Edit. Nvm, he removed his email from his profile. Make a fake Facebook profile or something and contact him through there would be my advice.
Iāll save you the hassle. Heres what he would say.
Keep increasing testosterone and frequency until you feel better. Even if you need 300 mg a week. And f e2. And who cares about your lipids. Who cares about your CBC. And who cares about your metabolic paneln and any other underlying issues you may have. Just keep increasing the t.
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Bingo.
Just keep upping the dose. Donāt worry about the E2. ITāS NOT THE ISSUE!!
When i follow dbossaās advice, i was on 30mg/day. Felt worse. It was the E2.
OH, and donāt dare disagree with him. You will be cast out by him and his minions on here that heās brainwashed.
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So you could listen to Dbossa or you could join the miserable section of the forum, do 80mg/week and bitch constantly.
āI have mental issues where I have made myself believe my body canāt handle more than 100mg or Iāll have all these side effects even though thereās a gazillion people doing 5 times that much with the same SHBG etc doing fine. Iām not going to give anything long enough to work. Iām going to do it right up to the point that Iām almost there, quit and then bitch that it didnāt work. No one is actually going to take my advice because itās obvious Iām miserable but that wonāt stop me from giving it!ā - If Iām going to be miserable then I think you should be too crew
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Dexter, youāre usually pretty diplomatic with your responses, which is the way we all should be. But not everyone gets by great with over 100mg/week. Some just donāt. Period.
Some donāt do well on TRT in general. Thatās why they bitch. Itās not bc they take low amounts. Itās bc nothing seems to workā¦ and increasing doses makes things worse.
There are outliers on here. In fact, most of us ARE outliers, bc itās clear most on TRT in general are at once weekly protocols and doing fine. Those are the mass majority of men NOT posting online.
I think statistically (if one was to create a survey) the majority would fall within the 100-200mg/wk range.
This wasnāt exactly his ideology. Whilst I may not have agreed how high he would push certain members to goā¦ there was generally a cutoff point wherein he would state something else was afoul, if I recall correctly that was FT 2x top of the ref range/TT above 2000ng/dl. Tbh there is no data suggesting mildly elevated HCT/RBC within TRT patients is particularly dangerous for healthy young men. I for one donāt think a HCT of 50% is particularly dangerous, 54-55% is where youād probably be pushing it.
Haematocrit/RBC in polycythemia vera is typically far higher than 50%, youāre looking at 60-65%. I dislike the argument of people living in high elevation being fineā¦ because that isnāt trueā¦ those residing in very high altitudes DO appear to be at greater risk for stroking out
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Sorry I thought we were just shitting on people with different ideologies.
Many times itās because they read all kinds of bs that people post and will it into existence. People blaming every single symptom on estrogen when T effects so many different things is one of them. Making protocol decisions based on how they feel before their body acclimates to it is another.
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This is a big key. People are ADD about treatment. If I took a shot yesterday shouldnāt I be better already? NO. The body is just a little complicated. If your hormones have been out of balance, probably for a long time, it is going to take a while for things to calm down when you suddenly crank them up to normal. And who knows what else is off but being masked by the low T, or low E2, or whatever else. Patience is a virtue.
I thought you mentioned in one of your you tube videos that if you go over a certain amount of Testosterone your sexual function and sleep suffer?
Yes. If I make a jump from 300 to 500. Iāve tried that twice and the result is always the same. More isnāt better.
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DBossa, you mentioned previously in this thread that Vitamin D possibly fucked up your Libidoā¦ Jesus Christ is that a thing?
Vitamin D can lower estradiol levels a bit. In some guys more than others. If I take too much it definitely hits me. Iām good at 5,000iu a day. If I go to 10,000 I get issues after awhile.
Everyone always thinks testosterone is the cure-all. There are so many other factors that can affect things. Things that most people donāt even think about. Thatās why I always prefer guys dial in T dose FIRST and once dialed in add one thing at a time.
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Shitā¦ Well, Iām cutting the vitamin D back and seeing what happens. Only things I take are a multi, test, and Dā¦
Beware also of vitamin e
Inhibits aromatase and likely antagonist the receptor too.
Also to much testosterone blocks the glucocorticoid receptor because thereās a crossover between the two. And whit corstisol blocked the user tend to not feel very good because it plays a vital role in glucose metabolism and Immunity. Other systems may be impared too whit that high test.
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That too. ALSO, the FILLERS used in some of these supplements can cause issues. There has been one brand of multivitamin that caused me issues even though the content was virtually the same.
Everything can have an effect so donāt rule anything out.
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D2 can also hit you completely differently than the D3 that is currently in vogue. I canāt touch D3 at any dose for more than a day or two. D2 is totally fine.
Wifeās made me take D3 for yearsā¦ If it turns out D3 was the whole reason I even started down this road Iām gonna be pissed.
Drop down to something like 1000iu a day for awhileā¦ If you start noticing differences in things after a week or two, youāll have your answer. I know this sounds INSANE because itās freaking vitamin D, but Iāve seen this occur many many times. Do the test and then you can rule it out.
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Going to give this a try myself.
Donāt complain about getting sick if you stop taking vitamin D. It helps the immune system. Thereās a correlation between the severity of Covid-19 symptoms, and vitamin D levels.
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