Your TRT experience

BobbyPeru · 2019-07-10T04:04:14+00:00

You left out the most important details:

What is your age, height, weight, lifts? Also , are you taking meds that might cause lower T, like opiates?

369 to 430 is a decent jump.

hack3ge · 2019-07-10T13:31:19+00:00

Pretty much fucking amazing.

It’s good you are educating yourself because most doctors suck. If I didn’t learn everything I could for 6 months my experience would have sucked. My doc wanted me on 200mg once a month - would have been miserable. I convinced him to do 50mg twice a week and honestly I didn’t have to do any dialing which I know is rare. My Test fell at 900 and E2 at 29 the first round of bloods.

That being said my doc is lenient and I’ve since upped my dose so my trough is at 1150 and feel fucking invincible. I never realized how my low T impacted my workouts. I’ve been fighting that shit for years - lifting and not making decent gains. I’d bulk put on mostly fat then cut and lose all my muscle.

Verify what BobbyPeru said with regard to things that could be causing low T and also check Prolactin but likely you aren’t going to get anywhere without injections.

red-sfpplus · 2019-07-10T12:52:42+00:00

TRT is the first small step in becoming a greek god.

go-RED-go · 2019-07-10T20:33:59+00:00

Is there someone in marriedredpill over 40 that's not on TRT?

RedPill-BlackLotus · 2019-07-10T08:19:45+00:00

TLDR: how has your TRT experience been so far, finding right dosages, adjunct meds like AIs SERMS etc.

It's been amazing. I scream it Into the ears of every man I meet over the age of 35 to jump on for quality of life.

I was genuinely low, less than 200 total test. I had multiple samples taken by an endocrinologist.

Once I went on the test injections my entire personality changed. I haven't played video games since. I was in a deadbedroom, but it was me that had the tanked libido. The man my wife married was not the real me.

I was working with an endocrinologist and he took a year setting up my trt protocol. I was doing the legit trt thing for a couple of years. The same endocrinologist was doing bloods for half the bodybuilders in the city so I just started juicing. That's even more fun.

The only way to set up your ai protocol (if you need one) is with bloodwork and experimenting. If you can get your trt protocol set up this way it's the best. This is your cruse dose set up by a doctor. Its valuable.

Trt can destroys as many marriages as it saves. The version of you that will be making decisions after trt dosent exist yet. Remember that.

awyden · 2019-07-10T13:47:12+00:00

I was in the mid 400s and my Dr. wouldn't put me on TRT since that's in the normal range.

strngExtent · 2019-07-10T19:15:59+00:00

My TRT experience has been good, to give context I started at 169 total and went up to 487 then dipped back to 330. I went from 200 biweekly to 100 weekly, now I'm 200mg weekly with .5 mg of anastrozole every other day. Last labs my E2 was high and SBHG was low. My lifts are better. 360 squat, 405 deadlift, bench 205. Weight is 213, height 6'1. I'm probably 18 to 19 percent body fat. It's an art as much of a science. You have to find what works best for you when administering. Keep doing research and take notes on your mood, morning wood, sex drive, etc. Best of luck.

NotResultsOriented · 2019-07-10T22:57:33+00:00

25th percentile to 75th. Better energy and libido, though not that pronounced. I get literally 1/5th as sore from lifting, so, yeah, it's great.

WolfofAllStreetz · 2019-07-12T13:35:40+00:00

You have a lot of good advice here so there isn't a ton for me to add. I have battled low T since I was 26, (35 now). Secondary hypo, no other issues. I wanted to wait until we had a kid before I started, and I've been running for 8 months now. I have a really basic protocol at 100mg a week, no ai (not needed) but my SBGH is total shit so I have to pin twice a week. I never was above 200, first injection took me to 900 and I felt like a different human being. It was like someone opened the shades on a dark room. I also suffered with anxiety, and depression for a long time and I think this was a big part of it.

I was a big weight lifter in my 20s and having low natural test really fucked me over when I had to lift hard as hell and get injured meanwhile my friends were all getting huge. Wish I jumped on this ship sooner because I felt like I missed a good part of my 20s being in a shit mood.

My best advice is find a doctor who knows what the fuck they are doing. I live in a really rural area and couldn't find anyone to prescribe and GP's suck for this so find a decent urologist who specializes in mens health (preferably someone younger).

SoggyTrain · 2019-07-15T16:28:18+00:00

TRT is awesome. I would say for the average person, 50mg 2x per week with no AI is the best place to start. Do that for a few months and then get checked. I test over at that dose, so have to do 40 2x per week before I go get bloods. I had an interesting start to TRT tho. Felt awesome for 3-4 months, then felt like shit. Spent some time on some other forums, ended up taking selenium and iodine for a couple months (had some low thyroid symptoms although bw was good), and that seemed to balance everything. Now I only take iodine maybe once or twice a month, and it is a safe low dose. Be ready for shit tests about the new you (I wasn't), but it seems very common.

billy-1020 · 2019-09-25T14:45:34+00:00

Had my vasectomy reversed one year after the procedure.. dont know about t-levels but that by itself fixed the low intensity sex I experienced.

Title	Your TRT experience
Author	beta_game
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Date	July 9, 2019 9:07 PM UTC (7 years ago)
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