I just had my first 3 month check up with my doctor after being placed on Test C IM injections. At first she told me to take 200mg every 2 weeks, I talked her into letting me split the dose and have been taking 100 mg every week. Based on my lab results below, she has told me to take 100 mg every 10 days now, instead of 7 days. I was expecting her to put me on an AI but she did this instead. Is this the right approach?
I have a prolactenoma and take cabergoline as well.
Ok so EOD is breaking your total requirement over the prescribed 2 week period and injecting every other day.
Or if you inject monday morning and then thursday night that every 3.5 days.
This will stabilize your test, reduce your E2.
Then after a while will drop the body fat.
Ive been there im naturally deposed to E2 and fat. Stupidity this winter saw me put on 40kgs - 88lbs from drinking with my neighbor most nights of the week.
E3.5D means Every 3.5 Days (ie. Monday morning , Thursday Night).
Test Cyp peaks at about 2-3 days after injection. This makes a little more sense. On the seven day injection cycle, with a low SHBG, your test had peaked and was coming back down a tad but your low SHBG still had your free T up there. You should schedule your tests on trough days (day before next injection) on that wide of a protocol. Your E2 is high which is suggesting that you have a high aromatase rate, which is another reason you should inject less amount at more frequent intervals.
So was mine at 3 months. Uro said don’t worry about it, come back in 3 months with new bloodwork. BINGO BANGO it settled down to LOW-NORMAL, naturally. :))))
Not stressing. I have been on this roller coaster ride for a couple of years now. they diagnosed me with a prolactenoma and put me on cabergoline. they tried to jump start my testosterone production with Clomid at first. It brought my levels up to a very high range but as soon as I stopped taking it my levels drop again. I went through 3 cycles of that before being put on the gel. the gels first round didn’t bring levels up enough, so then she put me on the max dose of gel. that didn’t bring it up high enough either. so here I am on the shots. this was my first visit upon starting them. I’m just tried of trying to get dialed in. I want to feel good for a change. I do feel better, so i guess I cant complain too much, but I know I should feel better.
I was misdiagnosed for years, so my trust in doctors is a little skewed. you hear so much on these forums and online about some doctors seemingling making bad choices when it comes to TRT and their patients, i’m just trying to make sure my doc is not one of them.
I have carried a few extra pounds my whole life, but was never too fat. Here within the last 10 years, going through these issues i have steadily increased in weight.
she is going to run those test and seems to be inline with what you are saying. she is just lowering the dose by spacing out the injections. I guess I need to just trust her and see what happens.
I don’t think you should lower dose by spacing out more. If you want to stay close to what she wants then stay at 1x a week and lower dose to 80 or 90.
My Dr wanted every 2 weeks then I convinced every week. Then did 2 x a week.
1x a week is possible. Whatever you decide don’t keep changing until at least 6 weeks.
@garcs082, dont trust her that will be your downfall.
Question amd reseach everything and stay on top of it. I didnt stay on top of it because i was drinking and getting fat so i didnt care.
Now im having to restart and re-stablise. But this time its basically without any support from my endo he told me the other day basically buy test, hcg and ai if needed online.
These doctors dont care they just want money. So always question and research
Doc told me to take it in the middle of each dose.that’s why I took it at 3 1/2 days. I’ll ride this one out and see how it goes. if it doesn’t normalize, I’ll tell her i want to try the E3.5D. Thanks for your comments.
