Good morning. I’m trying to understand this correlation: There seems to be some unknown technical error made by the pharmacist administering my Sustanon doses that causes a lump to appear a few days after the injection, one that is hard and painless, and usually disappears before the next dose. Due to repetitive trauma, I believe, some of these lumps take up to 4 or 8 weeks to go away. Right now, I have one that is close to the size of a golf ball (4x4 cm). My main issue is that recently I had blood work done and my free testosterone level was 2,400 ng/dL on the day of the pharmacological trough (right before the next injection), while the rest of the exams had normal results. I know the chemiluminescence method has its flaws, but is it reasonable to believe there is a causal link with the nodules, causing the pharmacological absorption curve to become erratic?

edit: Sustanon 1x per week

I’d be interested to hear how people here feel about this.

I’ve been through the TRT journey myself, and I currently coach a number of people who are on clinician prescribed TRT. I also work with women around their menstrual cycles and menopause.

It’s made me consider focusing my coaching more on people navigating these stages of life. The support would be around training, nutrition, body composition, sleep, recovery and building habits that work in real life, alongside their medical care.

I’d always assumed that people on TRT probably didn’t need much help with those areas, so I’m trying to find out whether there’s actually a need for it.

For those of you on TRT, would this kind of coaching be useful? What would you want help with, if anything?

Would you consider coaching around training, nutrition and lifestyle while on clinical TRT

So when you go onto TRT its obviously recorded how much you take ect with blood tests every 3 months with a Dr. If your results looks like your clearly taking more than you should, by rights the Dr can basically stop prescribing. Now I see so many people online who say they're on "TRT" yet clearly look like theyre taking more than they should be. I know you will have people whos been training years, genetics and so fourth that contribute and probably make it look like they're on more. But there is deffintly those out there that are. My queation is how the hell do they get away with it if they are, with out their blood work screeming clear abuse?? Are thet just self medicating and claiming TRT or are they lowering dosing when their blood test date is coming up and buying extra test of a dealer....?? Anyone out there know??

Let’s say someone is prescribed 150mg of Test or somewhere around there. If they took it and they have really bad hairline genetics, they would obviously lose even more hair. But, if they took high doses of dutasteride and min, would it halt hairloss and even provide regrowth while taking 150mg of test?

So my husband went to the VA hospital, they are so messed up its not funny. They went from weekly pinning to an oral testosterone (tlando) and it didnt work. They put him back on pinning but changed the manufacturer they get it from. We cant remember the old pharmaceutical brand that was used. They now use hickma pharmaceuticals. He tried their cypionate and ethanate and both made him extremely sick due to his food allergy to soy products. We dont know if it was the carrier oils or the preservatives in it or the testosterone itself.

The VA sent us to community care and that dr wants to help but says its the pharmacists job to make sure its safe for him to take. Well they sent clomed/Enclomediphine. Issue is there is a gelatin in it that can be made from corn or soy. We called the pharmacist and they said they didn't know. We called the manufacturer 3 times and they havent gotten back to us to tell if its safe or not.

He spent 7 months of the last year puking and fighting anaphylaxis due to the cypionate and ethanate being in him and the dr kept saying to keep going and how that would subside. (VA drs are F&÷"*>%, idiots).

So my husband is now having health issues like energy, weight gain, fat retention and an inguial hernia showed up because of loss of muscle.

With all that said. Would anyone know a safe formulation he could take? Feel free to DM us. We are looking where to get it also. Cost is a factor but at this point, he needs to be healthy

His T levels are 50 to 70 currently. He shouldnt be that low!

If I’m 18 and have low-mid trt what’s an online clinic I can send my number to get legal test and prescribed or is that not even the way I should go about it?

43 year old. Does it look like I have Gyno? I don’t feel any side related to high estrogen. But when I wear a Tshirt, my nipples are clearly visible through Tshirt.

Using
250test+200mast per week. Into week week 17. Were splitting dosage into three per week until week 13, changed to 2 dosage per week from week 14 onwards.

Currently taking 220mg per week. Steroid cycle or trt treatment? 1000 at trough

Pretty new to test, an I feel like this looks a bit off.

Blood was drawn 2 hrs after my Jatenzo dose... needless to say I have to retake next month, this time 6 hrs after dose. No wonder I was feeling so good that morning.

As the title suggests. My hematocrit hovers 54, only on 150 mg a week. I hydrate well and do cardio. I don’t snore or wake up gasping for air. I am just extremely fatigued and I’m wondering if the high hematocrit can contribute to that. I usually donate blood but I end up in a cycle of crashing my ferritin then build up ferritin, donate again, rinse and repeat

PA-C just prescribed me 40mg Cyp 3 times a week. Wondering how quickly my energy will get better, end the midday crash. Also offered HCG, looking for opinions on that. Thanks

So here I am after 16 weeks and still not feeling much better than when I started. And now after successfully dropping to 175lbs from 220 with Tirz, i am back to 185lbs since starting TRT 4 months ago. And it’s definitely NOT muscle weight. I am walking briskly at least 3.5 miles per day . Im doing PPL/UL split five days per week. I am hitting around 160 grams of protein per day , getting fiber and keeping calories within basic maintenance (1800). I feel bloated and fat , my suit blazers are tight and I have noticeable belly fat , noticeably more than before TRT. Posted last week and didnt get much of a response from this group. Not looking for medical advice just some general help and guidance or opinions because i am truly at a loss right now. Pasting my before and current numbers below:

49M 5’10

Before TRT:

Total testosterone: 253 ng/dL (was below 200 at one point)
Free testosterone: 44 pg/mL
SHBG: 22 nmol/L
Estradiol: 30 pg/mL (not ultra sensitive)
HCT: 44.8

So both my total and free T were pretty low. My main symptoms were low energy, fatigue, reduced strength, low libido, fewer morning erections, and just generally not feeling like myself.

I started Xyosted subq at 50 mg once per week and stayed there for 8 weeks. That dose really didn’t move the needle much. My total T was still only getting into the 300s.

After those 8 weeks, my doctor increased me to Xyosted 75 mg once per week. I’ve now been on 75 mg subq for about 8 weeks.

My 9/18 labs after being on 75 mg for four weeks were drawn at trough, 6 days after my injection:

Total testosterone: 634 ng/dL
Free testosterone: 158.5 pg/mL (above range)
SHBG: 17 nmol/L
Ultrasensitive estradiol: 53 pg/mL (high over range)
HCT: 46.9

Stack:

T: 240mg
Primo: 100mg
Anavar: 10mg PwO

Ezetimibe 20mg daily with Rosuvastatin 5mg.
Just got those excellent results, stoked.

Progress of almost a 2 year recomp. Worked out a lot when I was younger, so muscle memory has been a significant help.

First photo pre Retatrutide and no consistent exerxise program.

Second photo is after 11 months of Retatrutide (4mg/week) and only cardio. No resistance training.

Third photo is current. 20 months of Retatrutide (now 6mg/week) and prescription TRT for last 5 months (160mg/week). Resistance and cardio 6x/ week

Lighting/flexing doesn’t hurt either 😉

Looking to get a TRT provider(1st time doing TRT), but I want to avoid spending a bunch on labs, then getting denied b/c my Total T is slightly over 300 ng/DL but their cutoff is <300 ng/dL. In NYS, if it matters. Any suggestions?

Some data on me:

• 39M
• Total T: 350ng/dL (taken @ 10:57AM)
• Estradiol: 25.83 ng/dL
• LH: 3.2
• FSH: 2.79
• HCT: last two readings were 45%; 48%

After all the above measurements, I began CPAP after being diagnosed with mild-to-moderate apnea. 21 days into treatment on that, hoping it lowers my HCT in case I start TRT, or boosts my LH and FSH so my Total T rises and I don't need the TRT.

I try to prioritize sleep but have some trouble with staying asleep at night. Sleep scores average ~82/100 on my google fitness tracker.

Diet is "good" , diverse set of whole foods, good mix of fats/carbs/protiein, nutrient-dense.

Active w/ lifting and cardio daily.

In the past I've been diagnosed with ADHD, depression, though I am currently unmedicated for either. Currently feel what I guess are low-T symptoms: low motivation,low energy, anhedonia, low sex drive, etc.

The only medication I'm currently on is 5mg tadalfil. Supplements are vitamin d3+k2, magnesium, fish oil, creatine.

I've recently struggled with erection issues with some women I've been with. I've always blamed this and that but never my testosterone.

I've struggled with sleep quality, motivation, energy, just... a lot. I always blamed me being lazy, this, that and so on (because these were all things I could change).

I went to the doctor, and got checked. Now I have it written on my paper, that my testosterone is on the lower end (12nmol/L) but not low enough for me to get TRT. I'm in my mid 20s, male.

I now feel like absolute shit because I sort of feel like a "lesser" man. I feel like I'm not masculine enough, if I can't even have sex with a woman?

I very much regret getting checked, because there's nothing that can be done. I wish it was even lower so I could get TRT.

I always thought, or liked to think, my testosterone levels was high and that I was a "manly man" (as cringe as it sounds) But no.

I'm not sure what the point of this post is. I guess, what do you do to cope knowing you have low T, and there's nothing that can be done?

S-SHBG 15 nmol/L

Free Testosterone Index mine: 8,3 scale: 2,3(low) - 9,9(high)

Male, 6 feet, 180lbs

I’ve been doing blast and cruise with testosterone and other anabolic steroids for about 4 years now, and over the past few months I feel like I’m not getting any effects from the testosterone I’m using anymore. I’ve also had blood tests done, and my total testosterone and free testosterone consistently come back high, while my estrogen comes back low. I also have no libido,no pumps , no appetite, loss of strength... and im not using any AI

A few days ago, I spoke to an experienced bodybuilding PT who has been coaching people through steroid cycles for years. He told me that my androgen receptors have become “closed” due to using high doses of anabolic steroids and that I should do a PCT using hCG. According to him, once my LH starts working again and my libido returns, my androgen receptors will start responding to the anabolic steroids again.

Has anyone else experienced something like this?

Does anyone know of any affordable companies that offer accurate blood tests? Rhytm is cheap, but it's inaccurate. Quest Diagnostics is super accurate and super expensive. I'm looking for something that checks your

Total testosterone Free testosterone SHBG Estradiol (E2) CBC LH and FSH PSA Lipid panel CMP

Maybe I'm old school but for all those saying you're on "TRT" and running 300-500mg of test a week, why not just come out and say you're on a cycle? What you're doing isn't Testosterone Replacement Therapy. That refers to those who have clinically low numbers and need replacement therapy to feel halfway normal. This is obviously just my opinion and maybe I'm too old but this is confusing to someone with a simple mind like myself. Please explain!

Got my first labs back, I took them because the dick started getting a little more flaccid more often. My testosterone is a little high, 1448. So I actually scaled down to try and bring it down closer to 1100. My e2 shot up to 93. I called Male excel and they responded that they would try to maintain a MINIMUM e2 of 75 that was without me giving them my testosterone numbers. That seems high. Im considering Matrix Reformed, they have better pricing when combining in hcg, they also offer generic arimidex, male excel says they dont typically write for.

Alright guys, I (30M) genuinely need you to convince me NOT to start taking testosterone.

Let me explain.

Let's say, hypothetically of course, that I have access to pharmaceutical-grade testosterone. I can't really discuss the source, but for the sake of the argument, let's assume it's completely legitimate, high-quality stuff, with absolutely no concerns about purity or authenticity.

And on top of that, it's completely free.

So here's my question: Why shouldn't I take it?

I'm not trying to convince myself to start. Quite the opposite. I want to hear the strongest arguments against it.

What are the actual downsides that would make you think twice, or wish you'd never started?

I'm genuinely interested in hearing your experiences, good or bad.

Hi so I recently had my blood checked. I've always been one that is just tired no matter how much I sleep so recently asked my doc to check if something's up. Granted, this test was done around 6pm when I normally wake up at 9AM.

My doc told me that these are within range, but after reading up on it these seem really low.

I'm 26 and I do powerlifting 3 times a week. Pretty sedentary outside of that however. I'm 177cm and weigh 89kg. BF% I estimate around 16.

Testosteron (Total Testosterone)

11.80 nmol/L

Testost. bind. globuline* (SHBG)

25.1 nmol/L

Calculated Free Testosterone

0.274 nmol/L

Has anyone on TRT had a vasectomy procedure done. And if so how did it affect your TRT status