TRT HONEYMOON PHASE
Iv started on TRT 6-7 weeks ago, first time under a real doctor. I was off for 3-4 years having kids. Finally got snipped so I’m back on test. I was feeling amazing the first 3-5 weeks. Erections, energy, concentration, muscle growth. Now it seems my sex drive has gone back down or leveled out. I can still perform and I’m not having crazy side effects I’m just curious if others experienced this? The first month it was like my drive multiplied 10x maybe even 20x lol now I feel normal again. I assume when my body was being pumped with test again it reacted accordingly and now that my body is adjust it’s just the new normal? It’s not terrible I still have a drive but Iv noticed it’s not what I think about 24 hrs a day like a few weeks ago. I’m also slightly tired earlier than I was the first couple weeks. Not exhausted but just noticed slightly less energetic. Normal? Or could this be a sign of high estrogen? Getting blood work soon so I’ll know in about a month but just curious if it’s probably in my head or if it could be the e2. I was starting around 200mg now I’m at 160mg a week. I’ll be jumping on a blast after my blood work but would like to make sure u have a solid trt dose that my body is use to so I know where to get back to when I come off the blast .
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EfficientPhysiologyThe body is always trying to maintain balance. If your testosterone is high your body increases shbg which binds to testosterone and renders it useless. This can take a little while to occur so that may be why you don't feel the effects of having high testosterone anymore.
People forget libido has other factors involved other than hormones being dialed in alone
100% and I’m not having issues I was just curious what others have experienced. I was like an animal for 3-5 weeks lol
I've been on trt for about a year now at 175 a week and it's a bitch to get dialed in. I definitely got a huge libido surge in the first month then it just comes and goes. I know there's a huge anti ai crowd online but I definitely need a little bit of adex on my dose. I started with .25 twice a week and now that I've leaned out I do 1/8 tab twice a week. Inject eod and my trough is in the 1400s
Iv also heard that more injections could help control e2 (if it’s high). I’m at 2x a week right now .4 each day if cyp 200. Curious to see how much e2 can drop from 3x a week. If my e2 is high I’m going to try that first before throwing an AI at it but hopefully I’m not high and it’s just in my head lol
Ya I’m alittle worried about that I’m not fat but I have alittle belly prob 18% body fat but that’s just a rough guess . Iv never got bloods done when I was doing cycles in my younger years . I’m just hoping I’m not sensitive to aromitizing. I’m not a huge fan of AI long term. Don’t mind then when doing a short term blast but I’d prefer to not need it all the time when just in TRT. I want to go get my own labs done but it’s probably better to just wait til Dec 4th. This is week 7 I believe so I’m not even sure if the test would be super accurate this early on. He told me to wait 3 months so my levels give a true reading
Your dosages seem kind of wild for TRT from a doctor. If 299mg is actually what happened, your body is suddenly getting a rush of testosterone, which would send you over the moon if you were previously low. Now that it's been a while, your body has likely adjusted to the (hopefully) 160mg a week.
When I first started, I was on 150mg a week and felt like you. Libido, energy, strength, focus, etc, seemed to explode. Your natural testosterone takes time to shut off. As I was on 150 mg, I was at around 928 ng/dl at the bottom of my trough. Now that I've been on it for a few months, my libido is more regular, and at 140mg a week, my levels are now at 730 ng/dl. I suspect that your body has just now started weaning off the natural testosterone production and coming off of the large blasting amount your doctor had you on, and you are now at a much more normal testosterone level.
I would also bet your e2 levels might be elevated due to the large amount you were on, and also depending on your bodyfat%. This is pretty easily managed in an office, though. Good luck!
Was curious if even at 200 if my e2 could be crazy high but now it seems to make sense that my body was flooded at first and now I’m back to normal. Even before TRT I was naturally around 200-212 test levels but never had issues sex wise so when I got that crazy sex drive I just assumed that was normal. Iv done a couple cycles before TRT but only on it 8-16 weeks and always had that crazy sex drive but common sense tells me that was from abusing higher dosages and I probably wasn’t on it long enough for my body to acclimate to that dose so I didn’t really see the fall off affect if my drive
I aromatized pretty heavily even on just 150mg but my bf was a lot higher than currently. What I’m trying to say is that everyone is different, you could have a spike of e2 from the 200mg and it’s sort of dampening the current 160mg of test. But hopefully all will stabilize as you dial in the range.
We have similar baseline levels so I getcha, that sex drive hits like a fucking truck at first LOL. I wouldn’t be too concerned about it unless it persists even once your test levels are normalized and your e2 is in check. Being teenage level horny all the time isn’t the funnest imo
No you’re right I wouldn’t want it to be that high non stop my wife was already getting annoyed. It was like so intense that I couldn’t even manage to feel relief even after sex it’s like I was ready to go 5 min later lol. Imagine 299 on the dot like what kind of animal would not just make it 300--
That was my fault it was suppose to say 200 that was a typo I missed I apologize I’ll edit it
Haha that makes way more sense. Thought it was a bit strange of 299 but maybe you just had a doping doctor XD
The placebo effect has worn off. You now need to depend on other extracurricular activities to kep your energy and mojo up instead of an injectable. Use the injectables to accomplish your goals and other things to satisfy your "feeling good" or you will only learn to depend on it only.
I'm not clear what the problem is - do you want to be sex-crazed all day? Sounds like everything is working, and you are able to focus on things other than sex. Win-win?
As for a blast, maybe stick with doctor-monitored TRT for like... a year? Then see where you're at?
No I don’t and for the most part I’m good I think I’m just curious if my estrogen could be high on only 160-200 mg. 299 was a typo it was suppose to be 200. I’m getting blood work Dec 4th so I’ll find out then was just curious your thoughts. It went from like 1000x back to normal so I was alittle worried. FYI before I got on TRT I didn’t have issues sex wise even tho I was low 200s naturally
You’ve mentioned test dosage at 299mgs and 160mgs a week. They are very different doses. How long were you on 299mgs and when did you drop to 160mgs? You’ve also mentioned coming off a blast but you’re speaking about TRT. What am I missing?
Shit my bad that was a typo it was suppose to be 200 lol my fault I just noticed the mistake I’ll fix it