re: TRT side effects question.

I just got on the train as well 4 weeks ago. I’m 33 and my levels were at 400 with a free test of 11.

Prescribed 80mg of test cyp 2x week
50mg of HCG 2x week
Anastrozole (estrogen blocker) 2x week.

Got full blood panels + thyroid done first go round and will follow up at 3 months. So far this has been night and day difference in motivation, energy, mood. I’m loving it.

Only thing for me is I’m having to really watch what I eat, I’m currently up to 194# from 190 at 5’11. I’d like to be sitting at 185. Cals are about 2300 a day but this is probably the best shape I’ve ever been in performance wise.

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Exactly the same length and gauge I've been using 2x/week for the past year or so after years of intramuscular (glutes) with a 1.5", 22g and I vastly prefer Sub-Q, wish I had read about it earlier.

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well i had tried once before and remember it burning or having a lump or something. But i have since switched over 100% and love it. I had gotten to where i would dread shots and would skip, not anymore. I would do sub q mutiple times a day over an every other week IM shot.

unless i start having problems, i am never going back to IM. Subq gives better results, way less side effects and it is essentially pain free.

Welcome to menopause

Just wait until the vaginal dryness

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I was doing TRT cream

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Did you put it on your nads? Only reason I ask is because more platesmoredates had a study that showed it worked much better

Yes I did. I questioned my co-worker about placement. But after I went to a TRT course and listened to a few MDs talk, the scrotum is ideal for absorption.

AZBadgerFan,

Do you know a good Dr for TRT in Scottsdale?

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AZBadgerFan,

Do you know a good Dr for TRT in Scottsdale?

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Dr. Carlos A. Suescun Jr, MD
11000 N Scottsdale Rd. (Scottsdale Rd. & Shea)
Scottsdale, AZ 85254
(480) 607-3800

I do, not sure if appropriate to post that info here- is there a private messaging function on the board? I initially went to a "wellness physician" who put me on TRT and now self-administer with twice-weekly subcutaneous testosterone cypionate injections in the belly. I call on cardiologists so easy to have a complete blood count test quarterly and I make sure to monitor hematocrit (measures the proportion of red blood cells in your body) and PSA (prostate-specific antigen) levels. If done under a Dr's care with regular blood tests TRT is very safe. I researched the hell out of TRT and it took me three years to finally pull the trigger and I'm very grateful I did.

I’ll say this- I was in it for 8 months to a year and my doctor increased my dose to the point where my test went from 235 to 1300 and I was drained at 7:30. I told him what was going on and he moved me back down. I started receding after a full head of hair all my life. My estrogen was out of line. Bottom line - he increased it too much. Before he increased it I was at 550 test. This was 100mg per week. He went up to 150 a week.
I maintained my usual diet and got heavier, my hair started turning gray- never had a gray before. It was miserable
I do not recommend that stuff. I would have never started

Bump for info on good doctors in the New Orleans area.