On TRT for 3+ Years. Now I have extreme itching

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When I stated to post labs for FT, hemoglobin,hematocrit and RBCs it was for your TTh protocol 200 mg T/week as you never stated this was your summertime routine let alone your standard dose being 100 mg T split twice-weekly (50 mg every 3.5 days).

We always test at the true trough (lowest point) before the next injection as we need to make sure FT level is not too low or too high as the goal is improvement of low T symptoms while at the same time keeping overall blood markers healthy let alone minimizing/preventing any sides!

Again although TT is important to know FT is what truly matters as it is the unbound fraction of T responsible for the positive effects.

Critical to know where your trough FT let alone other important blood markers H/H and RBCs sit on said protocol (dose of T/injection frequency).

Any doctor in the know would want to know where your trough FT sits!

Where did your trough FT and RBCs, hemoglobin and hematocrit sit on your standard dose 100 mg T split twice-weekly?

Where did your SHBG sit pre/post TTh?

Also critical to keep an eye on iron/ferritin if you are one who gets caught up on the donating too frequently merry go round trying to manage elevated hematocrit due to running a high/absurdly high trough FT!

I appreciate you being so specific and I appreciate your help. I guess what I’m trying to say is that even though my program seemed to be very casual and not scientific, it was always like that for years and I never had an issue. I started off at 50mg per week split shots and my test levels and hemocrit were high and even at 100mg per week and higher sometimes and my hemocrit never exceeded that low 50 range and all my other levels were in the range I stated above…. Again…. NEVER a problem regardless.

I THINK around the time I changed testosterone brands I started to get that itching. Over the course over several months while still taking that other brand I tried donating, super low dose, AI, iron and lots of other stuff - even allergy and blood doctors. I stopped for 6 weeks and it took every bit of those 6 weeks for the itching to go away but it did go away.

After 6 weeks I got a new pharma brand and tried a very low dose of test amd BAM!!!!! was itching within 3 days. Waiting a week and tried a different brand again and super low dose and BAM still itching and maybe worse.

For the past YEAR that I have been dealing with this I have been trying ti retrace my steps about when the itching started, what I did differently and when. I knew I changed brands but wasn’t sure when. I thought insulate my natural balance with the blood donation or just developed a new allergy. Once I called I talked to the doctor and the pharmacy and found that ALL Cyp was suspended in cottonseed I was very upset and discouraged. But then I spoke to the compounding pharmacist and then told me the last time I ordered from them seemed to align with when my itching started and he explained the different preservatives that are INSIDE the cottonseed oil I started to have some hope that I have this figured out.

So here I am….1 week into a new test start after a 6 week break and I’m itching. Obviously I’m stopped. I called my new doc and got the script from the compounding pharmacy that I used to use without issue. I just didn’t know if I should stop for another 6 weeks and then try again? Just stop till the itching stops? Pharmacist said to just give it a week but I’m scared it won’t be a true test if I’m still itching.