How often should you really administer a long-acting test?
I'm going to discuss the enanthate ester here.
According to calculations of the half-life of the enanthate (by its molecular weight), half of it should remain in the blood 10.5 days after it peaks. That would indicate that it should be admistered every 10.5 days in even dosages, in order to maintain steady levels in the blood.
One theory that supports that test is often too frequently administered would be that by injecting once a week you are building up test levels steadily as more and more test gets mixed in every week despite the presence of the previously administered test; and since test typically takes 3-5 weeks to begin showing gains, the levels by that point are so high that you've really doubled your, say, 500mg dose. The resulting gains are therefore much more noticeable than with a 10.5 day period. (However I, personally, would rather keep my test levels steady in order to be able to accurately quantify the test in my system for the purposes of gauging my susceptibility to androgenic sides at that dosage, and my sensitivity to it in general.)
Yet anecdotal reports state that test enth takes about 3 days to peak in the blood. This is unusual as it typically takes most drugs as long to peak as it does for them to decay to their half-life. Could this be an indication of a shorter half-life (the calculations are theoretical, after all) and consequently that a more frequent administration is more appropriate?
Is anyone here in-tune enough with their body that they can tell me that they sense a lack of test near the end of a 10.5 day administration period?
