1st endo visit

[Wild]

Funny thing. Like the endo said it was really low. Wild said it is way low. This has been normal feeling to me for a long time now. I honesty don't know what to expect. I mean you spend the last like 10 yrs feeling like this then find out i should be feeling another way complete. Kinda screws with your mind a bit cause my normal is anything but.

Hard to explain but think I got the gist of it across.

I totally understand...you forget what living normally is like. I did....but about 2-3 weeks after that first injection, I started remembering real fast You will too may man. Waking up full of energy, not getting fatigued easily throughout the day, needing less sleep, libido back to normal, etc. Enjoy!

 

[easedel]

Got my first injection this morning. Surprised me by taking it in the arm. Was told it was there or the butt. They didn't do thigh.
Asked about self injection, said it was hard to do via insurance. In office visits for injections are covered but if I wanted to get a script and self inject, doc said it is very difficult to get the insurance companies to cover that. Was told it was around $125 for the stuff over the counter.

Anyways yea, went smooth. Also got my results from my blood work I had done on the 2nd. If you need any numbers on anything just list them. I had tests done for..

CBC+ Diff. Automated
Test, Free/Tot Equilib - L
FSH+LH
Prolactin
PSA

 

[Wild]

Welcome back to living brother. Can't wait to hear how you feel in 3 weeks.

 

[Punch]

Wow, i was thinking this was a whoooole different kind of endo.

@easedel hope you're doing well bud!

 

[easedel]

so last weekend and earlier in the week i was smiling ear to ear for no reason. I had one day i was walking around the house and just would scream out WOOOOOOOO from just being so fucking pumped. Like i just got done putting up a personal bench press record or something lol. Saturday and today though ( days 9-10 post shot ) I don't feel like doing a fucking thing. I think I am hitting that downward slope.

 

[Wild]

so last weekend and earlier in the week i was smiling ear to ear for no reason. I had one day i was walking around the house and just would scream out WOOOOOOOO from just being so fucking pumped. Like i just got done putting up a personal bench press record or something lol. Saturday and today though ( days 9-10 post shot ) I don't feel like doing a fucking thing. I think I am hitting that downward slope.

Placebo effect my brother. You won't realize the true effects until 14-21 days post first injection. Stay tuned...

 

[easedel]

Placebo effect my brother. You won't realize the true effects until 14-21 days post first injection. Stay tuned...

I am not sure. I knew it would take anywhere from 3 weeks to 2 months to see the change so i wasn't expecting anything until then. This week was different though thats for sure. Possible my shit was so low that i am feeling it faster?

i feel like ass now though lol. Knee is bothering me ( feels like bursitis is acting up )..getting tension headaches/neck pain

 

[ThatOneDude]

Just wait till you feel like you're 16 again

 

[Wild]

I am not sure. I knew it would take anywhere from 3 weeks to 2 months to see the change so i wasn't expecting anything until then. This week was different though thats for sure. Possible my shit was so low that i am feeling it faster?

i feel like ass now though lol. Knee is bothering me ( feels like bursitis is acting up )..getting tension headaches/neck pain

Report back the week of 5/10. I bet you start to notice significant changes about that time.

 

[easedel]

I am due up this thursday for my shot again. The past week been meh. No real change. Might be going to weekly shots. Getting a MRI of my brain today w/contrast. Unsure if I should be nervous or not. Surprisingly I am not.

 

[Wild]

Pretty surprised you havent felt a drastic change. I wouldn't be concerned about the brain scan though. Probably something else, a lot more minor going on...like underdosed or something. Your #'s were pretty low to begin with. Good luck brother and keep us posted.

 

[seekntruth]

Hey @easedel , at some point you might want to talk to the doc about going with weekly dosing instead of bi-weekly. Keep an eye out for exactly what you described after the first injection, the up and down feelings. Most of the research I've read recommends injections every 7 days to try to keep T levels stable and consistent. The half life on test cyp is only 8 days, so spreading injections out beyond this time frame may cause an ebb and flow with your mood and perceived health. Maybe you will be fine with this schedule, I'll be hoping for the best for you. I think a lot of these endos mean well, but if they have never been through low t themselves I think it's hard for them to relate to the seriousness of these feelings caused by low t.

I am self prescribed using Test E and dose every 3 1/2 days and have very consistent levels.

Also at 200mgs every 2 weeks obviously works out to 100mgs every week, that is a typical starting dose and the endo will most likely adjust up or down based on future levels.....do you self a favor and don't settle for a level that gets you just in the normal range, if you have to go through all the trouble and expense you might as well see some benefit of at least somewhere in the middle normal levels around 750 range. I mean some dudes walk around flowing 1000 plus range naturally. Best of luck.

 

[ThatOneDude]

Tell the endo you want a gram a week, it'll be fineeeeeeee

 

[Darqnezz]

I think I need Some-O-This.

 

[easedel]

I went to 100mg a week back in May. It was meh. I didn't feel as good as i did during the 1st week of 200mg but not as bad as i did when not taking it. Had blood work done last week and had a visit today. I took the blood work on the day before my next shot, it came back at 702 total and 26.1 free. She said she likes those numbers even though the free is outside the normal range on the high side but it shows the test is working considering where I was.

We are going back to 200mg every 2 weeks though because even though my range is where it should be, I am not feeling it really like i was when it was 200mg every 2 ( the 1st week of it ). She wants blood work in 4-6 weeks during mid cycle to see how I am then.

Also have severe obstructive sleep apnea. She said if I get that addressed, it will improve things a lot also. Yes i sleep like total dogshit

 

[ThatOneDude]

A few questions. How much did your dick grow? Why you say 100mg and 200mg is that the amount of testosterone or the amount of suspension you are taking? What are you actually taking? (sorry if that's personal)

 

[easedel]

A few questions. How much did your dick grow? Why you say 100mg and 200mg is that the amount of testosterone or the amount of suspension you are taking? What are you actually taking? (sorry if that's personal)

1/4 inch cause i lost 12lbs.

Every thursday i go to the doc an the nurses give me an injection of 100mg/ml of test cyp. I am going back to Testosterone Cypionate 200 MG/ML Intramuscular Solution - Inject 1 Ml (200mg) every other thursday now.

 

[Wild]

A few questions. How much did your dick grow? Why you say 100mg and 200mg is that the amount of testosterone or the amount of suspension you are taking? What are you actually taking? (sorry if that's personal)

It aint making anybody's dick grow, other than the fact that it increases erections.

Synthetic Test typically comes in 10ml vials x 250mg per ml (or Cc). So our boy @easedel was getting 100mg injections (a little less than 1/2ml or Cc)...he's now getting 200mg injections, which is slightly less than 1ml or Cc.

 

[ThatOneDude]

It aint making anybody's dick grow, other than the fact that it increases erections.

Synthetic Test typically comes in 10ml vials x 250mg per ml (or Cc). So our boy @easedel was getting 100mg injections (a little less than 1/2ml or Cc)...he's now getting 200mg injections, which is slightly less than 1ml or Cc.

I know thatttt, but I didn't know if that's how it also gets prescribed legally.

 

[Wild]

I know thatttt, but I didn't know if that's how it also gets prescribed legally.

Yes noob, it is.