Geez. I have a lot of pfs symptoms, some worse than others, but, one’s you mention are clearly at the top. After 11 yrs, I said I have to try something and started into trt. I think I’m about 7 months in.
My doctor initially prescribed testogel which I knew was going to be too weak, but, I needed to start somewhere. Surprisingly, I had morning wood, better mood after 2-3 weeks and it lasted a few months before it subsided the 3rd. I’ve read this could be a ‘honeymoon’ phase from the combination of natural test and added test. Then you stop making test and need more exogenous.
I had to go private because my dr was only going to give me 50mg per month of test cyp. .?
Thought I’d try cream since I had low dht levels. Was going to go with scrotal application but then I read about guys crashing if they had dht way over range. That scared me off, so I applied 60mg then 100mg daily to my thigh… that experiment lasted 2 and a half months or so. I’m worried about crashing and thought I should go with test cyp inj since it’s been around forever and doesn’t throw dht way up.
I’m now about 6 weeks in at 55mg every 3.5 days. I’ve had no morning wood return yet. Reading what you’ve posted really resonates because in the last several months the best orgasm I had by a 1000% was on a Sunday. The Friday I got absolutely drunk for the first time in 5 yrs. Saturday I was dead. So hungover. I threw up, too. And Sunday I have this amazing sensation I hadn’t had in months and months. I haven’t had one like that since… (about 3 weeks later). Did I have high or higher estrogen that Sunday from the alcohol? Sure seems possible.
Sorry to write a novel… but, I’m trying to figure out my next steps. I was thinking at least another few weeks on this trt dose and then get labs. If I’m under the top of FT and the hemoglobin, hematocrit are ok, then I’ll go up. Maybe 140? I’ve read countless reviews on trt at t-nation and noticed increased injections can help iron out wrinkles in some guys. I go IM in shoulder with 29g. It’s pretty easy. I’ll leave EOD inj on the table as a next step. That and hcg.
Do you think I should introduce hcg at all? I have kind of lost sensitivity in the balls. Didn’t have much before trt but down to rubber now.
And ill definitely ask for that ultra sens estrogen test. In May my E2 was something like 147 (under 159 was range) and in July on low dose cream it was 47. I thought the lower the better. Probably wrong about that. Especially since that higher E2 was close or in the time I was having morning wood.
This estrogen thing may line up for me, too!