Typical HRT dosing?

[APIs]

Hello, I'm new here but have really enjoyed this forum. Thank you to everyone who contributes. I'm in my early 40's, weight train daily & have been on HRT for 8 months and am doing very, very well. Somewhat similar to what talstar posted, I started at 100mgs every 6 days and after 4 months went to 200mgs ew. I inject .5ml 2 x week. My Total Test was around 800 @ 2-3 months after starting, but I still did not feel good. Dr. then OK'd going to 200mgs and I have felt so much better over the last 4+ months. I am also on HCG 250iu, 2 x week. I agree it will take some time for "you" to determine what the proper dosing should be (with rational judgement of course). Everyone is different. I am fortunate that my Dr. is more concerned with how I feel & perform, than with figures that appear on a piece of paper. However, a couple numbers did come back higher on my last BW. Test was 1400+, TC 212, LDL 141, E2 49.2. My Dr. was not too concerned though. He just asked that we move dosing to every 4 days, bump up the Arimidex, cut down on the Red Meat (I Love Steak), add more Chicken and do more cardio. We will then retest in 3 months. We are thinking the Test figure was partly from when I did the BW anyways. Hope this helps...

[zaggahamma]

Hello, I'm new here but have really enjoyed this forum. Thank you to everyone who contributes. I'm in my early 40's, weight train daily & have been on HRT for 8 months and am doing very, very well. Somewhat similar to what talstar posted, I started at 100mgs every 6 days and after 4 months went to 200mgs ew. I inject .5ml 2 x week. My Total Test was around 800 @ 2-3 months after starting, but I still did not feel good. Dr. then OK'd going to 200mgs and I have felt so much better over the last 4+ months. I am also on HCG 250iu, 2 x week. I agree it will take some time for "you" to determine what the proper dosing should be (with rational judgement of course). Everyone is different. I am fortunate that my Dr. is more concerned with how I feel & perform, than with figures that appear on a piece of paper. However, a couple numbers did come back higher on my last BW. Test was 1400+, TC 212, LDL 141, E2 49.2. My Dr. was not too concerned though. He just asked that we move dosing to every 4 days, bump up the Arimidex, cut down on the Red Meat (I Love Steak), add more Chicken and do more cardio. We will then retest in 3 months. We are thinking the Test figure was partly from when I did the BW anyways. Hope this helps...

welcome bro...

good to hear...

do u know wut ur LDL and E2 was before? and u dont mention your dose of arimidex...imo...cholesterol is more hereditary than dietary...also no HDL figures??
OP, didnt think we would be hijacking since u may learn from his experience and these ?'s as well

[APIs]

welcome bro...

good to hear...

do u know wut ur LDL and E2 was before? and u dont mention your dose of arimidex...imo...cholesterol is more hereditary than dietary...also no HDL figures??
OP, didnt think we would be hijacking since u may learn from his experience and these ?'s as well

Hi, last BW in early July was LDL @ 121, HDL @ 46 & E2 @ 71.6. Arimidex was just moved up to .5mg, 3 x week from 2 x week. My most recent HDL is 59. My HDL is usually good. I know from past history that 'my' Cholesterol level has a lot to due with how much Red Meat I'm consuming & amount of cardio.

[zaggahamma]

Hi, last BW in early July was LDL @ 121, HDL @ 46 & E2 @ 71.6. Arimidex was just moved up to .5mg, 3 x week from 2 x week. My most recent HDL is 59. My HDL is usually good. I know from past history that 'my' Cholesterol level has a lot to due with how much Red Meat I'm consuming & amount of cardio.

k...sounds like you're on track...great..

back to your original q....200mg ew is a high dose of test TO START, IMO....

for starting i would stay around 100-125..

my .02

[kingfish]

welcome bro...

good to hear...

do u know wut ur LDL and E2 was before? and u dont mention your dose of arimidex...imo...cholesterol is more hereditary than dietary...also no HDL figures??
OP, didnt think we would be hijacking since u may learn from his experience and these ?'s as well

No worries, it's good to read about other guys in the same boat. 3 months sounds like a long time to wait between testing IMO. My endo tests me every 6 weeks, but then again I'm not as far along as API is in the process. Like him, my doc is more concerned with how I feel than vs going strictly by test results, which I really appreciate. She put me on Lovaza to lower triglycerides and Glumetza to lower my insulin sensitivity. I should be able to stop taking those two after the weight comes off.