Questions on week 2 of hrt.

[michael T]

I am on hrt using testosterone cypionate with my third injection
at 100mgs week. I think I am noticing a little increase in my strength. With
little improvement in fatigue, libido is still very bad. I notice that I
only feel good on the 3rd 4th and 5th day after my injection. All other days
I usually feel pretty crappy. Why is this? Also ,can muscles increase strength/size while on Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), or does it just prevent them from wasting away?
I know that I have to be patient.

Michael T,

 

[GymLift]

True that I was taking in lots of protein, but I increased my size significantly after starting Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). The fatigue got better over the course of several months. I didn't have the immediate improvement that so many other guys seem to have.

 

[jpflex66]

then go 200mgs week thats good high end dose thou

 

[Rokomuscle1]

Check out Swales Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) protocal with HRT....shots of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) on days 5 and 6 then your HRT shot on day 7....

 

[soonbebig]

why r u doing a hrt .........and u give more info ...is your sex drive completly dead ..can u get it up?

 

[GymLift]

then go 200mgs week thats good high end dose thou

HRT is about maintaining serum testosterone in the normal range. 100mg is a good place to start. Follow-up bloodwork will determine if the dosage needs to be bumped up.

What is odd is that he is feeling better around day 5 or 6, which is when most guys start to feel down (thus, the reason for SWALE prescribing them hCG on those days).

 

[michael T]

Why doing hrt

I am doing hrt because my T output was low, 363 due to
underproduction. My sex drive was about completely dead.
Also no sensations and no erections. I did the gels for 5 months
with little improvement. On the shots I have noticed that my
blood pressure and pulse rate have returned to normal. My best
days from the shots so far have been:

Tuesday shot day 1 : Little improvement
Wednesday : better
Thursday : Better
Friday : Best
Saturday : Best
Sunday : Crummy and emotional
Monday : Crummy and emotional


My libido has been better on the shots in comparison
with the gels. Morning erections are sometimes on my best days.
The fatigue seems to be much better especially on the shots.
During the past 9 months I have not been able to consistently
exercise and I lost about 50 % of my strength from low T.
Yesterday, with the help of some coffee I was able to do a 1/2 hour
light workout and I could bench press 66 lbs. This was encouraging!
I really do like the injections and I believe that I am finally on the
right road to recovery ! I know some of you are laughing at the
66 lbs of bench pressing but hey for me this is good, I'm 44.


Michael T,

 

[tommbstone]

most people don't like my adive but i'd say take cialias for the pecker if your girl is getting hurt.

Increase your dosage but i see your 44 so are you trying to gain weight or just be happy? I'd talk to your doc about being happy and get a script for depression and vigara or cialias.
again what are your goals? short and long term

jason

 

[rookie03]

why is your testosterone so low? is it because you didnt recover from a cycle, or just bad luck?

 

[michael T]

T levels low because..

My low t levels were from 2 double hernia surgeries that
I had done over the past 10 years. My testicles then started producing
less and less testosterone. First operation was in 1994 and the second was
in 2000. Not to mention that in 1982 I was hospitalized for epididymitis of
the right testicle which probably damaged it. I did manage to have 4
children though over the past 17 years.

Michael T,

 

[GymLift]

I could bench press 66 lbs.

Not sure how you put 66 lbs on a bar using 2.5 lbs increments... you sure it was 66 lbs?

If your free testosterone is now high normal then you should be able to increase that bench with ease. I suggest you hit the bench once/week. If it doesn't start to improve significantly, then something else is also wrong, although I can't imagine what.

Regardless, the best of luck!

 

[michael T]

Weight of olympic bar?

I used an olympic bar with 2 11lb weights and 2 5.5 lb weights. which
is 33lbs and I don't know how much an olympic bar weighs, I guess around
30 or so lbs?

Michael T,

 

[GymLift]

I used an olympic bar with 2 11lb weights and 2 5.5 lb weights. which
is 33lbs and I don't know how much an olympic bar weighs, I guess around
30 or so lbs?

Michael T,

45 lbs, so you are doing better than you thought. That would be 78 lbs, then.

 

[michael T]

45lbs wow.

That is great! 45lbs I'm almost up to 80lbs.
Thanks.

Michael T,

 

[rookie03]

epididymitis.. what is that?