Reminder to get your T-Levels Checked

2ndal · 2017-10-12T15:50:10+00:00

Reposting a comment I made a few weeks ago about TRT.

If you're stopping by this thread and wondering if TRT is for you, do your fucking research first. For some, TRT is a lifelong commitment and it should not be taken lightly. It's not just about increasing your T levels. There are a whole range of levels you need to be aware of and regulate as artificially increasing your T causes other things to be out of range which causes symptoms that can be as bad or worse than low T.

Let me tell you how it worked for me.

I was diagnosed with low T a year ago and went to a local clinic to get on a protocol. (Note: be VERY careful with who you choose to work with. Low T Clinics have boomed over the last few years and there are a lot of shops that don't know what the fuck they're doing. Trust me. I went to one.)

They did a blood panel and started me off on one shot of Test C 150mg and 500IU of HCG per week plus 1mg of an estrogen blocker to keep my E levels regulated. The first three months of treatment were a fucking rollercoaster ride of highs and lows. The T shot would skyrocket my T while the E blocker would tank my E. It's too bad they weren't paying attention to other important levels, like SHBG, because if they had been (like the great online clinic did that I eventually found, DM me) they would have noticed that the low SHBG meant I was reacting to T differently than others, with the artificial T leaving my system much quicker. They changed my protocol to 140mg per week but broken up into shots every other day instead of weekly and cut my E blocker out completely. Within two weeks I was feeling better than I had in years, with less T and no E blocker, and the blood panels show it. My point is this: it's not as easy (for some) as just getting a shot of T and feeling great. You need a trusted medical professional to read your bloodwork and know what the fuck to do.

redsprinklersystem · 2017-10-12T19:46:26+00:00

Anyone in the UK have any experience with this? Under the glorious NHS I think you'd have to rock up to your doctor with a voice of mickey mouse and bald from the ears down before they would entertain ideas of low T. There will be private clinics but that shit is EXPENSIVE.

I did wonder whether I could be a 'low end of normal' guy after reading many comments here, and I considered juicing for a while since I'd love to get really jacked. I'm fucking terrified that I'd screw up and wind up literally a bitch-tits-Bob though, so resigned not to fuck around with it (plus the legality and thoughts of sticking myself with fuck knows what from a sketchy source......)

On the flip side, dropping a bunch of lard, lifting heavy and supplementing fish oil and a general multivitamin daily to a cleaned up diet - has me already feeling better than I have since I was about 20.

SteelSharpensSteel · 2017-10-12T15:39:25+00:00

Shit, that sucks.

I found this to be helpful as well - http://www.artofmanliness.com/2013/01/18/how-to-increase-testosterone-naturally/ - start in with the multivitamin, fish oils, and diet change.

SimilarSalvation · 2017-10-12T15:59:17+00:00

Could you please elaborate on the T(estosteron?)-levels, what symptoms to look for, why this is bad, etc..

This is the first I have heard about this and I am intrigued..

Rian_Stone · 2017-10-13T14:50:56+00:00

not a question

Title	Reminder to get your T-Levels Checked
Author	capn_barnacles
Upvotes	9
Comments	19
Date	October 12, 2017 3:26 PM UTC (8 years ago)
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