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Was this on 16mg cypionate daily? If yes, did you have an injection the day before this one or was this the first injection? In other words, are your numbers at 8hrs already trending up or were they flat compared to pre-injection? Also, did you inject again before the final lab at 28hrs was run...

Fascinating. No rise in T at 12 hours, but E doubled. This is exactly the type of data I'm looking for. I really wish someone did a study on daily injections that showed T (and E) levels every hour or two for days or weeks. That'd be awesome.

I'm on daily subcutaneous testosterone cypionate injections and my doctor always has me do my labs in a 4-5 hour window post injection. I know T levels are pretty stable on daily injections but does anyone know the timing of the peak and trough for daily subq cypionate injections? I just want...

I don't know how much of the blue light you can filter using the night light settings. The amber glasses I bought my son filter 98%. I use the night light setting on my PC along with blue blocking warby parker glasses (only block like 50%). But as I said in my last post, this wasn't really my...

I got the $35 spectra479 brand ones on Amazon for my son and they worked great. Just make sure they block 100% of the blue light and not some partial percentage. Oh I totally agree this won't work for everyone. I was only suggesting the blue blocking glasses and SAD light for people that have...

My teenage son had a horrible time getting to sleep until 2am every day. He plays video games until 11pm and then tries to go to bed. Rolls around for 3 hours or so and finally falls asleep. I got him a pair of amber blue blocking glasses and had him wear them at 4pm whenever he games/uses...

Sometimes a pill is the only option after you've exhausted all others. I would honestly prefer to not have to take a pill for the rest of my life. Unfortunately, it looks like if I want to take the other "pill" (testosterone cypionate), then I might have to take melatonin to be able to sleep.

I took ambien for a couple weeks. It helped a little, but I didn't feel very good on it. Had awful headaches the next day and definitely did not feel rested. It's a drug that I would only ever consider recommending if absolutely everything else didn't work. Switched to 1mg, then 3mg melatonin...

You might want to try one of those SAD lights (search on Amazon). You just shine it on your face for 15-30 minutes when you wake up (while eating breakfast or watching youtube). It simulates the sun and resets your circadian rhythm. A lot of people that struggle getting to sleep but sleep great...

That's great news. Hope the trend continues for you. I have been on instant release and have found it to be very effective for as long as I've taken it. I take 2 3mg of Now brand melatonin every night roughly 15 minutes before I lay down and I'm usually out in 15-30 minutes. I sometimes wake to...

That's awesome. Hope it keeps working for you. If not, I would definitely try upping your melatonin dose 1mg a night until you sleep great consistently. That what my doc had me do.

Ya my buddy and I both started TRT around the same time and he was on keto too. He had no problems at all with insomnia. My guess is that most people have no problems on TRT. The ones that do have problems either quit or are on this forum...

I was keto for 2 years prior to starting TRT. 1 month after starting TRT I got horrible insomnia which I never had in my life before. I started working with a naturopath and a nutritionist and they switched me to a low carb diet that is not keto and I am sleeping much better.

You might want to try a higher dose of melatonin and also experiment with the extended vs instant release. I'm at 6mg instant release melatonin right now and it works pretty well for me. 3mg and lower did nothing. One of the melatonin manufacturer sites says to start at 1mg and go up until you...

That's crazy. Have you tried taking 1000mg vitamin C with bioflavonoids and betaine HCL with each meal? They can increase your absorption of iron.

This is exactly what I was doing. I didn't eat until noon, stopped eating after dinner around 7pm. Did strength training 3xweek, 30 minutes fasted cardio the off 3 days, 1 day of full rest. Had 1 huge nasty carb meal on Sunday. Insomnia hit me hard after a month of TRT. Never had problems...

Taking melatonin does not cause you to develop a tolerance to it according to all the studies they have on it so far. Antihistamines are some of the most popular and most used drugs in the world. It sucks to have to take a drug to get good sleep, but if you have to take one, antihistamines are...

You are lucky and were able to go off TRT and your total T was 900ish and your free T was midrange. Most people go on TRT because they can't get total and free T numbers anywhere near as high as yours naturally. This results in all sorts of health, sex and quality of life problems. Most women...

Do you work out a decent amount? Specifically strength training? If you are low carb and do strength training or HIIT you could be low blood sugar and have the issue I mentioned earlier. Those types of exercises are great for you but they are also glycogen intensive. If you don't eat enough...

Are you eating enough food and on a regular schedule? It could be low blood sugar... "Getting up to go to the bathroom for the second time, he reminds himself not to drink water before bed.This has little to do with the problem. Night time urination is rarely an issue when the blood sugar...