Injection frequency & effects on other issues

Sawdustmaker · Wednesday at 8:57 AM

I currently do injections 2x per week. I'm with Defy Medical. My H&H always gets high and I have to donate blood. I also don't sleep well. I've heard from here and other places that increasing the frequency of injections (some say every day) that the H&H doesn't increase, at least not as much. A while back, I began donating whenever the Red Cross allows (every 54 days I believe) and my iron and ferritin went way down. In another post here, a user said his sleep improved when the iron and ferritin got up to normal. I haven't checked them since I stopped donating as often so not sure where the iron and ferritin are currently, but I'm getting labs in a month or so for something else so I'll get them checked.
So does increasing frequency of injections benefit H&H, or anything else? I'll run it by with Defy but I'm curious what other's experiences are.
Thanks,
Paul

Vince · Wednesday at 9:11 AM

When I switch to daily's I no longer had to donate blood. I wonder if it was from daily's or just longevity.

Thread 'Vince's Labs from October 14, 2024'

Oct 23, 2024

Same protocol, 16 mg of testosterone cypionate daily, 500 iu of hcg every third day and no AI.

Pregnenolone 10 mg and 10 mg of DHEA.

My last injection before labs, about 27 1/2 hrs.

Labs are from LabCorp.

I did "not" get the Equilibrium Ultrafiltration for testing free testosterone. I didn't want to spend the extra money.

Testosterone, Serum 1482 ng/dL range 264-916
Free Testosterone 24.5 ng/dL range 6.6 -18.1
DHT 61 ng/dL (no range on results)
DHEA-Sulfate 260.0 H ug/dL range 30.9-295.6 (age adjusted)
Estradiol, Sensitive 26.7 pg/mL range 8.0-35.0
Sex Horm Binding Glob, Serum 57.5...

Sawdustmaker · Wednesday at 10:12 AM

Wow daily! A lot syringes to buy! It the theory is right, maybe I'll start doing three per week and see what happens. Thanks.

Seagal · Wednesday at 11:12 AM

Or TU once peer week....

Willyt · Wednesday at 11:14 AM

Sawdustmaker said:
Wow daily! A lot syringes to buy! It the theory is right, maybe I'll start doing three per week and see what happens. Thanks.

Most daily guys inject Subq with small 5/16" 31 gauge needles. You don't even feel it. Are you currently injecting IM?

Reducing dose usually helps with sleep. Although my sleep sucks even on low dose and I've been on daily TRT for years lol. What is your weekly dose?

Vince · Wednesday at 11:30 AM

Sawdustmaker said:
Wow daily! A lot syringes to buy! It the theory is right, maybe I'll start doing three per week and see what happens. Thanks.

I use a 29 g 1/2" easy touch syringe. I use both shallow IM and SubQ. I inject in shoulders, VG and love handles SubQ. I combine T and HCG in same syringe.

Sawdustmaker · Wednesday at 1:32 PM

Willyt said:
Most daily guys inject Subq with small 5/16" 31 gauge needles. You don't even feel it. Are you currently injecting IM?

Reducing dose usually helps with sleep. Although my sleep sucks even on low dose and I've been on daily TRT for years lol. What is your weekly dose?

Cypionate 200 mg/ml – 0.25 ml SQ twice weekly. How long does it take you to draw up and give a testosterone dose with a 31 gauge needle?! Like 15 minutes?

Systemlord · Wednesday at 3:17 PM

Sawdustmaker said:
So does increasing frequency of injections benefit H&H, or anything else?

Nothing is a absolute in the hormone world. Give it a try and let us know.

One thing to consider is oral T (Jatenzo/Kyzatrex) affects H&H far less than injections that only a very small percentage of men experienced high H&H in the clinical trials.

You may be trading controlled H&H for low iron which is basically fixing one problem while causing another. I can't imagine feeling optimal in this situation.

Willyt · Wednesday at 3:24 PM

Sawdustmaker said:
Cypionate 200 mg/ml – 0.25 ml SQ twice weekly. How long does it take you to draw up and give a testosterone dose with a 31 gauge needle?! Like 15 minutes?

When you are only drawing 7-8mg TE daily, its nothing.

mooseman109 · Wednesday at 8:00 PM

I was using test cyp and went to daily to try to lower HCT. I was doing .10 mg daily. Felt great but no luck in redoing my HCT. Went to cream and really no big change from that either.