TRTesticle
New member
Hey guys,
First post here! Seems like a great forum full of knowledgable, helpful people, and i'm glad to be a part of it.
My stats:
Age: 23
Height: 6ft 1
Weight: 81kgs
Bf%- approximately 12%
Firstly, i know what your initial reaction is. You're so young! What are you doing on TRT! Are you sure you have hypogonadism. Well, unfortunately i do. It's certainly not something i had hoped for, but here's my story.
I, along with many other naive stupid adolescents, used the pro-hormone 'superdrol', for eight weeks at the age of 19. Not that this is an excuse to my own stupidity, but at the time i was told by an older 'gym bro' that "the stuff was legal in America, and its not even steroids", so i took it.
Fast forward a year and i'm depressed, i have no energy, i start having erectile dysfunction, my sex drive is non-existent and i'm anxious. My first thought was not low test (although the thought was lurking somewhere far at the back of my mind), but just general depression as one may expect from growing up. I did plenty of research, and i knew that my symptoms, for the most part, fell within the scope of depression. I saw a counsellor, got put on a couple of different anti depressants, and really saw no results. My confidence remained stunted, which was really troubling for me as i had lived my entire life as very confident (perhaps over confident
)
Fast forward three years, and i'm really no better. I'm running the risk here of systematically naming every single low T symptom here, but my sense of wellbeing and quality of life were just not good. I am living live as a 23 year old, who feels physically like a 50 year old. I'm withdrawn generally, wondering what the hell is wrong with me.
I went and saw my GP and requested my testosterone levels to be run, as my lurking fear had finally made its way to the forefront of my speculation. The first result came back at 7.1nmol/ml (8.4-27) [203 ng/dl]. The doctor requested another for a month later, which came back at 6.8 nmol/ml (8.4-27) [194 ng.dl].
I did a lot of research and managed to find one of the most esteemed hormone doctors in Australia. He ran all my levels confirmed my diagnosis. I asked him if it was likely that i had crashed my HPA axis, to which he responded 'most probably, and possibly in combination with other factors'.
I have been started on TRT with Primoteston (Testosterone Enanthate) at a dose of 125mg every 5 days. I had my second injection 3 days ago.
The purpose of this post is twofold. Firstly, to begin a thread of my results from TRT treatment, and secondly, to act as a cautionary tale to anyone who is still in their teens considering taking any form of AAS. It's just not worth it!
Feel free to drop some knowledge on me for my situation, as the more i can learn the better. I am quite well researched on the basics, and am very keen to learn more from you all during my journey.
Thanks a lot guys.
First post here! Seems like a great forum full of knowledgable, helpful people, and i'm glad to be a part of it.
My stats:
Age: 23
Height: 6ft 1
Weight: 81kgs
Bf%- approximately 12%
Firstly, i know what your initial reaction is. You're so young! What are you doing on TRT! Are you sure you have hypogonadism. Well, unfortunately i do. It's certainly not something i had hoped for, but here's my story.
I, along with many other naive stupid adolescents, used the pro-hormone 'superdrol', for eight weeks at the age of 19. Not that this is an excuse to my own stupidity, but at the time i was told by an older 'gym bro' that "the stuff was legal in America, and its not even steroids", so i took it.
Fast forward a year and i'm depressed, i have no energy, i start having erectile dysfunction, my sex drive is non-existent and i'm anxious. My first thought was not low test (although the thought was lurking somewhere far at the back of my mind), but just general depression as one may expect from growing up. I did plenty of research, and i knew that my symptoms, for the most part, fell within the scope of depression. I saw a counsellor, got put on a couple of different anti depressants, and really saw no results. My confidence remained stunted, which was really troubling for me as i had lived my entire life as very confident (perhaps over confident
) Fast forward three years, and i'm really no better. I'm running the risk here of systematically naming every single low T symptom here, but my sense of wellbeing and quality of life were just not good. I am living live as a 23 year old, who feels physically like a 50 year old. I'm withdrawn generally, wondering what the hell is wrong with me.
I went and saw my GP and requested my testosterone levels to be run, as my lurking fear had finally made its way to the forefront of my speculation. The first result came back at 7.1nmol/ml (8.4-27) [203 ng/dl]. The doctor requested another for a month later, which came back at 6.8 nmol/ml (8.4-27) [194 ng.dl].
I did a lot of research and managed to find one of the most esteemed hormone doctors in Australia. He ran all my levels confirmed my diagnosis. I asked him if it was likely that i had crashed my HPA axis, to which he responded 'most probably, and possibly in combination with other factors'.
I have been started on TRT with Primoteston (Testosterone Enanthate) at a dose of 125mg every 5 days. I had my second injection 3 days ago.
The purpose of this post is twofold. Firstly, to begin a thread of my results from TRT treatment, and secondly, to act as a cautionary tale to anyone who is still in their teens considering taking any form of AAS. It's just not worth it!
Feel free to drop some knowledge on me for my situation, as the more i can learn the better. I am quite well researched on the basics, and am very keen to learn more from you all during my journey.
Thanks a lot guys.
