please help me with this Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) question

[mrutah]

please help me with this hrt question

Hey guys my doctor prescribed me testosterone cypionate long story short 200 mg every two weeks isen't cutting it he wants to give me 400 mg every two weeks now, I was wondering if that would be a good dose to also notice increase in muscle mass, I have read blogs on people seeing decent gains with 200 mg every weeks, but he said he would rather have me do 400 every two weeks. I was thinking though with a 7 day half life I should still have 200 mg in my system after one week so basically it should have the same effect as dosing 200 mg weekly, at least that was my thought. I would love to see others opinions.

thanks alot guys im totally new to this, I hope that I can start to have more energy and have get some gains in muscle and strength in the process.

 

[THE-DET-OAK]

yea 400 every 2 weeks is bad idea-dose is good but duration will have you up and down.

200 will prob put you at a 21 year old's levels.

im assuming this from reading-im not on hrt

 

[Ythrashin]

400mg every 2 weeks is going to feel like a roller coaster ride... You'll feel good up till the second week then your levels will fricken bottom out by the end of the 2 weeks.

200mg every week would be ideal for stable levels.

I actually do my own injects for Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) and split my 250mg dose up into 2 injects per week for even more stable levels....

 

[estray]

Get a shot every week.

 

[mrutah]

thanks for the replys guys the issue I have is this, he says that he does not want to do weekly injections so if when I go back to him and he says he wants to do 300 mg every two weeks or 400 mg every two weeks could I do that then inject myself with 100 mg at the start of the following week so I don't bottom out? He doesn't know I have my own test at home so basically im stuck with the every two week thing becuase he has his nurse give me the shot, I know i should do it weekly but he says no, thats why I figured I could sneak in the 100 mg the second week without having crazy test levels when I get them checked at the end of the month. Any thoughts? I want to have energy and I would love to have the strength and mass with it as well, I train very hard so I hope this works out.

 

[estray]

thanks for the replys guys the issue I have is this, he says that he does not want to do weekly injections so if when I go back to him and he says he wants to do 300 mg every two weeks or 400 mg every two weeks could I do that then inject myself with 100 mg at the start of the following week so I don't bottom out? He doesn't know I have my own test at home so basically im stuck with the every two week thing becuase he has his nurse give me the shot, I know i should do it weekly but he says no, thats why I figured I could sneak in the 100 mg the second week without having crazy test levels when I get them checked at the end of the month. Any thoughts? I want to have energy and I would love to have the strength and mass with it as well, I train very hard so I hope this works out.

Tell him 2 weeks is too long between shots that its putting you on a hormonal rollercoaster and defeating the purpose of hrt. Tell him to write you a script for the test so you can do your own shots at home or go to another doctor who knows what the hell hes doing.

 

[AustinTX]

tell him you want to learn to do your own shots; 200mg / week is a great dose, esp. now that the RX test comes in damn 1ml vials, but that's another story... The roller coaster others mentioned may also be why 200 mg Every 2 weeks wasn't working as well. Also, 26 trips to the doctor a year for injections is hard to manage. He shouldn't have a problem having his nurse show you how to inject yourself once you reach a dose that is working...

 

[mrutah]

tell him you want to learn to do your own shots; 200mg / week is a great dose, esp. now that the RX test comes in damn 1ml vials, but that's another story... The roller coaster others mentioned may also be why 200 mg Every 2 weeks wasn't working as well. Also, 26 trips to the doctor a year for injections is hard to manage. He shouldn't have a problem having his nurse show you how to inject yourself once you reach a dose that is working...

cool man thanks for the message this is the new update I did a 300 mg shot today in his office I told the nurse I wanted to try to do it.. My doc put me on 300 mg cyp every two weeks, im getting flustered and want to do it weekly odviously so I may take matters into my own hands and go to his office every two weeks for the 300 mg injection and then between the bi-weekly visits inject myself with 200 mg. so basically 300 mg week 1, 200 mg week 2, 300 mg week 3, 200 mg week 4

So my hopes are if I use a decent dose I will be able to see muscle gains and feel better have energy. Would dosing at 300 mg every two weeks with 200 mg in between those doses put on mass even if it is at a slow rate?