boojamra
08-02-2008, 11:10 PM
I am a TRT patient of a local D.O. I am not a doctor, and I am not a patient of Dr. Crisler.
I want to log some stats so that I can figure out what is working, and what is not. I am posting it here in case others wish to provide anecdotal insight.
My doctor originally prescribed the following:
200mg Test Cyp Weekly
200iu HCG EOD
Up to 1mg Arimidex EOD at my discretion, but no more than necessary judging from labs
Everything I take (except B-Comp injections) is prescribed by this doctor.
I am currently Injecting 120mg Test per week (Doctor allowed me to split doses to M/W/F and reduce the total weekly amount)
I also inject 1mL B-Comp
As well:
Compounded Pregnenelone Cream and DHEA Cream
The current B-Comp has 5mcg B12. I am expecting a version with 1000mcg B12 next week. I also play soccer and workout 2-3 other days a week with "Turbulence Training".
I generally try to keep track of the following variables:
Overall well-being (W)
Anxiety (X)
Nocturnal Erections (note whether they wake me up) (N)
Morning Erections (M)
Daytime Erections due to fantasy/attraction (D)
Libido (L)
Frequency of sexual activity (F)
Strength in gym and at sports (S)
Bodyweight (B)
Bodyfat % (F)
I am 37, married with kids, stressful job, and I have secondary hypogonadism, and am pre-diabetic (insulin resistance). Because I have my doctor's permission to adjust the meds, I am still in a tuning phase. What I do know for sure is that 200mg per week seems like too much and I associated it with nipple soreness. Doing the injections 3 times a week, I don't have that soreness anymore. He says I may take up to 400iu hcg per shot, but I don't because I feel that drives my Estrogen way up. I also think that somewhere between 1-2mg Arimidex per week is what I need, but that has been the trickiest part of this.
This past week, M/W/F I have done the following
T 40mg
HCG 200iu
Adex 0.25 M/W/F and Saturday
At this time, my monitored variables are as follows:
(W) 7/10
(X) Low
(N) 0 last night
(M) 7/10 (hardness) went away about 5 mins after getting out of bed
(D) 0
(L) 5/10
(F) 3x in the past week
(S) 6/10
(B) 195
(F) 18%
Goals:
W closer to 10
X stay low
N once or twice would be fine
M 10, last longer
D every time
L 10
F twice a day ;-) Actually I'm a lucky guy, and grateful
S 10
B doesn't matter, really care about F
F 9%
I've been on the current regimen about a year now. Labs show that E2 is still rather high. I don't want to lower hcg because I don't want my nuts to disappear. If I raise the T, I actually feel worse, not better. So, I am thinking it's the Arimidex I need to figure out. I could also adjust the creams. That's hard to do though as they are in a tub. Could try different spoon sizes.
The B-comp shots were recently added.
If the moderators feel anything in my post is inappropriate, kindly let me know. I believe I am following the guidelines I have just accepted, and I see dosages given in other journals here.
Thanks!
Booj.
I want to log some stats so that I can figure out what is working, and what is not. I am posting it here in case others wish to provide anecdotal insight.
My doctor originally prescribed the following:
200mg Test Cyp Weekly
200iu HCG EOD
Up to 1mg Arimidex EOD at my discretion, but no more than necessary judging from labs
Everything I take (except B-Comp injections) is prescribed by this doctor.
I am currently Injecting 120mg Test per week (Doctor allowed me to split doses to M/W/F and reduce the total weekly amount)
I also inject 1mL B-Comp
As well:
Compounded Pregnenelone Cream and DHEA Cream
The current B-Comp has 5mcg B12. I am expecting a version with 1000mcg B12 next week. I also play soccer and workout 2-3 other days a week with "Turbulence Training".
I generally try to keep track of the following variables:
Overall well-being (W)
Anxiety (X)
Nocturnal Erections (note whether they wake me up) (N)
Morning Erections (M)
Daytime Erections due to fantasy/attraction (D)
Libido (L)
Frequency of sexual activity (F)
Strength in gym and at sports (S)
Bodyweight (B)
Bodyfat % (F)
I am 37, married with kids, stressful job, and I have secondary hypogonadism, and am pre-diabetic (insulin resistance). Because I have my doctor's permission to adjust the meds, I am still in a tuning phase. What I do know for sure is that 200mg per week seems like too much and I associated it with nipple soreness. Doing the injections 3 times a week, I don't have that soreness anymore. He says I may take up to 400iu hcg per shot, but I don't because I feel that drives my Estrogen way up. I also think that somewhere between 1-2mg Arimidex per week is what I need, but that has been the trickiest part of this.
This past week, M/W/F I have done the following
T 40mg
HCG 200iu
Adex 0.25 M/W/F and Saturday
At this time, my monitored variables are as follows:
(W) 7/10
(X) Low
(N) 0 last night
(M) 7/10 (hardness) went away about 5 mins after getting out of bed
(D) 0
(L) 5/10
(F) 3x in the past week
(S) 6/10
(B) 195
(F) 18%
Goals:
W closer to 10
X stay low
N once or twice would be fine
M 10, last longer
D every time
L 10
F twice a day ;-) Actually I'm a lucky guy, and grateful
S 10
B doesn't matter, really care about F
F 9%
I've been on the current regimen about a year now. Labs show that E2 is still rather high. I don't want to lower hcg because I don't want my nuts to disappear. If I raise the T, I actually feel worse, not better. So, I am thinking it's the Arimidex I need to figure out. I could also adjust the creams. That's hard to do though as they are in a tub. Could try different spoon sizes.
The B-comp shots were recently added.
If the moderators feel anything in my post is inappropriate, kindly let me know. I believe I am following the guidelines I have just accepted, and I see dosages given in other journals here.
Thanks!
Booj.