Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) dose help needed

[JimmyButty]

trt dose help needed

I'm 40 and have many of the symptoms of low t, low energy, very low libido, anxiety, irritability and mental fog. Five years ago I asked my gp about it and had loads of blood tests. So many I can't remember now, including thyroid and testosterone and everything is in the normal range. Total t was 19 nmol/L (range 8 - 36). I was very surprised, I thought it would be the lowest level ever measured. I saw an endo as well but he said everything was normal. After doing loads of reading on the internet I decided to try taking test cyp myself and started 5 months ago. I started at 100mg every week and 0.5 mg of arimidex twice a week. After 4 or 5 weeks there was a huge increase in libido and women look amazing now . I took Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) for about 5 weeks (250iu twice a week) but it's too expensive to keep taking at the moment. I don't think anything else has changed though and energy is still the same, so after 3 months at 100 I increased it so 120. Now don't know whether to increase the dose again, or by how much or for how long. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. I've been exercising regularly and for the last four weeks done some free weights.

 

[Megatron28]

Share your lab results with us. Otherwise we would just be guessing blindly.

Total T
E2
CBC including hematocrit
Metabolic panel
Etc.

 

[JimmyButty]

Thanks for your reply, I need to get a print out from my doc and I'll post them soon.

 

[ScottyB28]

I think most docs around here start you out at like 200mg a week.

 

[JimmyButty]

I think most docs around here start you out at like 200mg a month.

Thanks, that's just 50mg a week. I've read everyone is differnent and some men find 90mg a week works and some a lot more. Do you think it would have done anything bad, starting at 100 mg a week? I wish I'd checked here before I started.

 

[ScottyB28]

I'm sorry man, I meant 200mg a week. I fixed it in my post. Sorry

 

[JimmyButty]

Don't worry about it I really appreciate your help and 200mg a week seems like a very long way from 120mg so now I'm still hopeful of getting more energy. That would make a huge difference for work and exercising, I could go swimming again.

 

[ScottyB28]

Whenever you go back to the doc, just tell him your feeling better but your not exactly where you think you should be. Tell him you'd like to bump it to 200mg a week. Most docs will listen. I told my doc that and he bumped me from 200mg to 300 mg. I'm a pretty big guy and he said he didn't have a problem with that.

 

[bigblue43]

My doc wanted to give me 100 a week. I asked him If I could just keep the bottle since I lived far away. He agreed..I have been taking 200 a week, but he didn't tell me I needed an AI....At about 10 weeks, I started having some sexual side effects and balls had shrunk...went back for blood work and me Estrogen was up. I am taking Evista for that now(he said it was better than Arimidex) and I had my blood drawn last week and I am awaiting the results. Taking 200 a week of Test C for 10 weeks, raised my T from 299 to 1013 and I felt great and looked great...I made some awesome progress in the gym. I have dropped back to 100 a week until my Estrogen is under control.