None yet. I didn't know enough to ask when I met the doc the first time. I'll ask when I see him Thursday. He may be waiting to see the results after the 6 week blood work. Right now I'm only on 100mg/week. I did get 500mg last week though, they called it a "booster".
Anyone solved their libido issues?
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None yet. I didn't know enough to ask when I met the doc the first time. I'll ask when I see him Thursday. He may be waiting to see the results after the 6 week blood work. Right now I'm only on 100mg/week. I did get 500mg last week though, they called it a "booster".
Here is what I went through. My libido issues were linked to my E2 levels. My E2 and libido would bounce around all over the place as I tried to be at the highest test level in the reference range and adjust E2 level with an AI. I also take HCG which complicates things. But I couldn't tolerate any AI so I had to lower my dosages to a level where I didn't need it. What I found is that even though I'm not at the test level I would like to be, I don't have the E2 swings anymore and my libido is good...really good. My point is that I think some people need to maybe adjust their dosages up or down because they haven't found their sweet spot despite what the blood test numbers show. Also, when I add in some Cialis I get crazy horny. It's insane. I know the literature says it doesn't increase desire, but I can say that my desire is through the roof when I add it in. I hear that it might slightly inhibit aromatase activity so I don't know if this is the cause or maybe it's just the extra stimulation that comes with being able to get hard without even trying.
oldmusclemike
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I have used liquid Cialis no mater how my E2 was and it worked. I must say I was taking high dose Cialis in liquid form and my dosage varied on how I felt. Usage daily for pre-workout built up in my system and I walked around with an almost perpetual hard. Not really that bad but the libido was almost too much. So I don't know if that was due to Cialis (libido) but that's all I have to offer.
This is interesting. Adjust the T dosage. We probably don't need a high T level. At what dosage are you at now if you don't mind my asking. I have been as high as 1000. My baseline was 400. I know that when Viagra was working, I would get horny as heck. That's another thing. Viagra hasn't been working in months. Maybe I am low, but not extremely low. Thanks for posting this.
This is what I currently take and how I spread out my shots but I have to give you a little disclaimer note. You're going to see a wide range of dosages and opinions. Some will think what I take is too little or ineffective, but for me it's just right because of the way my body responds to the medication. It took a long time to figure out what is right for me. I take 46mg of test every 4 days when I get home from work. I started with injecting every 3.5, but that's a pain for me. So my current dose averages out to 80.5mg of test a week. This puts me somewhere around 600-700. I then add in about 20iu of HCG in between shots. That's like a micro dose of HCG for most people, but for me I respond really well. I take no AI and estradiol sides are minimal. Here is what my week looks like with alternating shots. I sometimes go up or down a little on the HCG depending on if I think my E2 is getting elevated which is easy for me to tell by now. My libidio is good and stable now, with stable test and E2 levels. Add in some Cialis and OMG.
Mon-46mg test
Tues-nothing
Wed-20iuHCG
Thur-nothing
Fr-46mg test
Sat-nothing
Sun-20iuHCG
Mon-nothing
Tues-46mg test
Before finding the right protocol for you, how was your libido?
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Before finding the right protocol for you, when you were doing a higher dosage of Test, how was your libido?
It was all over the place! It would be super low even with a test level that was at the top of the range because my E2 was high. Then I'd take an AI to lower my E2 and my libido would go super high which was great, but then I would overrespond to the AI and crash my E2 and feel horrible like I wanted to die. The problem with a high test level is that E2 follows right behind it and if you can't control it then there is no point to having that high of a test level. I had to learn to live with something in between and I've found that I can exist quite well on it and my libido is as strong as it was in my teens and I'm in my mid 30's now. Sometimes my libido is really out of control. It wasn't like this until I got my hormones in balance with a decent T level and acceptable E2 level. Yeah, I wish I could be at 1000, but it isn't going to happen for me.
Billegitimate
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Our bodies seek homeostasis. I wonder if you get stable and slowly increase the weekly T if you might achieve stability at a higher level. You could try a monthly increase of your weekly dosage by just 1-2 mg. that would increase it 12-24mg/week in a year. I would not be surprised if E2 clearance rates adapted with that slow a ramp up.
I did hear a podcast once in which a bodybuilder was saying that he stayed on T continuously for 7 years, but started with very little and just slowly increased it. He claimed that he was on 350mg a week and had E2 in bottom range with no AI. He speculated he might be unique or that the slow change is what led to it.
Food for thought.
I did hear a podcast once in which a bodybuilder was saying that he stayed on T continuously for 7 years, but started with very little and just slowly increased it. He claimed that he was on 350mg a week and had E2 in bottom range with no AI. He speculated he might be unique or that the slow change is what led to it.
Food for thought.
