Simply put, if you require a t or E number outside of the range (especially way outside) that you had when you were feeling your best there are likely other things off with your metabolism that are not being examined. Hormones work in synergy with one another.
Agreed, and I think another part of it is how guys react to dose reductions. We know it's very common to start with doses that are much too high. We also know that cutting back the doses can be pretty miserable once you've adapted to higher levels. It's easy to misinterpret this temporary discomfort as an indication that you must have higher doses to feel ok. But if you toughed it out for the necessary weeks or months then your body would be re-sensitized to more physiological levels, and you would have fewer side effects and probably feel better overall.this
im sure if your needing trt in supra does to feel "optimal" its to mask issues you havent resolved and like putting a plaster on them running a cycle to hide the problems but in the long term it wont help the underlining issues as there is so much more than tesosterone at work to feel good and be healthy