Starting TRT

[justlikemusic]

Bros, I started TRT and had a single injection of 250mg. I need to wait for two weeks until I can start weekly injections of 125mg. Im a week in and starting to feel much better as my 10nmol will be up now. After my second injection of 125mg my doctor has asked I do follow up blood tests... but I think his requests are a little weird. I thought you would want to be tested the day before the next pin but anyway...

He's given me two options for bloods for follow up check.

1. Doing fortnightly injections of 250mg (to start) and having my blood test on day 8 after injection
2. Doing Weekly injections of 125mg and having my blood test on day 4 after injection.

His goal is for me to be at 35nmol at the blood test. I think maybe the weekly injection of 125mg (or whatever mg he prescribes) on day 4 might see me at 35nmol, but i'm concerned at what level my test is going to be at on day 7. Hence why I think the fortnightly protocol to start with would be better (even though I'll probably feel peaks and valleys for a month). The problem with this is that if my test comes low, he will up the dosage and probably ask me to come back again in a few weeks. I guess if he ups it to 150/170mg then I just pin it weekly and maybe I should feel pretty good off that and be happy with that for now.

Are those blood test times weird?

This is a weird feeling, being a week after a 250mg pin and having to wait another week before I can regularly pin anything. Im waiting for the crash n burn lol... will I get it the first two weeks?

[justlikemusic]

I'd also like to hear your guys' stories on your doctor's initial and increased dosage, blood test and visit protocol once they prescribed primoteston.

[Chemical Romance]

This is a pretty similar procedure to what my doc asked for, although he didn't even consider weekly injections until I was able to show him that my levels were dropping off hard after the 10th day from injection, weekly injections will help a lot with evening out you blood levels.

As you mentioned in your other post once you are 'trusted' to care for your self you can supplement your trt with something from an UGL, mixing the ratios until you find what works for you.

My doc no longer asks for bloods, so I'm kinda free to do as I please, just need to continue to fill my scripts when he expects them to be filled.

[350zsidewayzz]

I'd also like to hear your guys' stories on your doctor's initial and increased dosage, blood test and visit protocol once they prescribed primoteston.

started on 200mg every 2 weeks. moved to 150 a week. test levels went from 300 to 900 ng/dl at 120mg a week, free test from 90 to 450 on a scale of 50-250. i personally requested at home split dosing injections because doc wasnt completely aware on everything. i get a blood test once every 3 months and thats all thats required in terms of visiting

[justlikemusic]

Every three months is gonna fuck me up unless I start doing six week prop/ace cycles. He gave me the equivalent to a six month's 250mg/fortnight supply though in my scripts/repeats. I'm a week in now from that 250mg shot and weight seems to be going up and motivation to train is better so I'll ride out the next week and then see him in two and a half weeks time and see where I'm at. Im not looking forward to the next seven days though and have been thinking of doing a 0.3ml shot this week but it's only 7 more days to go and then everything will be ok. My levels over those 7 days will probably only get down to be what they were just over a week ago so I'll put up and shut up.

I haven't trained properly pretty much the whole year. The past week I've been really getting back into it and looking at my arms blow up. Muscle memory is real. In two and a half weeks I'm gonna look so much bigger than when the doctor saw me a month prior. Anyway I guess he can expect that. I'll say I have motivation to go to the gym again, which is true.

[350zsidewayzz]

yeah musscle memory is legit im experiencing it now. and yeah i went to the doc like 40 pounds heavier after 5 months or so, they didnt really give a shit tbh

[justlikemusic]

I'm on day 8 after first pin and maybe it's the anxiety but I don't feel flying like I did a week ago. I have six more days before I start 125mg per week but I'm itching to pin before then. Maybe I'll pin on Sunday instead of Wednesday, that way I'll pin again 9 days later on the Tuesday and have bloods on Friday for doc. I shouldn't have front loaded that 250 like the doctor said, I knew it would be shit.

[justlikemusic]

To my first question... I was pinning 250mg every two weeks for the first month and then started 125mg e7d, by week 5, day 6 after pin I was about 600ng/dl so increased to 250mg e10d but then cranked up to about 300mg a week so didnt get bloods at that figure. Will report back on what that does for me for others' future reference.

[madhungarian]

My initial test number was under 200. Doc wanted me to take 100mgs a month and wanted me to come in once a month for a shot. Hell with all that. Told him I'd inject 25mgs a week at home and set the appt. for 4 months out. Immediately put myself at 100mgs a week and went up until I got to 200 a week. Started getting some E issues at 200 so I backed off. Went back to my scrpit befoe my next appt. and number was up to slightly over 500. Talked him into 100mgs a week for 6 months. My doc is an idiot. Refuses to run E numbers or even talk about blockers. I just wanted the script so I took it and do my own thing between appts. My doc is a number guy, doesn't matter how I feel to him, just what the numbers say. Bi weekly injections will make you feel like crap. Even when I run a cruise at 180mgs a week, the number I found that has no E problems for me, I split it into 2 shots a week. Take the script and find what works for you or find a doc that will listen to you and knows what he's doing. Good luck.