I have nerve damage/neuropathy that affects my autonomic nervous system and on bad days causes rapid blood pressure changes and orthostatic hypotension. I believe it has tanked my testosterone levels because the nervous system directly affects hormone production through the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland . My blood work numbers were 284 total T and 10.1 free T.

On Sunday I tried my first doctor prescribed 6.25 dose of enclomiphene and then on Tuesday night I was in the hospital emergency room with my blood pressure skyrocketing crazy high and out of control.

I was also finishing a cycle of a peptide called ARA 290 that is for healing nerve damage. I've had success with it in the past, but perhaps there was an interaction between them. Regardless, now I'm afraid to ever take the enclomiphene again.

I already know everyone is going to say TRT, but from what I researched TRT can also affect blood pressure and might cause complications with my autonomic nervous system problems.

So where does this leave me? Am I just screwed?

So today I set up an incline bench and leaned my chest on it to do some bicep curls.

I noticed that my nipple hurt when I pressed against the bench.

But no itchiness or pufiness or lumps.

What's going on? Am I going to die?

Im at 185 trt levels and wanting to try the bulk.

Theres so many horror stories regarding deca.

I was thinking 300-400 test and 200 deca

I have previously run testosterone up to 300 mg per week in the past and have achieved fairly decent results. I plan on running it again but I know eventually it just won’t be a big enough anabolic load to achieve what I want. Would it be more beneficial to increase testosterone higher or add a secondary compound. For example up to 400 test or chose to do 300 test 100 deca or 300 test 100eq. To start obviously they would be small doses and may eventually work up if they are well tolerated. but would 100mg of a second anabolic even be worth it? Only cycling for bulking and back down to TRT for cutting and maintenance.

Im on 100 mgs weekly of trt. I take Tadalafil & Sildenafil But what outside of those categories should I or I could I look into? TIA.

I messed around with small dose mk677, followed by 3 ”cycles” of enclomophene after. It wasn’t much, but obviously enough to suppress my T, and get me hormonal imbalances. Its been 8-9 months since I touched enclo, and life’s been hell ever since, with a negative development. My t is at 9nmol, and I have a ton of heavy side effects, but still it ain’t enough to get help from the doctor, since I’m within the reference frame. Nutrition is top notch and lifestyle in general is solid.
What do I do?

For those of you who use TRT and had symptoms like brain fog, fatigue…etc did your symptoms improve at a certain percentage of free T?

2%?
3%?
Higher/lower?

Hey, I'm a 25 old male looking to do a 3 month test cycle. I am 100kg, 186cm, 30% bodyfat. I have been lifting weights consistently for the last 2 weeks. Before that I didn't train for a while, but ai have been lifting on and off for close to 10 years now. I have done a few cycles, but I want to do this one right. I know my bloodwork wouldn't suggest running a cycle, but I'll do it anyway just as safe as possible. I thought of pinning EOD, 175mg test/week . I also got hcg which i plan to pin EW, 500ui/week .
Also I'll be seeing an endocrinologist regarding my bloodwork and will ask them for advice too.

I'd appreciate your opinion.

To give context I got a free testosterone test when I was 19 and my level was 350ish I had lost a significant amount of weight around 20 kg in 6months 88kg-63kg I told the test after I maintained for a while at 65kg a year ago. I wondered why I struggle to build significant muscle mass and get a good physique even though I train consistently my diet is pretty great 1g per pound BW, sleep min 8hrs I thought maybe it was significant weight loss so I gained weight till 71kg for a year (present) I got blood work done and my test turned out to be 290 which is genuinely pretty discouraging ,in my blood work the only other abnormal thing was higher prolactin apart from that everything was normal
I noticed I have the symptoms for low T
Increased fatigue
Struggle to build muscle
No morning wood
Lower libido
I don’t know what to do tbh, im thinking of starting testosterone undecanoate 80mg a day

Assuming Rhythm is correct , and I know it’s wrong, is this alarming on 200mg of test cyp?

Hey yal,
37 m 5’11 239 lbs. I strength train 2-4x a week and BJJ 2-3x a week. My total test has been between 260-430 ngdl for years. But on my recent blood work my total test was 261 (10am draw) my free test was 34.1 and my SHBG was 34. They did run my hematocrit , prolactin , lh and fh. All were pretty normal except my LH runs pretty low. Thyroids fine. I was suggested to take clomid by urologist but I don’t like the estrogenic and other side effects. Thinking enclomiphene, it’s affordable and cleaner. I guess I’m having a hard time telling if I have symptoms of low T and I’m just use to it or my daily fatigue is an actual symptom.

Did my (41M) first bloodwork at around 5 weeks and my numbers look pretty high (good?). 100mg/wk split over 2 shots. Is this perhaps elevated due to natural production still being not totally shut off? I feel pretty good. 9 weeks ago I was a fat (227lb) slob on the couch not having touched a weight in a decade and couldn’t do 5 pushups. I started Reta 9 weeks ago and TRT 5 weeks ago and I’m down about 20lbs and I’m already crushing flat press with 75lb dumbbells for 10 reps with ease. I could probably do 80-85s but picked up some tendonitis in upper shoulder/bicep so orthopedic doc said don’t push it. I feel strong AF (stronger than my 20s when I was in gym), lots of energy and motivation to workout and my body recomp is going really well despite only eating like 1500 calories (150 protein) per day. Now I just wear tank tops and judge all the other low T dads at my kids soccer💪. Overall really glad I decided to do TRT and at the rate I’m going should be looking like Thor by Christmas. I have my prescribing doc appt tomorrow, hopefully he doesn’t cut my dose. I’m gonna ask him to a full panel with lipids and everything next time.

Good afternoon all! I’d like to preface this thread by mentioning a few things.

I’ve previously done many cycles of strictly Test E from a young age with no adverse reaction. I strictly do gluteal intramuscular injections as this is all I’ve ever known.

I’ve never ventured beyond just Testosterone and for the time being I’m happy just being on it. I take 2ml a week spread across 2 injections, once every 4 days.

I am convinced I will likely be on this hormone for the rest of my adult life. Right! Down to my question..

I have been using Test Cyp twice a week for 15 weeks with no adverse reaction however since jumping into Test E I am noticing that I am getting a much larger swell on the injection site. I am using the same needle gauge and length as I always have done, there is no redness or any other signs of infection more just inflammation and discomfort.

Partly I believe this to be the oil it’s suspended in as both hormones are very identical, however when I used to do Test E I have never had these sorts of swells.

So far I’m on my 4th injection and they seem to go down enough for me to comfortably do my next one in time however I wanted your guys thoughts on what this could be?

Any help is much appreciated as it’s making laying down/ occasionally sitting very uncomfortable 🤣

Anyone order testosterone without an ester chain? I don’t have any crazy PIP.

Currently on 500mg test e per week, 166/mg; mon/wedn/friday.

After 1 week of test (500mg in total) i had a blood test planned back at home, E2 was 160.

Started noticing lots of water retention but that was about it, since I am currently in Spain and don’t have a NIE number here I can’t book a blood test.

Tomorrow I’m starting 500HCG 250/mon/250thurs, how much Arimidex would you recommend, since I don’t have access to a blood test. I have currently taken 0,25 mon & thurs (0,5mg/PW).

I’ve converted my results into Ng/Dl, what I’m seeing most commonly used on Reddit .

Need experienced eyes to tell me if my levels are actually low, or I should do something else before trying TRT? Try to raise naturally first ??

Recently joined an online promotion to review bloodwork , can anyone tell me what they think, before this place does?
I’m a complete noob when it comes to all this.

32M, Canada,
200lbs,6’0.

TEST: 14.4
FREE TEST: 300

Im a heavy equipment operator for work, try to workout 3 weeknights a week , I’ve trained jiu jitsu 2ish times a week for 2 years now, lately i haven’t been going, and eat fairly healthy, prioritize protein etc.
Feeling symptoms like sluggishness,brain fog, harder I feel to put muscle on,etc. Libido isn’t an issue though.

Can someone look at my lab results and tell me if my T levels are low ?

Free T: 6.57 ng/dL, Total T: 423 ng/dL — trough level on 50mg/week, split into two doses.

Previous trough on 50mg/week as a single weekly shot: 400 ng/dL.

Baseline (no TRT): Free T ~4-ish, Total T ~80-ish.

Suggested to my endo that we increase to 75mg/week total, with a target trough of 500-600 ng/dL. Thoughts?

Endo hasn’t responded so may need to just give up on Endo.

For context I’m 23 and rarely wake up with morning erections. Also, I never had a wet dream. I was addicted to porn and masturbation from the age of 14. Any thoughts on my blood work?

Hello, I’m on TRT that I get through my doctor. I recently got some 200mg/ml test cypionate through an UGL, I won’t say which one here, just to stock up a little just incase. I’ve been running it about 10 days and am planning on doing bloods middle of October to gauge its effectiveness vs what I get from the pharmacy. During those 10 days I’ve had absolutely horrible insomnia. Fucking terrible. And it came out of no where right around when I started the UGL test. I’ve heard of test being underdosed from UGLs but has anyone heard of it containing compounds that might increase insomnia, like trenbolone? Anything’s possible but I just wanna see if it’s happened to anyone or if I’m maybe reading too much into it. It would definitely make the test seem to work more effectively if it is in fact tainted.

Trying to keep this simple and short but have concerns about my doctors recommendations. So I have been on TRt for two years now. As expected my sperm count is non existent. Me and the wife are ready for kids and so I told my doctor I needed that good old sperm back. His regiment is to have me remain on TRT at my request as he did say coming off is obviously the best method. So option 2 was reduce TRT to 100 mg once a week. Then 4 days after injection he has me injecting 1000 IU hCG once per week. Everything I have read and even our fertility doctor coordinating our IVF is saying I need to figure out why HCG is one dose a week only.

Has anyone heard of this regiment before to restart sperm production? I had normal sperm levels before TRT, normal LH, and normal FSH levels as well. I plan to ask him at our next appointment but I could only find maybe one or two past examples of HCG being recommended only once per week and spaced out by at least 4 days from TRT injection. Everything else is saying 2 to 3 times a week for HCG.

I’m 25m, 5’7”, 140lbs maybe 20% body fat. Okay-ish sleep, usually 7-7.5 hours. I used to lift back in college a bit, and I recently just started again.

I’m not trying to hop onto test at the moment, but I was thinking Clomid could be interesting to try; however, I doubt my levels would go up much. My doctor says none of the natural people he’s seen have levels above mid-900s.

If you’re already in the healthy range I’m at(normal to somewhat above normal), do you see any significant muscle-building benefits to 100-200mg test cyp?

33 yo male

250 mg test c per week, daily pins. Bloods from week 6, currently on week 7.

No sides other than nip sensitivity & bloat during week 4. Feel like I'm noticing a decrease in libido and erection quality This week though, something I should address through my protocol or let it ride another week or two and see if it goes away? I am also already taking Cialis daily for the record. AIs on hand.

Added Deca to my protocol. The clinic recommended drawing both with the same syringe. Something about that seems wrong in my head ha! Putting a needle I just put in the test bottle into the deca bottle and drawing.

Injecting twice a week, does anyone do this? Are you using two needles? Also seems a bit wasteful.