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6 Weeks into TRT, Bloodwork

T Replacement
#1

So I Started trt 6 weeks ago. I am on a dosage of 0.45ML test cypionate every Monday and Thursday (210MG vial). I take hcg every other day for 0.2ML, just because im worried about testicle shrinkage and keeping my fertility. I also take 0.25 anastrozole every other day. I just got my blood work back heres my results-

Testosterone, total - 2392
Free testosterone - 564
Estradiol- 48

Now that was wayyyyy higher then I thought it was going to be. When I started trt my total test was at 414, my free test was at 60 and my estradiol was at 20. Should I cut back my testosterone injection? and should I up my anastrozole because the estrogen is a little high. But I do feel amazing, great energy, libido thru the roof, lifting heavier and easier then I ever have, muscle looks to be coming in really good. Is it a risk to just keep everything where it is besides the estrogen which I would like to take down a little. any help would be great! thanks guys!!

#2

Describe dosing in mgs, .45ml could be 85mg or 45mg twice weekly as vials come in 100-200mg strengths, big difference. I’m going to assume you’re injecting from a 200mg vial which would put you at 85mg twice weekly.

You need to cut it down to about 40-50mg twice weekly.

#3

Hey thanks for responding, it is a 210MG vial. so if I was to cut it down to 40-50mg twice weekly, how much do I inject?

#4

and the estrogen thing, should I just start taking 0.50 of a anastrozole tablet instead of 0.25? you think that would be ok? I just don’t want to tank my estrogen too much.

#5

You should not need the AI after lowering the dosage. A few extra mg won’t matter, we’re talking about 5mg extra per injection.

YouTube is a great place to learn to inject T, I inject using 29G insulin syringes in the shoulders and quads.

#6

Ok so I will try 50mg twice weekly, stop the ai and then get results in about 6 weeks and see how it looks then. Thanks for your help!

#7

You’ll never require an AI, just so we’re clear. There are few men here would have those E2 levels with half that Total T.

#8

Yea I don’t know what to think about AI anymore, Ive been going crazy, some people say you need it some say you don’t. the doctor told me to take but I told him I really don’t want to crash my estrogen completely, He originally wanted me to take 1mg EOD!!! I just said ok, but in the back of my head I wasn’t going to ever take that much. So I started taking .25 of a tablet and my estrogen is a little high still. So im guessing if I cut the test injection in half it should go down also without AI at all? also im a little confused on the dosage for the test injection, Im taking 0.45ML right now, how do I know how much 50mg is in the ML for the syringe? thanks!