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Started TRT and just received my 6-week labs back from DLabs. My protocol has been 40mg, Mon/Wed/Fri, so 120mg weekly of Test Cyp/Prop Blend at 80/20%. I'm 45. 185lbs. Workout 4-5 days a week. About 17% BF. Diet is above average. Always been pretty healthy. Blood pressure is always great...

Any updates on this, gents?

This; I’m also curious!. I was on a Cyp/Prop blend of 160/40 the first 3 weeks, pinning MWF and switched last week to Cyp. Maybe I should have stayed on the blend, but it just seemed like being on straight Cyp was best.

Yeah, I think my weight gain isn't helping. I've definitely been eating a lot more, but not consciously, so I need to scale it back a bit. Water weight, maybe as well.

i've read this, which sucks. ...My weight has gone up about 8 pounds, so wondering if that's part of it as well. I definitely don't want to have to deal with a CPAP or apnea.

I'm ok with it for now. Just don't want the cause to be my prostate ballooning to a football.

Thank you for the input. I am fine to leave it and just see how I go and if my body will adjust eventually. I've ready it took some guys up to six months for these symptoms to go away on their own. I don't want to add the expense of a sleep study just yet and maybe look into some other OTC...

So I'm just over 4 weeks into starting TRT. 120mg Cyp weekly, pinned on Mon & Thu. A few things I've noticed 1) Prostate has to be somewhat enlarged. I now get up to urinate in the middle of the night and my urine stream is weaker. I did not have these issues before I started. Also, when I...

Ok, good to know. Where can I get: 1) a good demonstration on how to properly get air in the syringe and maintain proper, accurate dosage? 2) 27g insulin pins (and do they make them in 1"?)

Gotcha. ...I'm also using 1 mL insulin syringes. Drawing with a 21g, pinning with 25g, 1". I do also have the air when I draw, but once I put on the 25g, I push it out, as seen in this video here. Let me know what you think of this method. Thanks.

17 days in. On injection days I feel the 'boost' a bit. Still doing Mon Wed Fri. Thinking of going to a 27g needle, 1" instead of the 25g. I'm pinning just fine. Still need to learn how to do my left Glute. May try delts with a 27 or 30g as suggested above. Overall, I feel fine. Nothing...

Update: started urinating more frequently yesterday (July 4th). Not from alcohol or anything (don't really drink much). It's continued a bit today... Weak stream.

Cool, thank you. ...Why Delts vs. glutes in your opinion?

Thanks, brother. ...One week in so far on the blend. Some notes are below... I don't feel anything, nor do I expect to. My dreams have been substantially more vivid and real (placebo, I'm guessing). My glute is sore for a few days after injection on the injection site. I am told this is a...

All good, man. I appreciate all the insight. I'm doing Mon morning, Wed morning, Fri afternoon: 40mg each for total of 120mg weekly. I fear that still may be too high to start so I could drop it down to 32.5 or so. I'm using a 1mL syringe to pin.

Update: decided I will start TRT with the blend at this point. Unsure if I should dose M/W/F or do every 3.5 days... Thoughts?

Thanks, man. So would you start with this blend & at what protocol?

Yeah, we initially said 50mg every 3.05, but then given the short/long ester life, we thought 62.5 every 3.05 days. Yes, I could start with the Blend, but it's just not common, not a lot of data around it for starting TRT, and I'd rather not start with a seemingly unconventional approach...

Guess not. I told him I really didn't want to do a blend, and no alternative was offered. I put up a bit of a fight but ultimately agreed to the blend out of overall trust & some haste. Did some more research afterward, including here & some other groups, and here we are at this point in our...

Yup, I don't quite understand it. To be clear, to compounding pharm my doc uses is local, here in DFW (it's not Empower). And my wellness doc is a personal friend, but I'm ok parting ways professionally with him to find the right approach. Sucks. So, I've got to start over a bit. But...

I want to find out if they can use my labs from 6 weeks ago. While I'm not below the normal threshold, I am on the cusp of normal, so doubt my insurance will cover anything since I don't go through an employer (I'm self-employed, atm). I called the compounding pharmacy my functional doc uses...

I hear ya, but given that most qualitative feedback is that this is not ideal, then a blend is now how I want to start. Perhaps if I wanted to 'tinker' later, but then again, I don't even want to think about that. ...But I do appreciate your thinking and would consider this as a last resort. I...

Yeah. My other thought was to do the blend EoD as every 3.5 days may not be optimal. Hence, I’d rather just start with Cyp. Perhaps I need to consider going through Defy or some other provider.

Yeah, I don’t want to do a blend as it’s just not what most do and it doesn’t seem optimal. And you’re right, I don’t have a choice with this Doc’s compounding pharmacy. I asked. I pushed. Doc said they don’t offer just straight Cyp. I don’t get that. I think I’d rather get a script for...

Thanks. I'll give these a read-through. The blend they prescribed is 80% Cyp / 20% Prop.

So I'm starting out TRT for the first time. The compounding pharmacy my doc uses does not have 100% Cyp, for some reason I don't understand. So they offer blends. Which could include DHEA, AI, Cyp/Prop/Eth or Cyp//Propinate. We decided to start with Test Cyp/Prop pinning 3.5 days at 100mg...

A great example in recent history (outside of Covid) can be seen in the documentary The Crime of the Century: https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/the-crime-of-the-century And, the book and series on Hulu, Dopesick: Dopesick Well worth the watch for both. There is a reason we don't teach how the...

By my last check, pharma funds the FDA by 45%. Tons of examples in recent history where fda approved drugs that were known to be harmful to people. Pharma buys politicians on both sides of the aisle. It’s just how it is. It’s always been this way. people are just now starting to see it...

Yup. People need to wake up to how the fDA is funded and whom they protect.

Doesn’t take a scholar to understand the FDA isn’t about public health. I want to help fight this.

My doc is recommending starting me at 150mg weekly split at 75mg every 3.5 days. Reading this thread makes me think it's maybe best to start lower. I'm looking to alleviate my low T symptoms after trying everything natural for two years (therapy, diet, exercise, sleep, etc.). Since my Free...