Hello all:
Just received back my updated labs and wanted to get some thoughts.
Last labs were on 1/29/20 after 6 weeks of my first protocol (I know, I jumped the gun a bit):
T cyp 200 mg/ml - 0.32md IM/SQ twice a week (3.5 days)
HCG 6,000 IU - 40 units SQ twice a week (3.5 days)
Total Testosterone: 486 ng/dl
Free Testosterone (Direct): 15.7 pg/ml
DHT: 35 ng/dl
DHEA - Sulfate: 168.6 ug/dl
TSH: 1.040 ulU/ml
Prolactin: 9.1 ng/ml
PSA: 1.4 ng/ml
Estradiol (Sensitive): 42.5 pg/ml
SHBG: 15.0 nmol/L
I wasn’t really feeling much, not great, but not awful. Libido wasn’t great, sexual function was mediocre. Switched to the following protocol in early February.
Testosterone cypionate - 200 mg/ml - 0.10 ml daily
HCG - 150 IU daily
Testosterone cream 50 mg/ml - 1 click daily
Anastrozole – 0.125 mg twice per week
About 90 days later, here are my labs:
Total Testosterone: >1500 ng/dl
Free Testosterone (Direct): >50 pg/ml
DHT: 144 ng/dl
DHEA - Sulfate: 310.3 ug/dl
TSH: 1.520 ulU/ml
Prolactin: 11.7 ng/ml
PSA: 1.5 ng/ml
Estradiol (Sensitive): 55.1 pg/ml
SHBG: 11.5 nmol/L
I took these labs about 2 hours after my morning cream application and on the morning when I would have taken by next bi-weekly dose of Anastrozole. I have felt ok on this protocol – some weeks better than others – didn’t really notice much of difference in libido or sexual function. I noticed that my elbows started hurting, so thought maybe my E2 was low. I also noticed that I started to feel worse a day or so after taking a dose of Anastrozole. I decided not to take Anastrozole after the labs (and haven’t for about a week and a half now) and have actually felt better. Sensitivity and orgasm intensity is night and day. Obviously, I wasn’t really crashed. Had no idea my T and DHT was getting that high. I presume that my E2 is higher now since I further removed from my last Anastrozole dose as these labs are from a week ago (since the labs is when I really started to feel a difference), and that for me the ratio of T to E2 is making a difference.
I have my follow-up consultation with Defy tomorrow and probably doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that my dosage will be dropped (maybe lose the cream) and see what happens, but I am interested in thoughts. I guess my libido is better over the past week with the higher E2, but not too much of a difference there, just really the sensitivity and intensity (which, admittedly, does improve the libido a bit by itself). For good measure, I have been taking 1.25 mg daily of Tadalafil.
Thoughts on the labs? Recommendations on the protocol?
Thanks all.
Just received back my updated labs and wanted to get some thoughts.
Last labs were on 1/29/20 after 6 weeks of my first protocol (I know, I jumped the gun a bit):
T cyp 200 mg/ml - 0.32md IM/SQ twice a week (3.5 days)
HCG 6,000 IU - 40 units SQ twice a week (3.5 days)
Total Testosterone: 486 ng/dl
Free Testosterone (Direct): 15.7 pg/ml
DHT: 35 ng/dl
DHEA - Sulfate: 168.6 ug/dl
TSH: 1.040 ulU/ml
Prolactin: 9.1 ng/ml
PSA: 1.4 ng/ml
Estradiol (Sensitive): 42.5 pg/ml
SHBG: 15.0 nmol/L
I wasn’t really feeling much, not great, but not awful. Libido wasn’t great, sexual function was mediocre. Switched to the following protocol in early February.
Testosterone cypionate - 200 mg/ml - 0.10 ml daily
HCG - 150 IU daily
Testosterone cream 50 mg/ml - 1 click daily
Anastrozole – 0.125 mg twice per week
About 90 days later, here are my labs:
Total Testosterone: >1500 ng/dl
Free Testosterone (Direct): >50 pg/ml
DHT: 144 ng/dl
DHEA - Sulfate: 310.3 ug/dl
TSH: 1.520 ulU/ml
Prolactin: 11.7 ng/ml
PSA: 1.5 ng/ml
Estradiol (Sensitive): 55.1 pg/ml
SHBG: 11.5 nmol/L
I took these labs about 2 hours after my morning cream application and on the morning when I would have taken by next bi-weekly dose of Anastrozole. I have felt ok on this protocol – some weeks better than others – didn’t really notice much of difference in libido or sexual function. I noticed that my elbows started hurting, so thought maybe my E2 was low. I also noticed that I started to feel worse a day or so after taking a dose of Anastrozole. I decided not to take Anastrozole after the labs (and haven’t for about a week and a half now) and have actually felt better. Sensitivity and orgasm intensity is night and day. Obviously, I wasn’t really crashed. Had no idea my T and DHT was getting that high. I presume that my E2 is higher now since I further removed from my last Anastrozole dose as these labs are from a week ago (since the labs is when I really started to feel a difference), and that for me the ratio of T to E2 is making a difference.
I have my follow-up consultation with Defy tomorrow and probably doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that my dosage will be dropped (maybe lose the cream) and see what happens, but I am interested in thoughts. I guess my libido is better over the past week with the higher E2, but not too much of a difference there, just really the sensitivity and intensity (which, admittedly, does improve the libido a bit by itself). For good measure, I have been taking 1.25 mg daily of Tadalafil.
Thoughts on the labs? Recommendations on the protocol?
Thanks all.