new to TRT.. at age 29..

[Spudstr]

At age 29 i'm on testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), this all started a year and a half ago when the wife and I had to do IVF to have a baby, my annual physical I requsted free test and total test added.. came back.. 350 total and a in range free number... progressed a year later and re-tested last august.. total test 335 free test 2.1 so I address this with my doctor about 60 days ago that my past two tests have been low and to explore the Low T options.... So he put me on 1 tube a day of testim. I will Admit testim wasn't so bad.. other than the 10-15 minutes a day of hell waiting for it to dry.. it smelled good and took a few weeks to kick in .. But I feared my 10 month old daughter rubbing up against my shoulder and Opted for test cyp shots when my rx came up for refill... So I go back to my GP.. yes my GP was the one who has been giving me the RX so the GP doc says ok.. 200mg/month of test cyp. .. I realize 200mg/cyp is great.. but not per month.. I consult with some friends who have been on testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) and they all say the same.. 1x a month is crap and all referred me to their doc. So I make the appointment and today walked out with a rx for 200mg/week of cyp, I have blood work done in two weeks, a week before I go see him again for a follow up. no HCG or anything else.. mainly no HCG because I do not care about my fertility, its already shot and i have 14 babies sitting on ice in cryogenic state at the fertility clinic

Should I be concerned at 200mg/week or thrilled? I see a lot of people starting at 100ish/week.

Whats interesting while I was talking to this doctor he was explaining that he is seeing a lot of people in their mid 20's starting to come to him and he said for some unexplained reason the general population is just having lower and lower testosterone levels compared to what they use to be 10-20 years ago.

 

[SolomonGrundy]

200 is great, you will have a test level over 1000 , if your comfortable doing it split the dose into twice a week 100mg so the spike is lower and lower estrogen conversion. ask the doc if he can prescribe an Aromatase inhibitor (AI) so you can keep e2 in cheak, you will want that cheaked on the blood test, most docs don't even look so ask

use this as a mental kick start and begin a healthy life style with exercise and diet, you will feel great, see increased libido and a clear focused mind

welcome

 

[300winmag]

200 is probably high to start, but I would gather based off of blood work if they think you are high they will knock you down. But its not uncommon or necessarily a bad thing. but most docs that are not clinics are probably not going to want to see you over 800 total test, but probably more in the 400-800 range. More isnt always the answer as some might thing, you have to go off of bloods and how you feel both. You could very well do 150 feel great and not need anything, but maybe at 200 you feel like crap and need an Aromatase inhibitor (AI) to keep your E in check, me Id rather feel great with less medication.

Lots of good info on here. The best thing is to determine how you want to feel and your goals. Some on here take testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) beyond what it was designed for and are taking this and that and everything else and creating more than it needs to be.

Personally I am on Test and Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG), HCG for kids only, once thats wrapped up Im done with that, Dont see the benefit really. HCG can make you feel better it doesnt me, alot of guys like it because it keeps their balls bigger and can shoot bigger loads. But me I dont care what by balls look like, and I shot big loads before anyways.

 

[Spudstr]

200 is great, you will have a test level over 1000 , if your comfortable doing it split the dose into twice a week 100mg so the spike is lower and lower estrogen conversion. ask the doc if he can prescribe an Aromatase inhibitor (AI) so you can keep e2 in cheak, you will want that cheaked on the blood test, most docs don't even look so ask

use this as a mental kick start and begin a healthy life style with exercise and diet, you will feel great, see increased libido and a clear focused mind

welcome

He brought up the e2 levels and said he would give the rx depending on how we look in two months. I explained i did have nip soreness if you really touch them currently from the testim/cyp shot I had two weeks ago and he agreed but wanted to see how it looked in 60 days.

 

[IMT staff]

If my nipples were hurting I def wouldn't be waiting 60 days to handle it.

 

[Spudstr]

If my nipples were hurting I def wouldn't be waiting 60 days to handle it.

They don't exactly hurt, i can touch them they are fine, now if i really press into them they feel sore as if something is wrong but it takes a bit of pressure. And its really.. more so on one side than the other