TRT rollercoaster how do I get off?

[ccpowers]

I'm 20, rather young. I had an eating disorder when I was a teenager and I know that messed me up developmentally. Prior to being placed on TRT by my urologist, I tried Toremifene for 3months hoping to boost my T production, which it did, but when I came off they went right back to where they were prior. Finally took the plunge, went to URo, showed him recent blood work of low testosterone, placed me on 300mg of test cyp. every other week. First week absolutely great, felt like a new man. Second week, slow decline into horrible depression, constant fatigue depsite 13 hours of sleep, etc. I felt worse prior to seeking treatment. Wouldn't wish it upon my worst enemy, never want to feel like that again. Now I just went back to URO today for my second shot, tried to explain but he wouldn't listen. He said that's normal, it's standard, you have to deal with it. Told me to get blood done in one week to see where I'm at and come in at 2 weeks and I will switch you over to the gel.

Needless to say, my doc is retarded and won't listen to reason. I don't know where to proceed from here. I'm thinking about sourcing some test from a UGL because I am fearing for the second week. I scheduled a new appt from a diff URO but it's over 2 weeks away. I was hoping my current doc would let me switch over to self-injections at home because he said he would at our first meeting but now all of a sudden he's pushing the gel down my throat. If I could just do the self-injections I could split up the dosing to make the frequency once per week but I don't think he will. Any advice?

 

[Headholio]

I think most guys are dosing at least once per week if not more to avoid the ups and downs.

 

[redhawk01]

Been on androgel myself, six weeks in. Felt a bit better after two weeks, then back to pre- gel blahs. Go back and retest in two weeks. Hope to switch to cyp every week. Good luck on your endeavor.

 

[Zyglamail]

I think most guys are dosing at least once per week if not more to avoid the ups and downs.

I dose 2x per week.

 

[Keith1]

Dose it one or two times a week and you will feel good

 

[hockeynut_9922]

My doc did basically the same every other week really puts you on a roller coaster. I went to a hormone replacement facility and they changed the dosage. They say the half life of test cyp is 5-7 days, so I take a 1ml injection (200mg/ml) on friday morning and and a half ml injection on tuesday.

Sleeping has never been better, wild crazy dreams every night, rarely ever had dreams when my Test was low. The only issue I have is that it is hard to roll over in the morning with my third leg having a raging hard on. I will live with it though.

 

[FattyMcGillicutty]

Gel sucked for me. Im 200MG every other week and I dose it at home 50 every 3 days or so. No anger issues. If you can get it to let you self dose at home you can be in good shape.

 

[XMAN.]

look for another knowledgeable doc or an HRT clinic , u should shoot at least once per week and twice is optimal.