Oh I saw your post from 19d ago and thought you recently switched.
I guess what most ask are “how do you feel”, where’s e2 and free T. Form there you trickle down into other factors.
Oh I saw your post from 19d ago and thought you recently switched.
I guess what most ask are “how do you feel”, where’s e2 and free T. Form there you trickle down into other factors.
Is stomach and love handle area ok? Or did you specifically exclude those in your suggestion . That’s where I do subq
I prefer to bet on the horse that will win the race, SQ doesn’t work well for everyone, IM does.
Hmmm not too bad but carrying a bit of timber,
I am not fully well in myself to workout yet though.
Since my first set of labs, my T and E2 have halved. I do feel more tired
Im very glad and fortunate I found this thread and pilchard I feel as if you wrote my daily life right now. I have been on TRT since Sept of 2018 and its been a mess. I am starting this week to do subQ every 3.5 days, I really feel its the E2 with my issues. Thanks again for these posts, so glad Im not going crazy
Hey mate! Nice of you to show up on this thread!
We are all on a journey and as we are all different, it’s about finding a balance and what works for you.
I’ve not found my balance yet, it’s trial and error I’m afraid. I had high E2 issues so I reduced my T dose which has halved my E2 numbers but also halved my T numbers. Ideally I want the E2 to stay where it is but my T to increase slightly as I feel more tired since it halved… so…
I will keep on going until I find a protocol that works for me.
The guys on here are amazing and will help you just like they help me.
Hang in there and feel free to communicate with me at any time. TRT can be a lonely place if you are doing it on your own. Thank goodness I found this forum
So how does one know If subq is working or not? I dont feel anything from my subq administration. Where as with IM I felt energy the day of and day after.
Really sorry mate, I’m a newbie, I don’t know what subq or IM means… I’m just learning
Subq is under the skin (subcontenous) not muscle and I’m is intramuscular. I probably misspelt subq.
Subq is much easier and less painful. It also releases the medicine more evenly throughout the week (I hear).
IM is kind of hard to do daily over eod. Maybe 2 x a week, but jabbing your legs, arms but can turn into allot of punctures over decades.
Right, thanks for clearing that up. I inject into my glutes, alternate every shot
I was doing that to but god it’s a pain in my literal Arse… especially figuring out where and then trying to do a yoga stretch around your self… lollll
I have always been a stable, clear minded guy…until TRT. Around Christmas I thought I was going nuts mentally and ED with my wife of 20 years, never happened until now. I talked my Dr into letting me try injecting 2x a week to reduce E2, which I feel is casing my issues. I have said I wish I have never started but reading your posts really made a difference. I am starting the subQ 2x a week as I mentioned and have read many great results trying subQ, some sites even believe you get a 20% increase in absorption.
This truly is a journey and its tough not being able to correct it quickly. My blood work 7 days after injection have me at 275, which is still too low. Really glad my endocrinologist is working with me. Looking forward to seeing how this goes.
IM is intramuscular (into the muscle) and subQ is subcutaneous, which is just into the fat. My wife is a nurse and I still get horrible pain days after the injection
I’m hearing you buddy, I’ve also had sexual dysfunction. I now suffer terrible insomnia, it’s soul destroying, I have had to start on an antidepressant for mood and sleep so I am experiencing side effects from that also. There are days where I could just cry with frustration, I have been ill for so many years and I thought TRT would be the answer I was looking for… I still believe it is but hormones are tricky to balance and I didn’t realise it would be this hard.
Keep in touch bro, we are in the same boat
… if you had no problem with ED before TRT then you know there is nothing physically wrong with you, it’s the TRT causing it, high E2 can cause ED. I have this problem on and off, there’s times I can’t get wood whilst watching porn, PE has also reared it’s ugly head! I’m just gonna keep telling myself it’s my hormones, which it is and can be corrected. First 2 months on TRT all I could think about was sex, which was a strange feeling as I hadn’t had a libido for 15 years, sex with my wife was a chore, now I’m up for it , but still have performance anxiety. My sex Drive has lowered since I lowered my T dose.
I am a newbie to all this so I can’t advise you, but I can be here to talk with you
Keep the faith !
I have never experienced depression until now, but I also will not go on anything knowing its temporary and I can deal with it. I do believe trying the 2x weekly will help and its tough having to wait to see results, 6 weeks? Geez, thanks again for your insight, always good to know its not just me.
Yeah I just switched to twice weekly although by looking at my results I’m not sure I had to.
I take Sustanon 250 which has Short and long Esther’s so I’m not sure whether twice weekly is necessary. I may keep at twice a week but increase dose to 62.5mg per shot instead of 50mg. I would like my T slightly higher but don’t want my E2 any higher , you can’t have one without the other unfortunately
Listening to you guys about ED. Surely some is hormone based and chemicals changing in the body.
I hope my experience can help and that’s why I’ll briefly share.
At 27 I was going to docs because I couldn’t get it up. I tried everything. I tried viagra and docs told me “use this med before sex and you’ll be fine”… I couldn’t figure out why I was so bad off at such a young age. I even tried androgen for a year from an idiot urologist who didn’t look at e2 (hindsight)… I was up one night and found a blog from some eastern medicine practitioner. His blog led me to believe that I was watching way too much porn and was masturbating too much. Too much stimulation. He suggested stop porn, stop everything related to sex for a month.
I followed his advice and I was healed. No more issues. Got off all meds and was fine until 40. I have normal sexual function for a 40 year old but nothing rock solid if you know what I mean. No problem having sex either… I rarely watch porn and it keeps my sex life realistic. The smallest things about a woman turns me on and I do not have this rediculous expectation of how a woman should look or how my sex should be performed.
Therefore I suggest cutting out all porn . Your pathways will be re-wired and you will benefit your sex life in the long run friends.
This also works with anything in life. Think negative? Start thinking positive and force yourself to smile. Eventually your brain will re wire and it will become a natural reaction.
It’s very hard to believe but it works.
Have you ever used an insulin injection? The needle looks so fine that the oil wouldn’t pass through it to me??
One of my problems is measuring out the T in the syringe, the digits are so close together that I find it hard to get the measurements bang on. I was looking at the insulin syringes and the digits are spaced out a lot better for accurate measurement of T, I am just doubting the needle on them
Yes it works fine. Just use a 28g not 29/30. Also you can run the vial under warm water for 20 seconds. I have zero issues pulling a shot.