Test Replacement Injections:"The Timing Issue"(Need Answers!)

[Jack Stack]

I tried posting this on the HRT board,got no replies.That,s suppose to be where this info is to be got,but,oh well,I saw the numbers on this board.I figured somebody here has some answers that will help me.I been on Test inj. for about a year,for low Test results(79 ng/dl)was the reading in Jan.,2004.The doc starts me on Depot-Test inj. at a 100mg.ETW.I go back 6 mos. later,Test levels are at 210 ng/dl.She decides to "bump me up"to 150mg.ETW.I don,t know for sure,but from what I,ve seen on some of these Forums,ain,t that a kinda puny dose?I,m 50 yrs. old and lift at least 3 times a week,eat well,and all that,besides,I train people as a profession,so I explained to this doc that I need to keep up my body,cause it,s sorta serves as an example of my skills.At 50,I,m fightin enough to maintain a decent physique as it is!Can anyone tell me some stats or a site or anything that will help me show this doc what dosages are appropriate?The ones I,m on can,t be right(Are they?)Thanks! Jack Stack

 

[Mr.X]

150mgs per WEEK/DAY/MONTH/YEAR??? per what

Mr.X

 

[dacdac]

You train people for a living and you don't know anything about steroids and testosterone and the like?

Your lady doctor is not very good at HRT. Why don't you get a man doctor to give you HRT, he can relate better. You take HRT (some people call the same thing bridging) every week. Not ever two weeks (I guess that is what you mean by ETW). I never heard of getting 100mg every 2 weeks. 150mg every 2 weeks is even stupider. You must have your estrogen/androgen ratio all screwed up with that. You want to take 60-80mg/week. 100mg/week is to much. 60 mg/week gives you test probably 300-600. 80mg/week probably gives you 400-800. Everyone is a little different with how their liver breaks it down. I am talking about testosterone enanthate.

You should be able to give the shots to yourself on your own, I hope you are doing that at least.

 

[r1]

I've been on the HRT rollercoaster for about 8 months now. I was getting 400mg every 3 weeks. I saw Test levels as high as 1240 (5 days after injection). Man, my mood has been allll over the place.

My doc agreed to 100mg injections every week. DepoTestosterone has a half life of only 6-8 days. Your body will not like big doses that are spaced far apart. You'll get a big blast of Test at the start and then you'll be running on empty at the end.

I'm at the end of my first week using 100mg/week. So far, I feel A LOT better.

Sonny

 

[mrplunkey]

For me, 200 mg of Depot test (Test Cyponate) per week is a wonderful, wonderful thing. I'm 37, didn't have shockingly low test levels (truth is, they weren't that bad) but I found an HRT service that would let me do 200 mg/week for 10 weeks at a time. They start you on Anastrazole at 0.5mg EoD beginning week 3 and do 1,000 units of HCG for 10 days starting week 12 (so 2 weeks into your PCT).

Depot is one of the longest-lasting esters, and I still don't think you should shoot it less than 1x per week.

 

[Jack Stack]

I appreciate the fast responses,I,m just tryin to get a few things from real people on HRT to"Educate"the new lady Dr. that has taken the place of my old doc(He moved far away).I don,t have medical insurance,so this office has been our"Family Dr."clinic,they give us real good price breaks.To clarify my dosage,"ETW"has generally stood for "Every Two Weeks"in other Forums,so I,m on 150mg.,twice a month.Yes,DacDac,I know all kinds of things about "Steriods and Stuff",just don,t see the need to put all that down,I wanted to get some replies from a few fellows that are takin Test Repl.Inj. and let my Doc see the dosages for herself(Yea,I even give myself the damn shots,had to try to work with a 25 gauge syringe,when the 22,s felt like I was shoving a nail in my thigh,but that Depot-Test is thick,it would hardly draw up into the barrell.)Man,I live in rural N.C.,and most of the MD,s around here are Opiodphobic and have DEA-itis,so any Class meds are hard to obtain,that,s why the reluctance on goin up on the dose,I imagine.I think,like many doc,s,she,s a bit"naive" on the proper dosing,so I was gonna try playin Tactical-to-Practical with her by showing her the facts.Thank-you for your time,Jack Stack

 

[ViperHMS]

150mg every other week, uhhh I'd say that is the lowest doseage I've heard of for a HRT patient, but that is just my personal experiances of friends on HRT.


A friend of mine is on HRT and been for quite a while. He has been on 200mg Test Ethn. every week for a good 6 months now. He has tried to push his doc into letting him take more, but the doctor has warned him that if he develops any kind of prostate cancer that taking any test is going to accelerate the cancer. So basically he is only going to allow 200mg T.E. per week. He even tried to get his doc to let him take some Anadrol. He told me he took a lot of it when he was younger (had to be in the 70's) in doses that made me want to break his legs. Of course doc said no!

You may also just try using a search like google and see what comes up for HRT. I'm sure there are some doctors you could e-mail or ask questions that are more experienced with HRT.

Viper