TRT not working at all.. help!

[koolkatarbtl]

Hi guys. I finally got started on TRT two weeks ago. I'm 2 days after my second shot. I'm doing 100mg Test Enanthate Sub-Q. No HCG.

I'm 19 years old and my labs indicate that I have pretty low T, LH,FSH, etc. All well below the norm for my age so my endo started me up on TRT. Along with everything else, my cortisol is a bit low, as is my thyroid, etc. Treatment was tried for that (HC, Armour, etc.) but it did not help much.

So anyway, like I said I'm 2 weeks into my shots and it is REDUCING my libido. My anxiety and depression increased and I'm having trouble maintaing an erection now and my load is reduced to about 75% of what it was.

To be quite honest i NEVER had ANY libido or erection problems, my main problem is major fatigue, brain fog, lack of motivation, lack of facial hair, etc. but libido was always perfect.

I'm started to get a bit panicky and I don't know what to do. Should I just quit while I'm ahead? Am I too young to be on TRT? Should I do more labs? It takes about 1 month before the lab results are available and I don't see my endo until February.

What should I do? How long does T take to stabilize and should I have felt the positive effects by now?

MRI was done and nothing was found either.

PRE-TRT LABS:

FSH: 2.1 U/L 1.4 - 18.1

LH: 3 UI/L 1.5 - 9.3

Test: 11.95 nmol/L 10 - 30

Bioavailable test: 6.4 nmol/L 3.5 - 18.8

estradiol: 80 pmol/L 55 - 198

cortisol AM: 456 nmol/L 165 - 850

TSH: 1.61 mU/L 0.27 - 4.2

01/06/07 blood test results:

TOTAL TESTOSTERONE: 6,8 10,0-30,0 nmol/L

SHBG: 13 12-46

FREE TEST: 218,0 223,0 - 915,0

BIOAVAILABLE TEST: 4,5 4,6-18,8

SALIVA:

Free cortisols:

AM: 13 Normal: 13-24 nM
NOON: 6 Normal: 5-10 nM
AFTERNOON: 4 Normal: 3-8 nM
MIDNIGHT: 1 Normal: 1-4 nM

DHEA: 7 Normal: 3-10 ng/ml

 

[goin on 4T]

100mg of E is not much and it will take 3+ weeks for the ethanate due to long ester half life. Have you ever run a cycle before?

 

[koolkatarbtl]

100mg of E is not much and it will take 3+ weeks for the ethanate due to long ester half life. Have you ever run a cycle before?

Never ran a cycle - I'm nineteen!

I'm just wondering why the T is making me feel WORSE than when I began?

I don't want to get any monstruous gains. I just want my T levels to be that of a normal 19 year old so I don't have to suffer from everything that people with low T suffer from... but like I said, oddly enough, I have never had any problems with libido (prior to starting the t shots)

I'm also doing them SubQ in the abdomen FWIW.

 

[RugbyHooligan]

2 weeks isn't enough time to determine...

enanthate has a long half life and you need to be on it for a few weeks in order to really see results, cyp is similar as well.

give it time

 

[goin on 4T]

Who told you to take test subq?

 

[disturbed311]

Who told you to take test subq?

Thats exactly what my first concern is.. Why would you inject Testosterone Sub-Q??? Doesn't make sense.. It needs to be intramuscular, unless i'm extremely mistaken.

 

[Bridger]

Sounds like adrenal issues.

Your cortisol levels look consistently low.

Have any thyroid tests done? TSH, Free T3?

post your labwork in the mens health forum at mesorx.com

They will be able to give you some great advice.

 

[Bridger]

Thats exactly what my first concern is.. Why would you inject Testosterone Sub-Q??? Doesn't make sense.. It needs to be intramuscular, unless i'm extremely mistaken.

some docs are going sub-q for TRT. its is absorbed a bit slower than IM.

 

[OMEGA]

100mg of E is not much and it will take 3+ weeks for the ethanate due to long ester half life. Have you ever run a cycle before?

it will take about 21 days to peak

also 100 mgs is NOTHING for many

Also Dont do it Sub Q, it MUST be IM

 

[OMEGA]

better ask your Dics, and if doe not help get a second and third option till SOMEONE$ helps you