37 y/o New to TRT. Labs and Questions

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Do not test LH/FSH on TRT as they go to zero.

Anastrozole dose was insane!

Inject 75mg subq twice a week.
0.5mg anastrozole at time of injections
250iu hCG subq EOD, more is not needed
Adjust later to get near E2=22pg/ml on labs.

Stop anastrozole for 1 week then restart at then dose.

Always do labs halfway between injections to reduce effects of lab timing. Time of office visits can be wrong.

Do not be dehydrated for your lab work.

Watch RBC, you do not want it higher, else may need to reduce T dose and/or donate blood. Avoid iron fortified foods, rice, flour, breakfast cereals, rice, bread. Vitamins should not list iron - men’s formula.

If hCG is 1000iu/ml, 0.25mg or “25” on an insulin syringe is 250iu hCG.

T can be low from low LH/FSH caused by blows to the head, blasts etc. Pituitary gets damaged.

Low thyroid function can also make you fat. Please see last paragraph in this post and post your oral body temperatures.

Please read the stickies found here: About the T Replacement Category - #2 by KSman

  • advice for new guys - need more info about you
  • things that damage your hormones
  • protocol for injections
  • finding a TRT doc

Evaluate your overall thyroid function by checking oral body temperatures as per the thyroid basics sticky. Thyroid hormone fT3 is what gets the job done and it regulates mitochondrial activity, the source of ATP which is the universal currency of cellular energy. This is part of the body’s temperature control loop. This can get messed up if you are iodine deficient. In many countries, you need to be using iodized salt. Other countries add iodine to dairy or bread.