Hey folks, I decided to post this due to my own experience, and I think it will help many others. My apologies in advance for the extended post, but I think background info is important...
I am 6'4", 230 lbs. 30 years old (just turned 30, by the way). I started this whole trip because I was telling a dude I work with how crappy I was feeling. I was super lethargic, apathetic, I had a horrible memory, and did not want to do diddily shit at my job due to a kind of fogginess in my head (sorry, kind of hard to describe).
He suggested I go to this clinic where they prescribe some bioidentical cream (testosterone) rubbed onto the inner thigh once daily when my test level was at 140 (should've been at about 700-900). That did not work at all, so I went to my primary care doc, who put me on androgel. Unfortunately, I had to take so much of it, I was bathing in it, which was ridiculous. Additionally, after being on it consecutively for 7 months, my level got to 367. The bad part is is that he felt this level was "perfect."
Then, my insurance changed, and the gel was going to become a ridiculous amount of money every month so my primary care doc gave me a 200mg injection of Test Cypionate, to be repeated every 3 weeks!!! Anyhow, I knew, just from my research, that this was not right. The injections should be on a weekly basis to mitigate the "roller coaster effect" on your hormone levels. Luckily, I work with two other gentlemen who go to a doc who is "in tuned" to the entire TRT process. This guy is legit! After his first session with me, he ordered a gallon of blood, to be tested for everything. After not having any test for 2 weeks, my level came back at 367 (yes, again). He said, "your testosterone level is in the toilet." Music to my ears because he said it should be 800-900 at my age. He said it is currently in the "100 year-old man's range." Let me break down the regimen:
*Arimidex 1x weekly - estrogen blocker (half a pill, not sure of mg)
*100mg Test Cyp IM injection 1x weekly (will probably go to 200 after first set of labs in 6 weeks)
*Armour Thyroid 30mg every morning (first two weeks then switch to 60mg every morning)
*.25mL HcG subcutaneous injection on day's 6-7 every week
*10mg's micronized Progesterone every night before bed
*12.5mg Iodoral daily
*150mg Zinc daily
*50mg DHEA every morning
*10,000 IU's Vitamin D3 every morning
* An entire boatload of Vitamin C (daily, seriously, about 4 grams daily)
* 500mg of any OPC I can get (these are primarily antioxidants- Resveratrol, Noni, Acai, etc...)
How's that looking? I have been on this regiment for five weeks now. The good part- I have a great outlook and already feel infinitely better. Well, you might be wondering how much better am I feeling since starting the injections? I'll tell you what, I went from doing nothing (literally) in terms of working out to waking up everyday at 4:30am, putting in 10 miles on the elliptical, mega loads of pushups, and other free weight training all before I leave for work at 7:15am.
The ONLY bad part- the HcG and Progesterone have to be compounded and are no that cheap (80 bucks a month, but the testosterone is way cheaper than it used to be). Oh well, I need my life back. I'll be checking in routinely. I have labs in another week and I will update again after those as well.
If any of you folks have any questions, please feel free to ask!
Again, sorry for the Russian novel-type post...I do believe the subject matter does warrant it, though. Have a good day all.
I am 6'4", 230 lbs. 30 years old (just turned 30, by the way). I started this whole trip because I was telling a dude I work with how crappy I was feeling. I was super lethargic, apathetic, I had a horrible memory, and did not want to do diddily shit at my job due to a kind of fogginess in my head (sorry, kind of hard to describe).
He suggested I go to this clinic where they prescribe some bioidentical cream (testosterone) rubbed onto the inner thigh once daily when my test level was at 140 (should've been at about 700-900). That did not work at all, so I went to my primary care doc, who put me on androgel. Unfortunately, I had to take so much of it, I was bathing in it, which was ridiculous. Additionally, after being on it consecutively for 7 months, my level got to 367. The bad part is is that he felt this level was "perfect."
Then, my insurance changed, and the gel was going to become a ridiculous amount of money every month so my primary care doc gave me a 200mg injection of Test Cypionate, to be repeated every 3 weeks!!! Anyhow, I knew, just from my research, that this was not right. The injections should be on a weekly basis to mitigate the "roller coaster effect" on your hormone levels. Luckily, I work with two other gentlemen who go to a doc who is "in tuned" to the entire TRT process. This guy is legit! After his first session with me, he ordered a gallon of blood, to be tested for everything. After not having any test for 2 weeks, my level came back at 367 (yes, again). He said, "your testosterone level is in the toilet." Music to my ears because he said it should be 800-900 at my age. He said it is currently in the "100 year-old man's range." Let me break down the regimen:
*Arimidex 1x weekly - estrogen blocker (half a pill, not sure of mg)
*100mg Test Cyp IM injection 1x weekly (will probably go to 200 after first set of labs in 6 weeks)
*Armour Thyroid 30mg every morning (first two weeks then switch to 60mg every morning)
*.25mL HcG subcutaneous injection on day's 6-7 every week
*10mg's micronized Progesterone every night before bed
*12.5mg Iodoral daily
*150mg Zinc daily
*50mg DHEA every morning
*10,000 IU's Vitamin D3 every morning
* An entire boatload of Vitamin C (daily, seriously, about 4 grams daily)
* 500mg of any OPC I can get (these are primarily antioxidants- Resveratrol, Noni, Acai, etc...)
How's that looking? I have been on this regiment for five weeks now. The good part- I have a great outlook and already feel infinitely better. Well, you might be wondering how much better am I feeling since starting the injections? I'll tell you what, I went from doing nothing (literally) in terms of working out to waking up everyday at 4:30am, putting in 10 miles on the elliptical, mega loads of pushups, and other free weight training all before I leave for work at 7:15am.
The ONLY bad part- the HcG and Progesterone have to be compounded and are no that cheap (80 bucks a month, but the testosterone is way cheaper than it used to be). Oh well, I need my life back. I'll be checking in routinely. I have labs in another week and I will update again after those as well.
If any of you folks have any questions, please feel free to ask!
Again, sorry for the Russian novel-type post...I do believe the subject matter does warrant it, though. Have a good day all.
