So I’m starting my TRT journey sometime this week, whenever the stuff is delivered. Thanks for tuning in.
I used Defy, they were good through the whole process and I appreciate that they can take care of everything end-to-end.
The plan:
20mg Test Cyp Daily - Sub Q
150IU HCG Daily - Sub Q
25mg DHEA nightly - Oral
I have very low Test, Free T, and Estrogen, so I appreciate that the Dr prescribed me an AI so that I would have it, but told me not to take it unless severe issues were encountered and even then to call back first.
He said that from my labs I have high “lutenizing hormone” so that’s why he went with daily injections.
I’m excited to get started, although a little nervous. There are many stories on here about the first week being weird, and my first week happens to line up with my vacation. Not sure what to expect.
I’m also wondering if my dose is too low. I only have forums to compare with, but my dose works out to 140mg per week. The common starting point seems to be at least 200mg. And my Free T levels are very low:
Total: 121
Free: 6.7
So maybe he’s just starting me out low because there’s nowhere to go but up? I mean I’m not going to question it since I haven’t even done an injection yet, but it’s hard not to overthink things.
Daily dosing usually goes with low shbg and isn’t ideal for obvious reasons (many many injections).
Defy must’ve been looking at shbg when they made this call. BUT, I’d THINK they’d wanna start at something more standard out of the gate, like 100mg/week and then assess where shbg lands, as well as FT and e2.
Interesting post in that a major TRT clinic is advocating daily shots.
Yeah, the Dr said that because I have low T(free and total) AND low SHBG that the uptake(I think that’s the word he used) would be better with daily injections.
They are SubQ injections, so if you know the technique for injecting SubQ (hand motion like throwing a dart) they are pretty much painless. I actually sometimes can’t even tell a needle is in.
Update
-Sleep is crap, not sure if related to TRT but has served to keep some fat around mid section(always happens when I have insomnia)
-Muscle mass has improved noticeably
-Got asked twice how much weight I had lost even though scale is the same
-Nipples very sensitive but aren’t getting big like gyno
-Bumps forming below skin at injection sites(subQ). Other than itching no real problem here
-Thinking about switching to slightly bigger needles, getting the cyp out of the vial is a pain in the ass
-Have only missed 2 days
You’re far enough in now where T and E2 levels should be stabilizing. I think your dose may be a tad high and the E2 is high (hence the sensitive nipples). I would go ahead and call Defy and request my follow up labs a little early. Might be time to lower that dose a bit.
I actually mostly feel the lack of sleep atm. It’s hard to get past that.
But in general I have felt a lot better since starting.
The nipple sensitivity has actually gone down after I took one of the anastrozle pills that they gave me. So I will probably call them and ask if I should keep taking it.