How is this Test Cycle?

[geoffgarst]

I was just wanting input for the following cycle (as to what everybody thought). My test levels are naturally low, so I will likely be on a maintenance therapy. What if a cycle was run like this?

Weeks 1 - 10: Depo-Test 200mg x Twice/week (400mg week)

After which, to maintain test levels, not crash:

Maintenance: 100mg every 5 - 7 days.

Will this help me keep the gains?

 

[thx9000]

Why not just monitor yourself and take it from there? You obviously have the education to make the correct judement calls and all.

For me 400mg/wk would be enough to seriously skew my lipids. I have watched myself go from HDL/LDL/TRIGS/TOT of 65/123/95/190 to 32/156/160/249 after just 4wk of 450mg/wk. While that's not as bad as what I have read on here, it's still not something I am comfortable with and after 10wk like that I would want a break. I am just not sure how much of a break 100mg/wk really is. I mean, that should still keep you elevated to Superman levels right? Isn't 100mg/wk at the very high end of the perscribing range?

If I knew I wanted to do HRT in the long run, then I would just skip the cycle all together and try to find the highest HRT level that I could maintain safely. That way I would be spreading my gains out over a longer time period but also doing so with a healthier lipid profile and hopefully with little/no anti-es.

 

[geoffgarst]

100mg a week is normal dosing levels for HRT. Many physicians will give 200mg every other week. Giving it once a week will keep the levels more constant. Normal HRT is 200mg-400mg every other week. I like weekly injections of bi-weekly to keep levels more constant.

I actually started at 100mg every 5 days and after a couple of weeks did not feel a difference in mood/fatigue, so I up the dose and not I feel great. I have yet to check my lipids while on this. Before I started my HDL (good) was mildly low at 35 (normal >40). Test will bring HDLs down too.