until my next dosage/peak, hence why the frequent dosing works so well.
You need to inject small doses daily, or you will never get better.
shbg was 8 a couple of months ago, so it also rose a bit. have you got the treatment working now?
if I try daily injections, what size needles should I use when 0.6x30mm is now. there’s no way the seats will last if you’re bumping with that size every day. no more fat anywhere except the waist.
I think what may have happened is your SHBG rose a bit for a short time, then declined because your protocol isn’t optimal.
You wouldn’t be here now if it was.
As indicated by my SHBG going from 11-20. As a diabetic on TRT, SHBG will rise as you make progress. If my vitamin D drops, benefits reverse. Same with the iron.
I have enough energy to go to the gym twice daily, and work a very demanding job and still have energy to spare. I’m the Energizer bunny. I keep going and going and going.
Cialis has been a game changer for me in the energy department! Cialis reverses endothelial dysfunction, increases sensitivity to insulin, increases blood flow to the brain and treats diabetic neuropathy.
It’s hard to believe doctors around the world haven’t made Cialis part of the treatment protocol for diabetes, considering all the benefits.
I have 5ng of cialis in my cabinet. I just don’t get a moment’s worth of it. I ate for a while but then stopped. I don’t know where it gets worse when it feels like Viagra isn’t working properly, except for the episode when I took a couple of really small pieces and after that it worked properly and the urges were strong. before I started, my blood sugar was just on the border of going over the limit. I feel like I’m hypersensitive
Another reason to consider smaller more frequent dosing. Some men never find a sweat spot on the medium/shorter esters, requiring very short half-life formulations of TRT, like testosterone propionate, topicals and even the newer orals like Jatenzo.
Tomorrow would be injection day again. Do you recommend that I inject 0.1ml or 25mg per day? I’ve been thinking about this when I feel like I feel better the day before the injection… it’s a shame that I measured the values when I was in a good mood, but I can’t anastoloze and I don’t want to, because it ruins my cholesterol level. I have only been testing this protocol for a week. in Finland we have nothing but sustanon, Nebido and gel. the gel was used for a couple of years, it was not absorbed, but I was able to have sex without problems. but I can’t manage with really low values because otherwise I feel so bad
Way too much, more like 10-15 mg or may even less.
ok thanks for your advice and reply. I think the levels will stay good at such small amounts. which will spray the industry every day starting tomorrow. I thought I’d try if I start with 17.5mg a day
Try not to fixate on the hormone levels so much, you want symptom relief.
hi, today I have changed the protocol to 30mg every other day. I can’t handle injecting a really small amount every day. I’m going to try this for 2-3 months. on saturday it’s time for the general practitioner, should ask for thyroid values and sleep apnea tests because there are symptoms.
hi, I started the 100mg eod protocol a week ago and the sensation has returned to the lower end. the wife also looks good again. erection maybe a little better. I’m starting to believe that if I follow this protocol for 8 weeks, we’ll be close to full pot. the libido is already there.