I've been on TRT for roughly 3.5 years now, with very limited results. I started and kept using Test E most of this time. In the honeymoon phase I had great symptom relief, however after 3 months almost all of those symptoms returned, I only felt better emotionally and mentally. Honestly I was way to passive about all of this, but have since started experimenting and have tried a various different substances. Primarily I wanted to get my libido back, but of course other symptom relief would be welcome as well. I tried Masteron, Proviron, HCG, Dianabol, Estradiol E and I did play around a bit with Test E doses and injection schedules. Most of these things provided no changes, minor negatives without positives or just gym gains.
Recently, however, I saw a post about how Test P worked for a lot of guys who didn't have good success with TRT, and from my research I noticed that most of these men seemed to have a relatively low SHBG, like me. This motivated me to try it out. I switched from Test E 150mg/week in 1 dose to Test P 175 mg/week (daily injections), and within 3 days I had major symptom relief. Sleep, metabolism, digestion and energy were fixed, and I also noticed a better blood flow to the penile area. Of course I also kept the same emotional and mental benefits that I had before. Also I was still on 600 IU/week of HCG during the switch. Honestly only now does TRT actually seem worth it to me, and I'd be incredibly happy with the protocol if it wasn't for one thing: absolutely 0 libido/arousal. I have since tried a couple of different doses: 140, 175 and 245, and on all of them I have the same symptom relief, the only difference are gym gains. I will try more doses in the near future, however I'm trying out something else for now.
Here are my blood work results from Test P 175mg/week in the morning before the next injection (trough):
Total T: 1040 ng/dl (range 185-730 ng/dl)
Free T: 28 pg/ml (range 7-23pg/ml)
SHBG: 19 nmol/L (range 14-95nmol/L)
DHT: 537 pg/ml (range 300-850pg/ml)
E2: 43 ng/L (range 11-44 ng/L)
Prolactin: 14.54 ug/L (range3.5-19.5 ug/L)
Some thing to note here. E2 isn't sensitive as it isn't available here. Prolactin seems a bit high, however it was lower on all future tests, where all hormones were higher. The main thing that bothers me is DHT. From my blood tests it seems like my DHT is always roughly 50-60% of total T, which seem slow, especially considering my low SHBG. I cannot find any information about this anywhere, but I'm under the assumption that this is quite a bad ratio and that this could be the reason for my libido issues, hence why Masteron and Proviron were the first things I tried. I never used SSRIs or Finasteride, so I don't have a reason for low 5AR.
In any case, I'm trying out a few things now and I have a few plans for the future. I'm most interested in T or DHT cream to directly increase DHT without affecting other hormones, like E2 or SHBG. Any thoughts on all this?
Recently, however, I saw a post about how Test P worked for a lot of guys who didn't have good success with TRT, and from my research I noticed that most of these men seemed to have a relatively low SHBG, like me. This motivated me to try it out. I switched from Test E 150mg/week in 1 dose to Test P 175 mg/week (daily injections), and within 3 days I had major symptom relief. Sleep, metabolism, digestion and energy were fixed, and I also noticed a better blood flow to the penile area. Of course I also kept the same emotional and mental benefits that I had before. Also I was still on 600 IU/week of HCG during the switch. Honestly only now does TRT actually seem worth it to me, and I'd be incredibly happy with the protocol if it wasn't for one thing: absolutely 0 libido/arousal. I have since tried a couple of different doses: 140, 175 and 245, and on all of them I have the same symptom relief, the only difference are gym gains. I will try more doses in the near future, however I'm trying out something else for now.
Here are my blood work results from Test P 175mg/week in the morning before the next injection (trough):
Total T: 1040 ng/dl (range 185-730 ng/dl)
Free T: 28 pg/ml (range 7-23pg/ml)
SHBG: 19 nmol/L (range 14-95nmol/L)
DHT: 537 pg/ml (range 300-850pg/ml)
E2: 43 ng/L (range 11-44 ng/L)
Prolactin: 14.54 ug/L (range3.5-19.5 ug/L)
Some thing to note here. E2 isn't sensitive as it isn't available here. Prolactin seems a bit high, however it was lower on all future tests, where all hormones were higher. The main thing that bothers me is DHT. From my blood tests it seems like my DHT is always roughly 50-60% of total T, which seem slow, especially considering my low SHBG. I cannot find any information about this anywhere, but I'm under the assumption that this is quite a bad ratio and that this could be the reason for my libido issues, hence why Masteron and Proviron were the first things I tried. I never used SSRIs or Finasteride, so I don't have a reason for low 5AR.
In any case, I'm trying out a few things now and I have a few plans for the future. I'm most interested in T or DHT cream to directly increase DHT without affecting other hormones, like E2 or SHBG. Any thoughts on all this?
