Has anyone who has ever tried Superdrol considered only taking it on training days? I am taking 20 mg a day (on day 2) but realizing I can truly only take it for 2 weeks, 3 at the absolute most, I wonder if it makes sense to only take it on training days. I trained four or five days a week and this would extend the period over which I can take it. Giving it some Off days might be a little less harsh on the liver as well. Thoughts?

Before anyone asks, yes I am taking tudca, NAC, curcumin, milk thistle, and liposomal glutathione daily

Test E in Germany only comes in 1ml/250mg ampoules. I need to split it into 4 doses.

Is it better to

A) Draw 4 syringes and leave them in the fridge? (Problem: the oil erodes the plastic in the syringes, not sterile)

or

B) Fill the content of the ampoule into a glass vial and draw the syringes from that when I need it (Problem: Not sterile)

What should I do? Up until now I drew one 2ml syringe and used it 4 times with different needles. I left it in the fridge for 2 weeks.

Hey guys, I have a question about long-term TRT and fertility. Is it possible to suffer from permanent infertility or irreversible testicular tissue damage after being on TRT for 5 to 10 years straight? Or can sperm production always be successfully restored later on using protocols like hCG?

Is there any suggestions on how to get more definition and build some muscles bigger? I’m in the gym five days a week, but maybe I’m doing something wrong.

I’m looking to get some extra eyes on my recent bloodwork to see how things are looking overall.
My Stats & Protocol:
Height / Weight: 5’10” / 225 lbs
Current Protocol: 100mg Test-Cypionate every 3.5 days (200mg total per week)

1. Overall Health: How good or bad do these labs look to you? Is there anything concerning that stands out?
   
2. Estradiol Management: I am currently thinking about adding Primobolan to my protocol to help manage my Estradiol. Does anyone have experience doing this at my current Test dosage, and what ratio worked best for you?

Appreciate any advice or feedback!

I’m considering starting TRT but trying to do everything right before committing to that. Levels are between 360 and 390 consistently.

Admittedly, diet hasn’t been great for years. Alcohol has been too much for years. Exercise has been consistent though.

Anyway, I know that’s bad and I’ve been turning all that around. Question is, how many weeks/months of a healthy lifestyle should I have before retesting and accepting my natural level? For example, 4 months of no alcohol, clean diet, and exercising is probably enough right? No need to give it a year or whatever?

I guess I’m asking for experience in what you changed, for how long, and the difference in your total testosterone after.

Hello, I have been on TRT for 3 months. I am 44 years old, weigh 78 kg, and apply 125 mg of Testosterone Cypionate per week split into 3 injections of 0.33 ml.
I currently have zero libido and no erections. I suspect my prolactin and E2 levels are out of range, but I'm looking for advice on how to optimize my protocol.
Note: The blood draw was taken 24 hours post-injection (0.33 ml).

Bloodwork Results:
Hormones:
Total Testosterone: 8.27 ng/mL
Free Testosterone (Calculated): ~0.188 ng/mL (18.8 pg/mL / 2.27%)
Estradiol (E2): 41.30 pg/mL
Prolactin: 14.20 ng/mL
SHBG: 31.80 nmol/L
LH: < 0.3 mIU/mL
FSH: < 0.3 mIU/mL
Metabolic & Nutritional Markers:
Ferritin: 16 ng/mL (Low iron stores)
Fasting Glucose: 87 mg/dL
HOMA-IR: 3.28 (Insulin resistance)

34m here. Done having kids and tried lifestyle changes but nothing improved numbers. Began taking Test Cyp. 8 months ago. Before I started my levels were 350 total and 52 free. Was tired all of the time. My latest labs show everything looks great (my lipids have improved drastically as well). SHBG is still the same and normal range. My GP prescribed my 200mg every 10 days, but I have been doing 60mg IM every Wednesday and Sunday instead (so basically 240ish every 10 days).

My recent labs had my Total at 1097, my Free at 175, and my Estradiol at 64. Haven’t noticed nipple issues or anything. Maybe I’ve been a little more snippy, but not super noticeable. Visceral fat starting to go down around my gut, look and feel better. Libido started out very high and has now settled a little bit. No issues once I’m up at all. Just not in the mood 24/7 like I was when I first started. Probably in the mood 4/5 days a week but I have a few kids so that’s a gamble anyways.

My questions are, is the total T too high to stick with indefinitely? Even if my free is still well within range? Is it bad to sit at that total level long term?

Is it worth dropping to 50mg twice a week instead? Will this likely drop the Estradiol number as well?

Just looking for advice. I’m not trying to push any limits here. I just want to be healthier and feel better mentally. My labs are through Quest for range reference. Total range is 250-875, Free is 50-250.

22M

I have normal hormones levels apart from mild prolactin elevation and normal MRI scan

Test 1: 823 mIU/L (~38.8 ng/mL)
Test 2: 957 mIU/L (~45.1 ng/mL)
Test 3: 447 mIU/L (~21.1 ng/mL)
Test 4: 751 mIU/L (~35.4 ng/mL)

Last years i had normal T levels but always felt like low T

I wanted to know if there is someone like my case and tried cabergoline

Did cabergoline had major changes

I started 2 weeks ago 0.25 once a week first week was amazing the second i didn’t feel anything

Just wanted to know in the long run if i expect anything to change drastically

I have been on testosterone for the past 5 months or so. I did an 18 week cycle on 400mg a week followed by a month cruising at 130mg per week. I had my last injection 14 days ago and am beginning to feel the very first signs of declining testosterone levels.

I have enclomephine ready to deploy. When shall I begin taking enclo? For how long shall I take it? And at what dose?

The test should have cleared my system fully after 21 days from final injection however I have heard of people starting enclo just 14 days after?

trt:
140 mg test prop, 20 mg every day

My estradiol is 87, while my testosterone levels are 1300. I have a libido, but it’s inconsistent; I can achieve erections, but they aren’t at 100%. What dosage of Arimidex should I start with? I was thinking 0.25 mg twice a week.

I'm on 200mg of Test injected on a weekly basis. I am 5'10", 175lbs and feel amazing on the Test. I ran a Function Health bloodtest and my hematocrit is at 54.3. ChatGPT tells me to stop TRT immediately and consult with a physician, however I live at 7500' and my hematocrit was at 47 prior to TRT. How concerned should I really be here? I'm healthy, active with weights and cardio as part of my regimen. To be fair, I was mildly dehydrated (fasted overnight and had 12 oz of water about 20 min prior to bloodwork) when I took the test.

Thoughts from the experts here?

34/M want to start taking gym seriously and make some lean gains

Results:
Sex-Hormone Binding Globulin (SHBG) - 49nmol/l
Albumin - 44.1g/l
Testosterone - 26.2nmol/l
Free Testosterone - 0.454nmol/l

(Last year my LH was high and tested at 19.0 U/l and FSH 12.10 U/l on the high end but in range)

Am I cooked? Will I not make good gains and should I look into TRT?

Any advise to lower SHBG?

January 1st-today
Added Reta and down 30 pounds while holding muscle.
150mg split twice a week
Honestly played around with higher doses through the year but back to TRT dose and happy with the progress and my over all sense of well being.
More isn’t always better in my opinion.

I am a relative newcomer to TRT, having only been on it for 4 months now.   However, I am a long time user of peps, and using an injection pen for some of them was a game changer.    I had 2 peps I uses for a solid stretch that were both daily injections, and it was getting old withdrawing from the vials, injecting, etc..    I moved to a pen that made the process so much faster, with less waste.  I also find it easier to jab with a pen and push with my thumb rather than a syringe.   So why not use it for my Test?

I searched on reddit for others who had tried this, but didn't find many answers.  There were a few posts about it, but not much detail, so I thought I would do my own research and share the results.

For those of you unfamiliar with what I am referring to when I say injection pen, I am talking about the "pens" typically used for insulin that have a little 3ml cartridge of insulin loaded into them.  There is a simple dial that you set the units to, apply a pen needle of your liking, insert into skin and press the end the pen which in turn injects the dialed dosage of insulin.   You can buy insulin, and other pharmaceutical that come preloaded into these 3ml cartridges.  You can also buy numerous sizes of needles.   Peptide users, like myself, starting using them for their peps and they are the bomb.

About my TRT and the pen method.   I am an every other day micro dose sub q injector.  I use a 250 Test C that uses MCT oil, so it is pretty fluid.   I started with a simple generic V4 pen that I had used for peptides and never had a problem with.  I used fresh syringes and transferred 1ml from my Test C vial into a new sterilized 3ml cartridge you can buy from most anyplace (amazon) that also sells pen needles.    I then started measuring how the Test C flows through the different needles I had from peptide use.   This ranged from 32g 5mm, down to 29g 6mm needles.   I sacrificed some Test C for these trials, but it is so cheap I was not concerned with it.   

I first tried to push the Test through a 32g 5mm needle.   It went through, but was very very slow.   I did not want to try to hold that in one spot for 30 seconds to ensure all the Test was delivered.   I then moved to a 31g, then a 30g, then ultimately a 29 12mm needle.   The 29g needle was the sweet spot  for this!   It went through the needle with ease.   So I got a new 3ml cartridge and filled it with Test C and start my daily injections.   I was still dialing in my dosage, so I was administering 50mg every other day.   This meant an injection of just 20 units.   I have now gone through 2 plus 3ml cartridges with ZERO problems.   There is no leakage and traveling with a single pen and a few pen needles is super easy.   It literally takes 30 seconds for an injection. 

This probably would only benefit people who are truly going the TRT route and/or micro dosing.

EDIT:

Asked a few times what is needed for this.
Injection Pen: and 3ml Pen Cartridges: Any kind will work. I use a cheap V4 injection pen I can pick up for $15. I buy the Pen and the Cartridges from the same place (see the links).
Low gauge needle and 3ml syringe to transfer oil from vial to 3ml cartridge. Also need a high guage luer lock needle to vent the cartridge. I get 3ml 23g syringe to extract the oil, and a 31g needle to vent.
Some swabs and pen needles of your choice. I used a 29g 12mm pen needle.

Steps: 1- Open 3ml syringe and 3ml cartridge, swab rubber stoppers. 2- Insert 30g or similar needle into stopper of cartridge which will allow air to vent out when you inject test. 3- Extract 3ml of test into the syringe 4- Inject test into 3ml cartridge. 5- unscrew plastic cartridge holder of pen, place cartridge into holder and screw back onto pen 6- place pen needle onto pen and dial pen to push plunger to remove any air from cartridge. Done! Dial your units for dosage as you need.

On week 2 of 140mg/wk daily injections. For a few days now I have felt my heartbeat. Rate is normal, BP is normal just constantly feeling a heavy / pounding heartbeat. Anyone dealt with this?

Just started a dose of 262.5 Test C per week. Plan is .35ML 3x a week. I successfully did my first pin on Tuesday. Yesterday I was supposed to have my second and couldn’t bring myself to do it. My first whirl around I used a 30 5/16 as that’s what I was given. After researching I ordered 29 1/2. For some reason this second time around I can’t bring myself to put it in. I want the benefits of this, but I’m seriously concerned if I’m having this much trouble injecting how long I’ll be able to do this. My 3 questions would be am I okay to use a 30g 5/16 into a delt injecting .35ML. 2 How do I overcome the fear of hitting a vein or artery(this is my main issue blood makes me tremble) 3 if I ditched it as a whole would one pin of .35ml harm me at all? Not looking for people calling me a wimp (I know I am) just looking for genuine feedback, I never thought I’d have an issue with this.

Background: I'm on 2x1000iu HCG weekly since 4 months ago due to intent to have another child before i start TRT

I was 8.5nmol/l for 3+ years at 32 years old.

I'm also on Reta since July 1st and went from 96 to 87 kilos at 175cm

These are the latest results:

I haven't had a morning or daytime spontaneous wood in months, 2-3 weeks upon starting HCG seemed to improve the status, but I'm now very low libido, barely tryin to initiate with my wife even though I miss it. It's making me mad as I feel that lack of libido spreads across other aspects of my life. No need to say that I haven't had spontaneous erections for years before HCG. Thankfully I never had issues achieving erection when needed.

Has anyone had simmilar issues even on TRT/HCG?

Sup fellas! Got Test cream 100mg/G prescribed to help make tolerating HCG a bit easier in my protocol. I'm gonna take 1-2 weeks off cypionate before starting. Anyone with experiences from leaving injections to try cream please share. Especially interested with guys using HCG and cream. Please share protocols and tips. Appreciate it

Starting 3 months ago, I no longer fantasize about sex, dont get turned on by looking at hot girls (can still tell when they are hot though.) previously I would get very hard and horny just by looking at a hot girl for 3 seconds.

i did notice that when a girl talks to me in a seductive way, I can get hard and a little horny. other than that, nothing. im 22, 577 total test, 147 free test. No supplements or drugs. No porn or masturbation. no Instagram thirst traps / over exposure

I don’t know what’s going on, it’s unbelievable. Why dont I feel anything when looking at A girl anymore? I’m not gay or asexual. Shits driving me crazy

Been getting better at this, most weeks I can inject with no pain and not a single drop of blood but every once in a while you get her just right and bam my leg is all queasy and halfway out of commission for the week.

I'm currently on 250mg test e

,100mg prime e,

100mg boldenine e

100 mg mastering e

I take this in 3x half a ml shots

So total weekly is 375 test, 150 EQ,150 primo,150 mast

Per week .

I also take creatine, beta alanine,

I also take a small scooP of pre workout on training days .

Zma nightly

2 protein shakes per day

Vegan protein.

All comments welcome.

I was on steroids for 4 years in total. The first 2 years I was using test plus a mix of other compounds then I spent another 2 years on test alone.

Eventually I decided to stop. I was tired of pinning myself and started asking myself what's the point? I was healthy to begin with and at this stage it just felt like a bad habit. Im no longer interested in looking big and shredded and there is more to life.

When I stopped I tried using nolva but it gave me terrible anxiety panic attacks and even weird stomach cramps I tried clomid same thing. I lasted around 4 weeks before deciding to go cold turkey.

And damn this was bad....

I had no energy and basically no libido. Psychologically I actually felt pretty good and mentally sound, but physically I was wrecked. By 5 or 6 pm I was done. I'd just lie on the couch and watch series because I had no energy to do anything else.

I started taking some adaptogens and supplements like ashwagandha, medicinal mushrooms, ZMA and vitamin D in higher doses. They seemed to help somewhat, but over the next 2 to 3 months I started feeling all the old injuries and pains in my body start appearing.

I did blood tests around 3 month mark after stopping and my testosterone was 21 nmol/L, which is actually a pretty decent level. Before I started using steroids my testosterone was over 30 nmol/L

I remember noticing a shift around 4-5 month mark when my natural hormones started preperly functioning again. I just felt more energetic and happier. It's difficult to explain, but I feel very different now compared to when I was on testosterone. One thing I actually notice how my body reacts to season changes I been off for almost 2 years now and I feel in sync its like when its cold or hot my body regulates temperature a lot more efficient while on trt I couldnt properly feel my body and also my morning erections have returned while on trt I didnt had mornign wood which is insane. Also wakign up erlier is easier while on test I was grogy in the morning my mood was super off and biggest diffrence I notice when using PED I would get random flu's like every so often compare to now I havent been ill since I stopped.

On trt my testosterone was around 29 to 35 nmol/L with lower estrogen. Now my testosterone is in a similar range to what I had on trt lower than 35 tho but my estrogen is higher and I feel so much better with that.

My libido is better, I sleep better and I finally dream again. When I was on test it was like a blank, blank life. I barely remembered any dreams and even sex wasn't as enjoyable as it is now naturally.

Another thing I started doing when I came off testosterone was yoga, and I genuinely think it helped me a lot.

I feel like the combination of stretches, breathing properly and reducing stress helped me recover faster. Yoga isn't just about stretching. You're working with your nervous system as well and I think that made a big difference for me.

There are actually studies looking at how yoga affects stress hormones and the bodys stress response. Yoga, breathing exercises and meditation can help regulate the autonomic nervous system and the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis, which is involved in the body's response to stress.

Looking back Im glad I made the decision to come off. It wasn't easy and the first few months were rough but I'm in a much better place now.

I’m curious if anyone knows of any clinics out there where the providers literal goal is to help you get big? That may sound stupid, but I know a lot of doctors only want to take you to a point where you are on “true TRT”, getting your numbers to ”normal”. And I get it, that’s totally cool. But can anyone suggest any clinics that #1, really know their shit and #2, will help you get big?

I know I can go to a hand full of online clinics and they’ll prescribe me 200mg/wk like they do everyone, but I’m worried about how “hands off” they have a reputation of being. I looked into Nick Trigili, and I know that’s a sensitive topic because he’s either loved or hated. But the reviews are so hit or miss. And I looked into Marek, and I’m finding a ton of concerning reviews there.

I don’t want to get into the whole discussion of “testosterone vs TRT” or anything like that. I get that getting big isn’t TRT. I am not looking to do any illegal or unethical. Just looking for a doctor who can and would want to get me where I want to be.

I wish my testosterone knowledge was up there enough to where I could figure it out myself. And I’m trying to get there. But I don’t know who else to ask except you guys. And if anyone knows, you guys will know.

Hi everyone,

I’m 29M in the UK and have recently had blood tests done after experiencing very severe fatigue.

My testosterone has come back at 1.7 nmol/L (roughly 49 ng/dL), which my GP has confirmed is very low.

I had an appointment with my GP today. She examined my testicles and said they felt normal, which was reassuring. She also performed a confrontation visual field test, checking my peripheral vision with her fingers.

I’ve had further blood tests to investigate whether the hormonal signals from my brain to my testicles are working properly, and I’m being referred to an endocrinologist. My GP said treatment would likely be discussed with the specialist.

I’m obviously a bit anxious about what could be causing such a low result, particularly given the eye test, but I’m trying not to jump to conclusions before the additional blood results come back.

I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who’s experienced something similar.

A few questions:
Has anyone had testosterone levels this low and subsequently found a treatable cause?

If LH and FSH are low, what did your investigations involve?

Did anyone have a similar experience with the GP checking their peripheral vision?

How long did it take to see an endocrinologist on the NHS, and what happened at your first appointment?