No, I do not think your levels are too high. the only reason I said you could lower your test a little if you like, because some men just feel better at lower levels. If you feel this is your sweet spot or close to it, I wouldn't change a thing.
If your response to propionate is similar to mine and that of a couple other guys on the forum then you are possibly experiencing some extreme daily variations in serum testosterone. Basically, your peak testosterone could be something like three times your trough value, putting it around 2,000-3,000 ng/dL. You can confirm this by taking a measurement around 2-3 hours post-injection.
Yes, I get serum testosterone variations of around 50% above and below the average with daily propionate, and this is due to its short apparent half-life of around 19 hours. With every-other-day enanthate or cypionate I see virtually no variation. These longer esters have half-lives that are around five days.
I doubt there would be much difference, and it's unlikely to be anything you would detect subjectively. On an EOD protocol I would basically measure the same testosterone levels on the off day as when I tested immediately pre-injection. The difference is a few percent at most.
Maybe this is part of my issue. Months ago, on EOD test cyp, trough was 537 and 24 hours after shot was 884, so my total T dropped 350 points in 24 hours. Perhaps why I'm struggling to get dialed in so bad.
The problem with these numbers is that they reflect a half-life for cypionate of 1.4 days, which is unusually low compared to the nominal figure of 5 days. It's not impossible, but I'd want to see similar results on a repeat test for more certainty.
Gotcha. Maybe one day if I determine daily protocol isn't working anymore. As an update, I did 13mg yesterday morning and slept fantastic last night. It's been 8 days of 0-4 hours sleep until I did that. If shbg also acts a carrier to get hormones into the cell, then possibly low shbg guys like me might need higher free t levels?
It's a plausible hypothesis, although it's also suggested that estrogenic activity is too high relative to androgenic activity. In this case higher free testosterone would also mean higher free estradiol and perhaps no improvement in the relative amount of androgenic activity. It's still speculation at this point.
