Hey guys!
About a month and a half ago, I decided to start my first test E cycle:
weeks 1-12 500mg test E / week (250mg e3d).
weeks 1-12 500mg HCG e3d
weeks 2-12 0.25 adex EOD
4 weeks in, my hair started thinning really badly, so I lowered the dosage to 250mg test E e5d and added 60mg tbol ed.
I am now at week 6 and the results have been unimpressive to say the least. I have gained 2.5-3kg on a recomp diet, but I've been feeling a lot worse than I did before starting the cycle. I am tired and apathetic, my confidence went down the drain, and my libido fluctuates a lot. I thought I may be having a problem with my estrogen levels, but I wanted to make sure, so got blood work done today, 2 days after my last injection. The results are not too pretty:
Total Testosterone: 18.99 nmol/L (9.9-27.8) - 2 days after the last injection... isn't that way too low?
Free Testosterone: *in progress*
Estradiol: 151.2 pmol/L (41.4 - 159) - a bit high, but in range
FSH: 11.8 mUI/mL (1.5 - 12.4) - in range
LH: 17.36 mUI/mL (1.6 - 8.7) - way too high!
SHBG: *in progress*
Prolactin: 362.2 µUI/mL (98 - 456) - in range
Total Cholesterol: 126.9 mg/dL (<200) - in range
HDL: 64.3 mg/dL (>=60) - in range
LDL: 75 mg/dL (<100) - in range
As you can see, my testosterone level is right in the middle of the range, but I'm pretty sure it should have been way over the upper limit...Any idea why? I thought my test might be bunk or severely underdosed, but then I wonder, why did I get some bad androgenic side effects such as hair loss, body acne, or oily skin during the first 4 weeks?
Also, I've been taking tamoxifen for the last 5 months to fight off the puffy nipples left over from puberty (I'm 26, btw)... Could that be the cause of my highly elevated LH? Or is it the hCG, which imitates LH and therefore shows up on the blood test?
What should I do? This is the first time I'm posting on this forum, so I don't know what else to say, but if there is something else you guys would like to know, feel free to ask. Thanks in advance!
About a month and a half ago, I decided to start my first test E cycle:
weeks 1-12 500mg test E / week (250mg e3d).
weeks 1-12 500mg HCG e3d
weeks 2-12 0.25 adex EOD
4 weeks in, my hair started thinning really badly, so I lowered the dosage to 250mg test E e5d and added 60mg tbol ed.
I am now at week 6 and the results have been unimpressive to say the least. I have gained 2.5-3kg on a recomp diet, but I've been feeling a lot worse than I did before starting the cycle. I am tired and apathetic, my confidence went down the drain, and my libido fluctuates a lot. I thought I may be having a problem with my estrogen levels, but I wanted to make sure, so got blood work done today, 2 days after my last injection. The results are not too pretty:
Total Testosterone: 18.99 nmol/L (9.9-27.8) - 2 days after the last injection... isn't that way too low?
Free Testosterone: *in progress*
Estradiol: 151.2 pmol/L (41.4 - 159) - a bit high, but in range
FSH: 11.8 mUI/mL (1.5 - 12.4) - in range
LH: 17.36 mUI/mL (1.6 - 8.7) - way too high!
SHBG: *in progress*
Prolactin: 362.2 µUI/mL (98 - 456) - in range
Total Cholesterol: 126.9 mg/dL (<200) - in range
HDL: 64.3 mg/dL (>=60) - in range
LDL: 75 mg/dL (<100) - in range
As you can see, my testosterone level is right in the middle of the range, but I'm pretty sure it should have been way over the upper limit...Any idea why? I thought my test might be bunk or severely underdosed, but then I wonder, why did I get some bad androgenic side effects such as hair loss, body acne, or oily skin during the first 4 weeks?
Also, I've been taking tamoxifen for the last 5 months to fight off the puffy nipples left over from puberty (I'm 26, btw)... Could that be the cause of my highly elevated LH? Or is it the hCG, which imitates LH and therefore shows up on the blood test?
What should I do? This is the first time I'm posting on this forum, so I don't know what else to say, but if there is something else you guys would like to know, feel free to ask. Thanks in advance!