r/AusTRT

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:

• Testosterone: 13.5 nmol/L
• Free testosterone: 306 pmol/L
• SHBG: 32 → 27 nmol/L
• LH: 3 IU/L
• FSH: 4 IU/L
• Oestradiol: 114 pmol/L
• Progesterone: 3.3 nmol/L
• Prolactin: 326 mIU/L
• DHEA-sulphate: 7.9 µmol/L
• Cortisol: 679 nmol/L

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

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:

• What made you choose your current or previous clinic?
• What made you trust them?
• What made you doubt them?
• What felt rushed, generic, or poorly explained?
• What should the initial assessment include?
• How much doctor access do patients actually want or expect?
• What should follow-ups look like after starting treatment?
• How often should bloodwork and symptom reviews happen?
• What information should be explained clearly before treatment starts?
• What pricing model feels fair?
• What feels like a red flag?
• What would make you leave a clinic?
• What would make you recommend one?

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.

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.

*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.

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

Hey all, with my TRT protocol, my clinic sends me 12x 1ml primoteston pre filled syringes that i then have to transfer to a vial myself. With vial 1, i transfered 6ml into and and left the other 6 in the syringes as the sterile vial is 10ml volume. The testosterone is getting low in this vial. Can i top up this vial with the remaining 6ml or should i use a fresh vial completely?

Hey guys, I just started TRT with Apex TRT,

It was 290$ for doctor consult (I provided two of my own blood tests)

It’s then 490 per 6 months for access to support and everything etc

At the 8 week mark I get a blood test and have another doctor consult ( $190 for this)

And then the script is $65 per month and I receive 3x 1ml of the 250mg as my dose is 120mg per week pinning 60mg twice per week

How does this compare to where you went and what’s your experience?!