Newbie Questions T level dropped after 1 week

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clayk76

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Noob here. Have questions need some experienced answers!
37 years old 5'9" 180#.
Pre-Test level 390,
Been feeling terrible, ED, no sex drive or interest, weak erections, no motivation, fatigue just dragging around. Have had MRI of Pituitary gland came back OK, no tumors. Dr. wanted to check that before prescribing anything. Also prescribed 5mg of Cialis. No response from Cialis. So he prescribed me 100mg Cypionate EOW. I took first shot last week on Tuesday. Well this past Tuesday I started feeling worse than Pre TRT . Last week I felt a lot better. Drive wasn't back normal but clearer thoughts and seemed like interest was coming back. So I went and got Total test blood work on Tuesday and it was 327, lower than Pre TRT. I don't see Dr. for another month. Any past experiences with this? Thanks!
 
Curious if this is normal. I've been reading all over this site and see the half life for cypionate is some say 7 days some say 12?
 
100mg EOW is an archaic and cruel protocol, talk about a roller-coaster effect. It's now wonder you feel like shit by the second week. A better protocol would be 100mg a week, divided into 2 doses 3.5 days apart - much more stable.
 
Your natural testosterone production is shutting down now that you are putting exogenous testosterone in your body. But you have not put enough injections in yet to raise your test levels. The injections have a cumulative effect. What you are experiencing is normal. You need to do about 6-8 weeks before your T injections will reach "saturation".

However, as MBB pointed out, you are making the situation worse by following a bad protocol. Most guys find that injecting every 3.5 days (twice per week) helps even out their testosterone and other hormone levels much better than injecting once ever 14 days. This is due to the half life of testosterone Cypionate.
 
I appreciate the response. I'm going to have to try and get Dr. to allow me to do possibly 100mg a week. If I can get that done I don't mind doing 50mg E3.5D. I just don't want to startle my Dr. and make him feel like I'm abusing the test. He kinda seems willing to work with me on it, but not positive on that yet just getting to know him.

So basically on the 100mg EOW I can expect to have terrible crashes like I just experienced, or after my Test levels become saturated in 6-8 weeks the drop off or crash will disappear. Or that's 6-8wks of 100mg/week.
I really appreciate you Megatron and MBB's responses. Any help and guidance is really appreciated.
 
On 100 mg every 14 days, you will still be on a big roller coaster ride - even 6 months in. Plus you most likely will still be at hypogonadal levels for much of that 14 day period. 100mg every 14 days simply isn't high enough a dose for most guys. A common starting point is 100mg per week. For comparison, I am on 160mg per week and that puts my TT around 1100 (I inject 80mg every 3.5 days).
 
Thanks, I'm trying to gather as muck knowledge to try to get my Dr. to adjust my levels. On blood test is Test Serum same as Total Test.
 
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