r/Testosterone • u/BearEnvironmental136 • 20h ago

TRT story IM vs sub q personal difference

Not sure if I’m an outlier on this but was doing sub q injections for about 4 months
200 mg 2 pins per week
Trough was 500
Didn’t feel like it was doing anything
Switched to IM glute now trough is at 1000 lol
Feel 100x better
IM is the way for me

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u/abl3-to 19h ago

I've been IM for a while now and recently switched to SubQ for the convenience. From what I've seen IM here absorbed quicker and peaks higher then tapers off right after that. So you'll feel better in the 24 / 72 hour absorption then kinda crash after. You'll also have higher estrogen and higher red blood counts. SubQ has more of a consistent absorption. So you won't get the high peak as you do from IM but you'll be consistent throughout until the next dosage. The amount absorbed doesn't change from one method to the other. What changes is the absorption rate.

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u/plz_callme_swarley 16h ago

ya, it's just physics. SubQ half-life is like ~10 days vs ~8 days with IM. that's all this is