Thanks for that... Yeah they are low.
. That's on 100mg a week . When on 250 mg a week my free test was too high ... If I take say 200mg a week sub q ( to see if libido lasts) it would have to be more than 0 .5 ml a day .. these were from taking 200mg a week
. This is too high so that's why dropped it 100mg .
Most would never need 200+ mg T/week to achieve a healthy let alone high FT and yes even men with highish/high SHBG.
Many men can easily achieve a healthy let alone high or in some cases absurdly high trough FT on 100-150 mg T/week when split whether twice weekly (every 3.5 days), M/W/F, EOD let alone daily.
Some may very well need the higher end dose but it is far from common.
Was your previous protocol 200 mg T injected once weekly and were labs done at the trough?
As you can see your TT 1035 ng/dL is high but far from absurdly high and seeing as your SHBG is high 63.4 nmol/L then your FT would most likely still be high (low-mid 30 ng/dL) but far from absurdly high although if these are your levels at true trough (7 days post-injection) than your peak TT/FT and e2 levels will be absurdly high 8-12 hrs post-injection/during the first few days of the week.
You jumped on trt blasting out of the gate using 250 mg T/week let alone 200.
The best piece of advice is to start low and go slow.
T-only protocol as we want to see how your body reacts to testosterone.
Would have been more sensible to start on a lower dose split twice weekly.
It is always easier to go up than come down.
You made a drastic jump going from 200--->100 mg T/week which would be a much harder transition and most would experience a bumpy ride as the body is trying to adjust during the weeks leading up until blood levels have stabilized (4-6 weeks).
Even then once blood levels have stabilized it will take time for the body to fully adapt to the new set-point and this is the critical time period when one should gauge how they truly feel regarding relief/improvement of low-t symptoms and overall well-being.
Whether just starting trt or tweaking a protocol (increasing/decreasing dose) every protocol should be given 12 weeks to claim whether it was truly a success or failure.
The dose of T should only be increased at the 6 week mark if one feels terrible due to trough FT level being too low (far from common).
Unfortunately, you started out on a very high dose of T and made the mistake of cutting your dose too much (50%) reduction.
Now your trough FT is too low.
Need to find the middle ground.