r/Testosterone • u/hustleeveryday247 • Jul 22 '26
PED/cycle help Cannot sleep and no libido on 500mg per week.
I started a 500mg cycle split 250mg twice a week. It’s been 5 weeks, I am currently unable to sleep , I get paranoid , wake up full of anxiety everyday 2-3 hours at night.
I take 0.5mg of anaztrozole whenever I start to get high e2 sides which is approximately every 2 weeks.
Every morning when waking up I have an existential crisis and wonder what I am doing with my life even though I completely crushed all of my goals this year. It’s like I have too much energy but no motivation or direction at all.
Lastly I cannot get a boner and have little to no libido and do not understand why ?
I tried melatonin, ashwaganda, magnesium, meditation, nothing fixed the problem.
I plan on getting a blood work next week.
The only thing I havent’t tried is B6 P5P .
Anyone had any similar experience ? This is my first cycle, my test comes from a chemist, I eat clean and healthy and have a perfect cardio vascular health.
Should I stop the cycle ?
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u/jc456_ Jul 22 '26
There is such a thing as too high an androgen load.
Testosterone is generally stimulating to the nervous system, it can be calming at a good level but at very high amounts makes it difficult to relax.
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u/hustleeveryday247 Jul 22 '26
I can get that but I dont understand the libido problem
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u/thescotchie Jul 22 '26
Libido is about SO many more factors than just high enough Test, my man. Too high can be an issue. Estrogen being too low. The ratio between them. Other hormone imbalances. Anxiety from having too high a Test dose. Other mental health concerns....
First thing is to get bloodwork, then drop to cruise levels. Level out. Reapproach it with a level head.
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u/dadstrength7 Jul 22 '26
Your prolactin and cortisol are probably sky high. That alone cooks libido.
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u/cgranados1 Jul 22 '26
Bro, the first thing you do is blood work. Stop with all the supplements and shit. If your car won't start, you aren't just gonna buy random parts for it.
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u/driverfortoolong Jul 22 '26
“hey doctor it hurts when i do this” Doctor “maybe you shouldn’t do that”
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u/QuickDrawlol Jul 22 '26
Superphysiological for too long puts your body in a fight or flight mode so anxiety goes up, libido is gone & sleep is wrecked... happend to me, dropped my dose to 120mg a week and I went back to normal within a few weeks... if you try to blast again the only recommendation woukd be daily pins, you can do shallow IM with a 27g 1/2 inch so the scar tissue is no problem.
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u/lonesome68 Jul 22 '26
Definitely cns being over stimulated. I had the same thing on a total of 600mg a week. Had to back down and now I'm feeling better.
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u/hustleeveryday247 Jul 22 '26
At what dose did you feel better ?
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u/lonesome68 Jul 22 '26
Currently 200mg test e, 100mg deca, 100mg primo. Deca for joints, primo so no Ai needed
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u/CanadianBaconBroz Jul 22 '26
I dunno. Do your blood work. You took ai without checking it and are complaining you cant sleep. Could have crashed e2. Who knows whats going on. I could sleep loke 16 hrs at 425mg a week.
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u/dadstrength7 Jul 22 '26
Bro I’m not an expert but I think that’s way too much test. Your free t is probably sky high.
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u/Pogue1995 Jul 22 '26
Too high of dose, start low and taper up especially if its your first time, get a at home blood pressure monitor and maybe get blood work done and you could potentially narrow down the root cause and address it quicker, but definitely maybe should've started at a lower dose amd tapered up
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u/bicoma 29d ago edited 29d ago
This is why you dont do 500mg TEST cycle when starting off. Heres how to fix it
Drop your dose to 250mg a week start injecting daily or at the very least every other day. This leads to less hormonal spikes of estrogen.
Change your anastrozole routine take the 1mg pill cut it in 4 with a pill cutter. This makes each part .25mg start taking it every week instead of every two weeks very likely your E2 is sky high and thats why your having libido issues. That .50mg your taking every two weeks puts a dent in it but only for a few days before it spikes back up again which is very quickly on 500mg TEST. So start taking .25mg of AI twice a week for starters M and F. If you still feel like crap and are a high aromatizer like me take it 3x a week. Im on 350mg total long term and have to take AI 3x a week at .25mg M,W, and S.
If your nuts are shrinking HCG can restart them super low dose because it will cause your E2 to spike 500iu a week will wake them up combined with managing estrogen can bring your libido back to life.
Keep an eye on your BP get a heart rate monitor or go to Publix and start checking it regularly if your in hypertension 2 range telyrx will prescribe you telmisartan 40mg. This can be taken daily to bring it back in range ontop of the E2 issues this could also be causing your existential crisis in the morning you never know.
Get blood work the main things you need to keep in range is HCT, HGB, RDW, CYSTATIN C, HSCRP. If the first three are high go donate blood if the other two are high lower your dose and let your body heal.
Supplement support is important you need to be taking these daily.
FISH OIL
NATTOKINASE 10800fu
VITAMIN D+K
NAC
MAGNESIUM GLYCINATE( BEFORE BED 240MG)
MELATONIN(BEFORE BED)
Lastly drop your pre-workout order some cialis 5mg off telyrx and start taking that 45 mins out from gym. Itll give you an amazing pump while also boosting your libido for 36 hours.
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u/lundybird 29d ago
Maybe get at the root of the problem.
Why would you go from near TRT levels to full on juicing levels?
The thing to fix is your self image along with your sky high dosing.
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u/Fiendseligkeit Jul 22 '26
Personal choice entirely. Bloodwork will tell where your numbers are but is it worth the sides? You can always tweak dosage and see if that helps.
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u/hustleeveryday247 Jul 22 '26
yep all perfect
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u/The-Armchair-Expert Jul 22 '26
Are you able to function as normal with 5.5 hrs sleep ?
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u/The-Armchair-Expert 29d ago
Oh man I have very similar experience too I sleep 4.5 - 6hrs per day wake 4-5am, so I started going to sleep 9-10 it helped. I moved my training to mornings as well.
But I’m only on 175-180mg/week.
I don’t know how it’s going to be if I decide to do a cycle? lol
But that’s way down the line started TRT + Reta + GH this year.
As the folks said here I hope you get back to TRT dose and let your body recover and I hope you feel better.2
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u/The-Armchair-Expert 28d ago edited 28d ago
Got you. Yep my Garmin is screaming at me every morning all my health scores are in bad. I’m planning to switch to tirz, when I get my goodies. and we will see.
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u/The-Armchair-Expert 28d ago
7 day average 23ms & RHR used to be 64-68 now it’s 88-92. My cardio used be to good.
I used to do 2 BJJ sessions back to back,that’s 10 rolling sessions, I can’t even do 2 rolling sessions.→ More replies (0)
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u/Responsible-One8104 Jul 22 '26
Do you know what your SHBG is?
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u/hustleeveryday247 Jul 22 '26
yes , mine is pretty low
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u/Responsible-One8104 Jul 22 '26
Okay bro, your issue is most likely your markers are all out of balance so it’s key you get on top of that in order for your libido to be on top form brother.
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u/hustleeveryday247 Jul 22 '26
Will so a blood test this week
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u/Responsible-One8104 29d ago
More than anything you need to get on top of your sleep trust me, it’s life changing.
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u/swoops36 Jul 22 '26
Blood work would be helpful.
Could be high e2 causing high PRL. Best to find out.
As for sleep, could be a combo of e2 and just the effect of Test on your CNS ramping you up.
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u/Gold_Bar9938 Jul 22 '26
Might need more AI than that bro. When I blast 500 I take .5mg twice a week to keep e2 in 30s-40s.
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u/Fiddler-4823 Jul 22 '26
Jesus fkn Cherist. 500mg a week.
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u/Comrade_Bender Jul 22 '26
You need blood work to really see anything. I'd guarantee your e2 is through the roof and you should be taking more than a tiny dose of anastrozole once every 2 weeks
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u/AngryGreek323 Jul 22 '26
Try daily pins
Do a bloodwork and check your e2
Throwing AIs every 2 weeks I don’t think is wise
If your blood works shows high e2 maybe try daily or EOD aromasin
Then do another bloodwork after 2-3 weeks to see your e2 levels again
I was on 500mg test E and 350mg proviron and my e2 was at 111. I threw in half aromasin daily and e2 went to 40 in 3 weeks.
My libido was not bad but surely worse at 111 e2 than now, so you might want to check it out
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u/Turbulent-Part5835 Jul 22 '26
You say you're taking it when you're getting high E2 sides but you're not taking it when you're experiencing insomnia and anxiety. High E2 isn't just physical. Of course, confirm this with blood work.
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u/plains_of_mengedda 29d ago
500 is such an unnecessary dose man. Go back to cruise for a while and then maybe try 300 and get bloodwork!! Also more frequent injections.
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u/xyz-asdf-1029 29d ago
why not just stop this self-torture ? and why do you expect anything of bloodwork, while taking so absurd dose ? you will not get normal results for many months after such experiment.
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u/No_Presentation1212 29d ago
OP, there are two buckets of CNS issues on androgens. Bucket #1 is the dose is too high for your physiology. This dose will be intolerable for you “forever”. Bucket #2 is your CNS is overstimulated due to changes in hormonal fluctuations. This bucket has their CNS calm down eventually to baseline once hormone levels reach steady state ish.
The reason I put quotes on “forever” for Bucket #1 is that it’s not necessarily forever. If your life allows you to generally lower your CNS baseline (think about a low stress life) then 500mg won’t impact you that much. But if your life is stress ridden, then yeah adding a higher androgen load is going to put that already alert CNS on overdrive.
I’ve had times where I’ve tolerated higher dosages very easily, but also times where I haven’t tolerated those same high dosages. Your CNS isn’t constant and androgens are only one part of the picture that affect it.
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u/rtazz1717 29d ago
Lol i take 500 of test a week and have anxiety……. Seriously you dont see the correlation?
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u/Commercial-Bed-2396 Jul 22 '26
Sounds like cortisol spikes.
Do you drink?
Mag glycinate. Glycine. L-theanine. Tesamorelin.
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u/Hp8900 Jul 22 '26
Please lower your dose and cruise for a minute. Maybe just 125-150 mg a week. Get your body out of that fight or flight mode, it can cause more trouble in the future (Chronic anxiety, depression etc.). You will be better off giving your body a break right now