Hi, I'll just go through my story briefly otherwise I'd be here all day.
I'm 37yo and a competitive powerlifter who's dabbled in Russian Sports Supps over the last few years and am looking down the barrel at starting HRT.
I've never abused Testosterone. Normally cruising on 200mg Test E per week while off season and bump it up to 600mg 10 weeks out from competition, reverting to 200mg immediately after the comp is over.
18 months ago I decided to try for HRT and came off all together to get my blood work done. Crashed pretty hard and my tests came back at 6.2. Went and saw an Endo who refused to prescribe me TRT and suggested patches which did nothing. Over the next 3 months while trying his method, I suffered from severe Anxiety, non existent libido, no motivation, the lot. Had bloods done again and they were up to 7 but I didn't feel any different at all, I actually felt worse. Another $250 visit to be told things were working and continue with the patch's......
I couldn't continue on the path I was going on, so I started self medicating again with 200mg / wk and everything fell back into place. Back to my normal self.
Now I've managed to get into one of the top HRT doctors in the country and first things first, I have to do bloodwork.
Question I wanted to ask was, how long after my last injection should I wait before doing bloods to ensure they are at their lowest point. Last injection was 200mg Test E. The receptionist recommended 10 days, although I would have thought more like 3 weeks.
Appreciate any insight on this. Thank You.
I'm 37yo and a competitive powerlifter who's dabbled in Russian Sports Supps over the last few years and am looking down the barrel at starting HRT.
I've never abused Testosterone. Normally cruising on 200mg Test E per week while off season and bump it up to 600mg 10 weeks out from competition, reverting to 200mg immediately after the comp is over.
18 months ago I decided to try for HRT and came off all together to get my blood work done. Crashed pretty hard and my tests came back at 6.2. Went and saw an Endo who refused to prescribe me TRT and suggested patches which did nothing. Over the next 3 months while trying his method, I suffered from severe Anxiety, non existent libido, no motivation, the lot. Had bloods done again and they were up to 7 but I didn't feel any different at all, I actually felt worse. Another $250 visit to be told things were working and continue with the patch's......
I couldn't continue on the path I was going on, so I started self medicating again with 200mg / wk and everything fell back into place. Back to my normal self.
Now I've managed to get into one of the top HRT doctors in the country and first things first, I have to do bloodwork.
Question I wanted to ask was, how long after my last injection should I wait before doing bloods to ensure they are at their lowest point. Last injection was 200mg Test E. The receptionist recommended 10 days, although I would have thought more like 3 weeks.
Appreciate any insight on this. Thank You.