Controlling sides on high TRT doses

[one way step]

Are any of you on what would be considered "high" TRT doses, such as 250mg per week or 400mg-500mg every two weeks?

I used to be on 450mg test + 2500iu HCG every two weeks about 3 years ago, which worked very well for me. Had a great sex drive, awesome energy, crazy appetite. I had to stop it because the sides were too much to deal with. Namely, these were water retention in my face and chest, hair loss, and an increase in body hair.

I'm taking a break from TRT right now to come up with a gameplan for effective doses going forward. I've been using 200mg test, 500iu HCG, and .25 adex every week. It seems to work well in all aspects except my sex drive. My libido is okay but not where it should be, and I have no morning wood ever.

 

[Megatron28]

Sounds like you were getting supraphysiological TT levels by taking so much Test. Injecting that much once every two weeks for TRT is stupid. Most guys only need between 100 and 200mg per week of Test for TRT.

And it sounds like you weren't managing estradiol to boot. Were you monitoring your hematocrit and donating blood when it got too high?

 

[one way step]

Nah. My knowledge of trt was limited to what my doctor told me. Clearly he doesn't know a whole lot because he would always dose in high intervals for 2-3 week periods. I just did went along with the shots he told me to take.

Like I said, this routine was the only one that actually had me feeling real good, but the sides were unbearable.

 

[Megatron28]

You most likely would have felt much better taking about 100mg twice a week or 200mg once a week with an AI if estradiol got too high. Plus hCG at about 250iu to 500iu twice a week.

You should try to learn more about TRT so you can help guide your treatment. Sounds like your doc doesn't know very much about TRT.

 

[one way step]

Yes, my doctor sucked. I live in a rural area so my medical options are limited, and as he will prescribe Test + HCG + Adex, I'm stuck with him.

I've done various T+HCG+AI doses at those suggested levels (2x per week and weekly). Doing 100mg test 2x per week left me feeling unenergetic, lazy, and without a sex drive. 200mg per week led to better feelings of energy, and the libido improved but not to satisfactory levels. I still never get morning wood on that dose. HCG on these doses would be 500iu once per week, adex would be .25mg. Any more of either and I seem to send my e2 too high or crash it.

The 450mg test + 2500iu HCG (no AI) did the trick for me but isn't an option because of the nasty sides.

 

[Megatron28]

what did your blood work look like on the various protocols you tried? How long did you run each protocol for?

 

[Megatron28]

Never mind... looks like we have already discussed all this a few times. Probably nothing new to say.

http://www.steroidology.com/forum/search.php?searchid=4005618

 

[juced_porkchop]

Are any of you on what would be considered "high" TRT doses, such as 250mg per week or 400mg-500mg every two weeks?

I used to be on 450mg test + 2500iu HCG every two weeks about 3 years ago, which worked very well for me. Had a great sex drive, awesome energy, crazy appetite. I had to stop it because the sides were too much to deal with. Namely, these were water retention in my face and chest, hair loss, and an increase in body hair.

I'm taking a break from TRT right now to come up with a gameplan for effective doses going forward. I've been using 200mg test, 500iu HCG, and .25 adex every week. It seems to work well in all aspects except my sex drive. My libido is okay but not where it should be, and I have no morning wood ever.

I think 150-250mg ew makes much more sense than what you were doing before. Have you tested estrogen? it could be that and not test issue