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Hello,

Truly appreciate any guidance on this.

I have been on trt for approx 4 years. My libido was pretty good for the most part not great but ok. My balls are gone (shrunk), I got a semen analysis (couldnt even get an erection to take the damn thing) two days ago and had non detect across the board. I have tried hcg but only for short periods of time as it seemed to make things worse. I have always had approx this high of estradiol and my guy says its fine but it makes me wonder if this high of estradiol has been an issue for awhile. I have never tried an AI.

Right now I can hardly get an erection (even during the night which is the first time ever and I take 5mg of cialis daily), my penis feels smaller than usual, the frenulum is completely numb (very little feeling on the penis anywhere) any my orgasm quality when I have them is horrible and they used to be great. One thing I forgot to mention is I feel pretty emotional sometimes. Sure I have learned to be more emotionally open the past few years as a man but sometimes I will tear up over things and I am like wtf? I am a pretty masculine man as well (not that its not ok to show emotion but it just seems a bit off)

What could be going on here? Any help is super appreciated. My doc wants me to try dht cream to raise dopamine (he thinks this is dopamine/gabaergic related).

I dont know what my prolactin levels are, should I get these tested and what other tests might be needed for a better picture here?

Dosage - Test Cream on scrotum - 1 click - 50 mg per day

TESTOSTERONE, FREE, BIOAVAILABLE AND TOTAL, MS

ALBUMIN 4.6

SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN - 23

TESTOSTERONE, FREE - 181.6

TESTOSTERONE,BIOAVAILABLE - 381.4

TESTOSTERONE, TOTAL, MS - 894

ESTRADIOL -56

Truly thankful for any input on this!

49ywar old male

was at 180mg/ week for about a year with 3iu/day of hgh from 150m, and 12mg/week of Reta bloods looked good, felt fine, e2 was in the 40s. steady strength gains, not insane, but satisfying progress. 6’2” 220lbs.

decided to push things a bit, upped my dose to 280/week (40mg test a day), started 10mg anavar/day, and 4iu of hgh daily. after three weeks my heartrate was elevated, i was getting angry really easy and my e2 shot up to just over 100. I took .25 ai twice. a week for two weeks and felt even worse after. i dropped everything, no anavar, no hgh, no ai, and dropped my test down to 100mg/week and my Reta to 6mg per week until i hit a good baseline again.

After 3 weeks of this, my heart is finally getting closer to normal again and my involuntary anger is calming down, but not gone.

I haven’t lost any strength in my training though this, still advancing, but would like to push it again once I get back to base.

Any advice?

Advice on ar home tests price and service. Uk based

Hex bin M 26 und mein freier Testowert lag vor 1 Monat bei einer Range von 7-22 bei 25 und das gesamt Testosteron bei einer Range von 8,7 bei 7,2 mein prolaktin war bei 3,3-15,2 bei 18,7 also leicht erhöht

Ich fühle mich psychisch aufgrund von Dr0gen Konsum sehr madig und hab auch soziale Ängste weshalb ich auch konsumiere.

Meine Frage ist wenn ich mir 250mg testo spritzen würde und deutlich mehr testo hätte und das regelmäßig ob ich dadurch so selbstbewusst werde und die Ängste mich verlassen

Das hört man ja oft bei Leuten die meinen ihr Leben hat sich dadurch komplett verändert. Ich will keine Ratschläge wie du hast andere Probleme dies und das ich weis.

Aber würde es mir erheblich besser gehen wenn ich einfach Stoffe? Danke

Male
36
5’4”
SW: 171 lbs
CW: 158 lbs
GW: 145 lbs

Is it better to go on HGH now or wait till my goal weight to help with muscle gain?

Currently on TRT total 140 mg/week with daily SubQ injections

(Daily cause if I don’t do it everyday I tend to miss doses and then it cascades into a week or three of missed doses - ADHD)

Also on Retatrutide 4 mg/week

I want to do a cycle of HGH for 12 weeks. I know some people go on HGH for longevity and I would do that but worried about claims of lowering life expectancy.

But I did want to do 1 or 2 cycles to increase muscle mass and then just stay on TRT to maintain it.

So yea should I start now or wait till I get to my goal weight and then recomp?

Also how much should I run? Was planning on 1-2 IU’s daily max - is that worth it or a waste for muscle growth?

I’d be interested to hear how people here feel about this.

I’ve been through the TRT journey myself, and I currently coach a number of people who are on clinician prescribed TRT. I also work with women around their menstrual cycles and menopause.

It’s made me consider focusing my coaching more on people navigating these stages of life. The support would be around training, nutrition, body composition, sleep, recovery and building habits that work in real life, alongside their medical care.

I’d always assumed that people on TRT probably didn’t need much help with those areas, so I’m trying to find out whether there’s actually a need for it.

For those of you on TRT, would this kind of coaching be useful? What would you want help with, if anything?

Would you consider coaching around training, nutrition and lifestyle while on clinical TRT

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Hello people,

Im flying from cali to Utah with 3 small unmarked vials of test and primo and i'm absolutely terrified to take it through TSA on my carry on. I have no prescription or anything, but iv been planning to take this for to long and i'm desprate. Thoughts?

So I had a Medichecks full male hormone panel done prior to self administering TRT 4 weeks ago

I had SHGB, total test, LSH, FSH, albumin, estradiol, prolactin checked

What should I be getting checked after my first 6 weeks of taking testosterone? Any more than those?

I hear of things like DHT, IGF1 too, kinda don’t want to scrimp on it and want to test as much as possible

I’m in the UK, does anywhere offer specific individual testing for things or am I stuck with a general off the shelf test kit that tests XYZ only?

Thanks

Are the majority of you guys just chilling on TRT without any HCG in your protocol?

Hey. Anyone running these three compounds together. What’s dosages did you setting on.
I’m on 100mg, 3mg, 2iu 5 days a week in the evening.

Stalled at around 83kg. Which isn’t a bad thing really. Trying to keep muscle whist loosing weight.
Scales saying I’m 23 perfect fat which seems high due to my improved life style. No booze, UPF, junk etc.

What benifits running all three did people notice and time scale.

Ideally I could take modafinil for nootropic benefits at the same time but it is dopaminergic so there could be a problem them. I believe caber and proviron people don't have problems with TRT though they are dopaminergic. Wellbutrin works on the dopamine system but I haven't heard anything about an interaction. The more obvious stims like ADHD meds or cocaine are what would be the worst for the cardiovascular system

I’m doing my first cycle of Test E. Last bloodwork had Free Test @265

This is my first week running 125mg 2x - week (Sunday & Wednesday) for a total of 250mg a week.
I’m also adding HCG 200 IUs 2x - week also Sunday and Thursday.

Currently running Reta at 4mg a week and Klow 2mg 2x a week.

I’m not looking to be massive just looking to be fit and strong again.

What do you guys think and what would you change? What do you recommend I add?