Are you no longer on TRT?I experienced the same during my year of TRT as have others on this forum.
Are you no longer on TRT?I experienced the same during my year of TRT as have others on this forum.
Sorry I meant to say my "first" year of TRT. Yes, am still on TRT, but at much lower dose. Currently between 6-7mg per day.Are you no longer on TRT?
Tried dropping my dose down to 10mg day but honestly felt worse. Total T: 580 Free T: 15.8Sorry I meant to say my "first" year of TRT. Yes, am still on TRT, but at much lower dose. Currently between 6-7mg per day.
Having a look around in forums and Reddit at people with heart symptoms from testosterone, it seems to be that they are more often on cypionate than not. I’m not sure if that’s a coincidence or perhaps because more people are on cypionate than other forms of testosterone.I'm no longer on TRT for an issue similar. Regardless of how much cyp I injected my heart rate would jump in the high 90s bps. Normally in the 70s. I did end up on cream at a lower dose. But that only increases my free T minimally. The cream at lower dose didn't increase my BPS.
Mood was one of the many symptoms I have been trying to "treat" with TRT. As is well documented, I have had a hard time nailing down a tolerable TRT protocol (@Charliebizz, hold your fire, my brother ). So, I decided that maybe I should be attempting to attack mood from another angle. So, I actually started sertraline a few weeks ago.
The most challenging thing I have noticed is overwhelming fatigue that happens in the middle of the day - like 11AM to 2PM or so - every day. I am not 100% that it's from the sertraline, but I am virtually certain. It's the only variable I can think of that may be causing it. Only other variable is that I have been on cream. I suppose it's possible my levels drop that time of day, but really doubt it based on recent labs.
I wouldn’t give up on HRT man. I would do so many things before doing that. Definitely try optimizing diet, sleep, stress and exercise the best that u can before giving up. U’d be extremely surprised how fast anxiety can subside when u optimize ur diet. And when I say optimize ur diet, I mostly mean just cutting out things that mess with ur body, and only give it things that help the body and give it the micronutrients it needs to function properly. 99.999999% of people that think they’re eating healthy aren’t. I can always find multiple things that someone is ingesting that is messing with their body bigtime, whenever they say they eat healthy and I ask what their diet consists of. I could honestly post hundreds of anecdotes where people are talking about how optimizing their diet completely got rid of their depression and/ or anxiety. A lot of the people report lifelong depression and anxiety going away too. And many people that had been diagnosed with treatment resistant depression. U wouldn’t believe how easy it is for most people to get rid of their anxiety and/ or depression once they figure out the true way to eat properly.
Diet is critical. I altered my diet significantly to try to treat my migraines. I am not currently is diligent as I used to be, but dramatically reduced carb intake and increased fat and protein intake. Overall, much better energy and does seem to have improved headaches.You can't attribute every case of depression or anxiety to diet but I would agree that it is a major factor for many people. I can reliably induce depression in myself by eating a good-sized serving of cheese. It took me forever to figure this out because the symptoms don't occur until 48 hours later. It wasn't until I was on a carnivore diet and then occasionally eating other things that I was able to discover it.
I am confident that most people, if they experimented with an elimination diet, would discover at least one food item that is making them feel like shit.
wish it wasn't so expensive......I would love some guys who are having these issues to get their hands on some Xyosted. I am curious if the alcohol content in multi-use vial formulations contributes to the heart pounding by one mechanism or another.
Xyosted is the only injectable that I tend to tolerate. That said, I think I still do get a little extra cardiovascular “oomph“ with it, but maybe not as severe as other formulations.
I have found injecting air and replacing it 24 hours later a few times has sorted the issue out for me. I’m no chemist but could the exposure of alcohol to oxygen injecting in be oxygenating it somehow?I would love some guys who are having these issues to get their hands on some Xyosted. I am curious if the alcohol content in multi-use vial formulations contributes to the heart pounding by one mechanism or another.
Xyosted is the only injectable that I tend to tolerate. That said, I think I still do get a little extra cardiovascular “oomph“ with it, but maybe not as severe as other formulations.
First, I don't understand why you need Testosterone supplementation at 29 years old though there are medical reasons for this.Blood pressure is around 105/65. I can't remember the exact numbers but my A1C and cholesterol are good. Cardiac calcium score is something I haven't gotten before. FYI I'm only 29.
Benzyl benzoate is an insect repellent. Ur saying that maybe the fact that sustanon has benzyl benzoate in it resolved the issues u were having on cyp? Anything is possible obv, but usually when u add toxic chemicals to things, it doesn’t improve negative health related symptoms. But again, anything is possibleFor anyone following or interested, I’ve switched to sustanon, doing daily shots like I was on cypionate. I have found this heart pounding issue and vasodilating issue has basically gone. Looking at the chemical make up of both it seems that aside from esters, the only difference is that sustanon has now Benzyl Benzoate. I wonder if that is the culprit?
If anything, benzyl benzoate would make it worse if vasodilating is indeed the cause.For anyone following or interested, I’ve switched to sustanon, doing daily shots like I was on cypionate. I have found this heart pounding issue and vasodilating issue has basically gone. Looking at the chemical make up of both it seems that aside from esters, the only difference is that sustanon has now Benzyl Benzoate. I wonder if that is the culprit?
If anything, benzyl benzoate would make it worse if vasodilating is indeed the cause.
Vasodilation - Wikipedia
BENZYL BENZOATE also "has vasodilating and spasmolytic effects and is present in many asthma and whooping cough drugs."
Now was typo for no, my apologies.Benzyl benzoate is an insect repellent. Ur saying that maybe the fact that sustanon has benzyl benzoate in it resolved the issues u were having on cyp? Anything is possible obv, but usually when u add toxic chemicals to things, it doesn’t improve negative health related symptoms. But again, anything is possible
@tareload, I know you mentioned in the past you have sertraline on hand, but you use lexapro. Have you ever been on sertraline? If so, how would you compare the experience to lexapro? I have been on it for a few months, but have been dropping the dose over time because of side effects.Give it at least a few months on the SSRI. First 4 weeks were really rocky. After that the anxiety really subsided. I will take depressed and emotionally blunted over panic / anxiety every time.
But you gotta know how to deal with depression. I have lots of practice. SSRIs should be called depressants instead of antidepressants. Definitely suppress anxiety and depress mood for me.