Travelling to China for 12 days in September. Not sure how I will go with taking my TRT meds into the country as I have heard China can be quite strict/ conservative. I have DR prescribed Test and a travel letter. Will be taking 12 x syringes as well as I inject daily. Has anyone travelled to China with their medication and what was the experience? Cheers
Just wondering is anyone using imedical to get their blood work, if so which test do you need to do as they seem to have a few and they cost varies?
My liver recently changed the way i deal w testosterone.
My total t, free t and shbg dropped and my e2 spiked above reference. I caught it on a blood test as i lost my libido, felt sluggish, super hungry and yeh all sorts of things.
I have lowered my dose down to 20mg 5 times a week (dropping 16mg total). I am a hyper responder
Before when i went to 5 days a week my e2 was at the top of the reference and it settled down by 60 percent by going to multi injections.
e2 is at 181, total 39, free 898, shbg 37.
Before my total was total was 54, free 1050, e2 100 and shbg 49 and i felt unstoppable.
Basically i feel like shit.
My bodyfat is low, last dexa a few months ago i was 11 percent. I have put on some weight not much but also bloating and started creatine so i cant really tell.
I used to take a zinc supplement but stopped in like april and i am wondering if this is part of the effect.
I have started again but am wondering if that has helped anyone w aromatisation and they noticed a definite drop.
NEED URGENT advice, been on TRT roughly 6 months training 3-5 days a week depending busy work/home schedule drinking 4 litres water a day with electrolytes atleast twice a day, first few months I felt amazing now I feel horrible hemoglobin 190 haematocrit keeps upping now sitting at 59% tired libido worse than starting told by my clinic at review to drink more and split frequency injections from twice a week 100mg to three times a week 100mg total ready to come off it completely unsure on what to do at this point risk out weigh the benefits feel like shit I feel like it should be a dose drop surely drinking more than 4 litres sounds ridiculous also
Free T3: 3.01 pg/mL
Hemoglobin: 15.3 g/dL
Vitamin B12: 507 pg/mL
Uric Acid: 3.19 mg/dL
Fructosamine: 229 umol/L
GGT: 31.7 u/L
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP): 89.3 u/L
ApoB: 96.1 mg/dL
Creatinine: 0.826 mg/dL
TSH: 1.03 uIU/mL
SHBG: 59.7 nmol/L
Triglycerides: 43.4 mg/dL
HDL Cholesterol: 57.6 mg/dL
Total Cholesterol: 176 mg/dL
hs-CRP: 1.35 mg/L
Albumin: 4.55 g/dL
Vitamin D: 44.9 ng/mL
Ferritin: 61.4 ng/mL
Estrogen (Estradiol): 74.3 pg/mL
Total Testosterone: 1500 ng/dL
Free Testosterone: 269.88 pg/mL
LDL Cholesterol: 109.72 mg/dL
Hematocrit: 45.13%
LDL/ApoB Ratio: 1.14
Total Cholesterol/HDL Ratio: 3.05
Triglycerides/HDL Ratio: 0.75
Remnant Cholesterol: 8.68 mg/dL
that is 9 weeks on test 350mg probably dropping this some and proviron 50mg 3 weeks dropping proviron and adding 200mg of mast and adding 20mg clen
G’day gents
I’ve been on TRT now about 3 years. The last 6 months or so I’ve had high hematocrit, high blood pressure, tinnitus and some ED. I’m 44 and otherwise very healthy.
For the first couple of years I was donating blood regularly until they banned me due to high hematocrit, then it was this cycle of my doctor approving donations and Red Cross making to it difficult, so I gave up.
I’ve tried lowering T dose, increasing frequency, taking breaks, increasing cardio, increasing hydration, Cialis etc. I’ve also tried to come off T but after 4 weeks felt like absolute dog shit.
Does anyone have any advice (other than the standard stuff I have already tried), and has anyone else with TRT induced high blood pressure successfully introduced blood pressure meds to help with ED etc.?
Thank you
I found out my testosterone is 5.1. very low I was gunna start test 300mg anyway when I lose weight from retaturtide. because getting in shape has been my goal always. test E 300 has worked amazingly for all my friends who use it on first cycles. but I'm just wondering because my doctor has prescribed me testosterone gel. can I take test 300 after gel or should I wait until I lose wait and just start the test or could I do my TRT first then test or is it better to wait for to start test then once I'm done a few blast and cruises start the gel. Please no idiot answers on telling me I should use steroids I'm 26 year old man I know it may come from a good place buty life so yea thanks.
Results:
22M, ~6ft, ~75kg. Don't drink, smoke or vape, in the gym 5x a week, consistent sleep, clean diet, plenty of sun. Rest of my bloods are perfect. It's the hormones I'm not suprised are sub optimal.
Background that might matter: my puberty was slower compared to mates, I was pretty short in my year until ~15–16, then had a late growth spurt. My voice never as deep as others, and still get told I look younger than I am, and my libido is relatively low. What do I do from here
Hey everyone,
I've recently come across this subreddit and it seems like a really knowledgeable and helpful community.
I'm completely new to looking into testosterone and recently had some blood work done because I've been experiencing a lot of the common symptoms that get discussed here.
A bit about me:
38M
Diet is decent, but definitely not perfect
Exercise and weight training are a bit inconsistent
I've worked rotating shift work for over 10 years, so my sleep is pretty disrupted
I'm just curious to hear everyone's thoughts on the attached results.
One thing I'm wondering about is the difference between the two testosterone results. Both blood tests were done in the morning only a few days apart, yet the levels are noticeably different. Is that amount of variation considered normal?
The clinic has already advised that I'm not eligible for TRT based on these results, so I'm not looking for anyone to diagnose me—I'm just interested in hearing opinions from people with experience or who have been in a similar situation.
Thanks in advance!
Hi All,
I've just started looking into Testosterone Replacement Therapy as my results have come back so.
Is this low enough to look into TRT?
I go to the gym 5-6 days a week, 20k steps, eat well and have had 2 children already.
Cheers
Hey guys for the last 12 months I have gradually noticed a drop in my drive like I just have 0 energy constant mood swings and a range of other symptoms im 34 years old 171cm 75kg I put it down too my mental health but I've been on anti depressants etc and done what they have suggested and then read online and spoke to my up which we both agreed alot of my symptoms match low testosterone I did a bloods test I've never been a big water drinker maybe drink water one a week drink alot of milk I have my results but I had too do telehealth cos my gl is away till august can someone explain if I would benefit from trt or am I ok
I read some guys talking about pinning only delts with an insulin pin
Just curious for those who are pinning Every Day or Every Other Day, where are you pinning and with what gauge needle, if you are pinning so often are you doing more than just delts to spread around or are you simply going delt non stop?
I’m involved in building an Australian online TRT / men’s health clinic that is still pre-launch.
I’m not here to promote it, drop links, or ask anyone to sign up. I’m trying to understand what people who have actually used TRT clinics would want if they could redesign the experience from scratch.
I’m mainly looking for feedback around the patient experience, not dosing advice.
Things I’m interested in:
The main things we’re trying to avoid are becoming another cookie-cutter clinic, poor follow-up, unclear pricing, and making patients feel like they’re just being pushed through a script process.
Would appreciate honest feedback — positive or negative — from people who have actually been through it.
Age 41
Have been feeling kind of low/off for a while now so decided to have some blood test.
TRT doctor says - "Using the Vermeulen calculated free testosterone method with:
Total testosterone: 29.9 nmol/L SHBG: 42 nmol/L Albumin: 37 g/L
Estimated calculated free testosterone is: 641 pmol/L
In the second panel, we requested total testosterone. This measures your body’s production capacity and what’s actually being analysed".
I did reply that my My LH and FSH seems low and Prolactin seems high. But TRT doctors replied saying "LH FSH probably low due to feedback mechanisms as your testosterone is high".
Hey everyone,
I posted a while ago about crazy numbers. See this thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AusTRT/comments/1rxi59y/crazy_numbers/
Note: Through to May 29, 125mg primoteston split twice a week.
I've finally worked it out... dehydration. Whether that's alcohol the night before, poor fluid intake, or heavy cardiovascular exercise before your draw, it concentrates your blood and your numbers go completely out of whack. In my last test in the table below, the night before (for science) I had a bottle of wine. Morning of the test I put salt into a 1 litre bottle of water and drank it slowly over the course of an hour, finishing it an hour before my blood test that morning. I kept on drinking water right up until the test but the amount post the 1 litre bottle was unmeasured.
Here are all my results (all in troughs). The two outliers are 3 Mar and 25 May. On 3 Mar I was dehydrated, you can see it in the haematocrit jumping to 0.50 from 0.484 the week before. On 25 May I had a big night the night before, same fingerprint, haematocrit 0.51, haemoglobin 176. Days later, well hydrated, those numbers collapsed back to normal.
| Marker | 4 Nov 25 | 23 Feb 26 | 3 Mar 26 | 25 May 26 | 29 May 26 | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total T (nmol/L) | 31.1 | 36.3 | 54.1 | 58.3 | 38.8 | 8.5–35 |
| Free T (pmol/L) | 659 | 782 | 1139 | 1349 | 704 | 200–600* |
| SHBG (nmol/L) | 42 | 41 | — | 44 | 54 | 10–70 |
| E2 (pmol/L) | <85 | 123 | 151 | 142 | 142 | <150 |
| Haematocrit | 0.47 | 0.484 | 0.50 | 0.51 | 0.49 | 0.40–0.55 |
| Haemoglobin (g/L) | 159 | 165 | 173 | 176 | 164 | 130–175 |
*Free T range differs by lab, ACL uses 200–600, Clinipath uses 260–750
Moral of the story, alcohol the night before (or heavy exercise) is going to mess with your results. Don't test when you're dehydrated. Sober, hydrated, consistent injection interval. Everything else is noise.
Just wanted to share my before/after and say a massive thank you to the good coaches and private clinics that actually made this possible.
I’ve struggled with obesity and severe psoriasis since I was a kid. Low energy, poor recovery, mental fog, and a body that just wouldn’t respond no matter how hard I trained or dieted. Spent over 100k on psychologists, men's coaches, holistic health coaches, dermatologists and more.
At 20 I had total T at 12 nmol/L with all the classic symptoms and was told “it’s in range, nothing to do.” Fast forward years later, still suffering badly, I was just 1.3 nmol/L over the PBS cutoff after having done everythingto raise my test natrually. Sky-high LH (primary hypogonadism) + total T ≤15 nmol/L should qualify under Australian guidelines, but most GPs I saw either didn’t know the criteria or straight-up dismissed me.
Mainstream medicine failed me for decades. I got sicker, more frustrated, and kept being ignored despite clear symptoms and labs.
Thankfully I found a solid holistic doctor who ran proper tests, did my own deep research, and eventually went private for TRT. That decision changed my life. Also reading many posts in this reddit group I am thankful for all the active members who share their experiences here.
Within months: mental clarity and mood completely different, energy through the roof, libido and sexual health back, productivity at work skyrocketed (closing sales feels easy now), dating confidence up, stubborn fat finally shifting, strength and muscle coming on, and my autoimmune/psoriasis symptoms have reversed dramatically. Add in the right peptides alongside and it’s been genuinely life-changing for my mental, physical, and immune health.
Huge thanks to my coach for nailing the body recomp side, and to the private clinics that actually listen and treat patients as individuals instead of lab numbers. I’m so grateful these options exist in Australia without them I’d still be stuck suffering.
So after a long wait, i have been prescribed 1ml per day, my level have been ranging from 7-10nmol over last 4 year. I have refused the idea of Injection at this stage to travel overseas. Is that a normal starting point with cream? How has been everyone experience with it.
Hi All,
I‘ve just turned 50 and went for a full check up.
Testosterone levels:
Total Testosterone: 14.7 Nmol/L
SHBG: 26 Nmol/L
Free Testosterone: 348.4 PMoL
I consider myself in good shape, slim and athletic but noticed a decline in my libido and muscle growth. PSA levels have been consistently around 0.9.
Should I consider starting low dose TRT? Anyone have similar story experience to share?
Cheers
Hey guys,
I’m wondering if anyone on here has had success conceiving while they have been on TRT and HCG?
I’ve read countless studies and listened to a large amount to podcasts and it’s suggested that Hcg does help in staying fertile but haven’t really heard of actual people getting their wives pregnant while on both.
If anyone has, I’d love to know what you done and your protocols.
Cheers!
Hi all!
I see many articles discussing test cyp for TRT. They all seem to suggest subcutaneous (subq) injections. But, none of them give any meaningful descriptions on how much (mg/ml) per shot and frequency. I do have experinece of glutes, quads and shoulders as sites (rotation) when I used to bodybuild.
Is test cyp the only option for subq or can I use boldenone, deca, test enanthanate and so on? What gauge needle is recommended- e.g. Will the oil flow easily through an insulin needle? If not what would you recommend?
Is it also true that subq lowers the rate of aromatisation? This is a bug problem for me!
Finally, is the subq only in the belly region or can I use other sites for this option?
As you can see, I am clueless with the TRT protocol and I greatly appreciate your advice.
Many thanks