My first blood work was done with my general physician after him recommending several different tests according to my symptoms (mainly my low sexual desire for someone my age) The tests came back as follows:
He decided to put me on androgel and I eventually switched to enanthate IM 200mg every other week. After 7 or so injections I decided to switch over to an endocrinologist after suggested by my doctor. The endocrinologist decided to take my off testosterone and find out what was wrong, he ordered a MRI looking for pituitary tumors- which came back negative, but still put me on bromocriptine. I eventually switched to a different endocrinologist after mine couldnâ??t find anything wrong. At the new endocrinologist (after 8 months of being off testosterone) I tested again early morning to see if my levels had gone up. I tested at 250ng/dl and the new endocrinologist decided to put me back on trt cypionate 100mg weekly. I do IM injections currently myself though I am familiar with doing it subcutaneously. In the first appointment with the new endocrinologist I mentioned HCG as I want to have kids and keep up production of pregnenolone as mental health is important to me. I also mentioned anastrzole to manage my E2 to keep my levels in check. He was ok with the HCG but wanted me to wait a couple of months and check out my new blood work. The anastrzole scared him a bit as he thought I may be looking for a â??drug cocktail.â?? As I gain a stonger bond with my new endocrinologist I hope to do the full protocol.
Great job on standing up for your own health. I’m glad you got a new doc to put back on shots, but when possible get to two 50mg’s twice a week to help keep E2 spikes in check. Arimidex is available as a research chemical so you could start yourself on it if you wanted for very little money. Of course you can wait a couple of months and see if you start feeling like crap before the next blood test. If so, it’s probably elevated E2.
Docs have this stupidity of not understanding how a drug works and getting past the primary use of the drug. Adex reduces T–>E aromatization. That is the beginning and end of the story. The amount of E reduction is dose linear when dosed properly. The primary use was for female breast cancers where 1mg/day takes E levels very low. For TRT, the dose is typically more like 1mg/week. The response in TRT doses is linear and dose changes are very simple to calculate.
Again and again we see “cancer drug” scaring doctors off and some times pharmacists.
If a doc wants to reduce T–>E aromatization rates an aromatase inhibitor should be used. Inhibition does not mean elimination.
Cabergoline increases dopamine and lowers prolactin. It can be a great anti-depressant drug for cases were dopamine levels are low. Doc’s can’t see this Parkinson’s drug as an AD med.
See if you can get some #29 0.5ml [50iu] 0.5" insulin syringes and try injecting T EOD. You will be injecting 0.14ml/28mg. You will need those for hCG.