I've been looking over most of the forums now for about 2 months, looking for some additional supplements to my current regimen. I have a past history of substance abuse with opioids, and because I did it for so many years I ended up in a Suboxone program where I now take 16mg of buprenorphine/naloxone every day to block the effects of other opioids and finally once and for all get clean. Because of the Suboxone though, the medication has lowered my T levels to a staggering 141 which is absolutely nuts. It's hard to believe that drugs can really do that much damage to your pituitary gland, but I managed to do it and now I'm suffering the consequences.

I blame no one for my addiction to painkillers, as it was all my doing and I have to own up to it. Recently as a Suboxone patient I've been trying to find a doctor who will treat my low testosterone and ended up having to go to a special endocrinologist. After two visits he finally told me that he thinks the Suboxone is causing my low T levels even though I was only at 314 when they did the bloods before I even started treatment. I do think the Suboxone has added to the effect of my low T count, but not to the extent he does. The doctor prescribed me 100mg of T. cyp. every other week - and as we all know in this world 100mg of T. cyp. biweekly just is not enough to get my levels back to where they should be. My doctor is Syrian, and he's told me that in his country that prescribing testosterone was very, very rarely prescribed and 99% of the time the only people who could get it would be if you have lots and lots of cash the pay for the tests, the doc, and the medication.

Long story short is that I'm pretty certain he's only going to give me 50mg of T. cyp. per week and that's not going to be enough to correct my massive hormonal imbalance. I've been injecting 100mg of pharma-grade T. cyp. now for 3 weeks and I have a doctor's appointment coming up where I'm going to just stop for two or more weeks before my next follow-up so that hopefully he will up my dosage from 50mg a week (or 100mg biweekly) to 100mg every week or 200mg biweekly - but I'll always be pinning at least once every 7 days. I've never been near a needle during my many years of painkillers but I have gotten involved with a lot of pharms like Oxy, Fent, and methadone. Some people might think that if I inject more than prescribed I'll be falling off of the bandwagon but I would have to disagree since 50mg of T per week is just only testing my pituitary gland and that it's not enough to raise my T levels to an acceptable level. I'm in the process of ordering my first gear from one of the sources that we are all familiar with and I will be switching every week between my pharma-grade T and the UG stuff so that the doctor can still check my labs and such to make sure I'm not aromatizing to estrogen as much as possible and keeping my other levels in check. Between visits though I'll be only supplementing, not blasting, my T dosage so that my body is more comfortable exercising and losing weight while gaining a little bit of upper body strength and getting healthier.

i've spent months getting my cholesterol down and getting all of my labs in check before I started on T, and even though I'll be using pharma-grade and UG gear at the same time I plan on lying to my doctor about my levels so that he doesn't get suspicious and discontinue my treatment. I'm doing it this way as proper as I can without divulging the fact that I'll be supplementing myself so that I can keep a check on my labs but will be taking matters into my own hands. I know there might be some people who disagree with my methodology and I completely understand, but I want to contribute to the forum and let people know how I'm doing so that if they're in a similar situation that they too can follow my lead and have access to an endocrinologist and labs so that I don't end up over-doing it. I'm not going to be blasting so that I can gain massive amounts of muscle...it's so that I can convert some of this fat into muscle and just look average and not completely fat. I know other people might think I need to lose the weight before I start with the T,, but my energy levels are non-existent and I'm only taking it so that I have the energy to exercise 5-6 days a week doing pure cardio and dropping a lot of extra weight. Once I make it to a better weight I'll start working on upper-body strength and developing muscle that will make me look normal and not all big and bulky just to impress the ladies.

Anyway sorry for the TL;DR story but I wanted to put it out there for people like myself who want to help get their numbers in check and start shedding some weight and look like a normal person like I used to look before Suboxone took over my life. I'm grateful for being completely clean, but also looking forward to having normal T levels so I can get back out there, put in the hard work, and watch what happens to my physique as I travel along this journey. If you've read this far, I appreciate it as well as any kind words you have to say about the situation.

Looking forward to getting to know you all, and wish you all the best with your cycles and HRT trials and tribulations. I plan on being arounf for quite a while and becoming a valid member of the community. Cheers everyone, and I look forward to being able to talk about it all once I become acquainted with everyone. Peace out gentlemen. <3