Self Medicating TRT

I just heard that MCT oil has a faster absorption rate than compared to castor oil or grape seed oil ☺️.
cant remember the numbers off the top of my head but most of the common ones are somewhat close, castor oil is way slower. The difference between tea seed oil and castor oil in Test Undecanoate is huge, teas TSO being about 50% faster.
 
cant remember the numbers off the top of my head but most of the common ones are somewhat close, castor oil is way slower. The difference between tea seed oil and castor oil in Test Undecanoate is huge, teas TSO being about 50% faster.

cant remember the numbers off the top of my head but most of the common ones are somewhat close, castor oil is way slower. The difference between tea seed oil and castor oil in Test Undecanoate is huge, teas TSO being about 50% faster.
I actually found the site that talks about the viscosity of those oils 😊 🫠
 
I agree fully. You shouldn't need an a.i if your dose is right. I haven't seen any trt clinics that perscribe a.i. at all. They might be out there or for special case scenarios but not that I know much of.
Ya, and on top of that, you should not even have to donate blood. On my last blood test, my hematocrit was .45 L/L and my hemoglobin was 157 g/L and that was on 10mg of test a day 😀😊. But when I was at 14mg a day, my hematocrit was .49 L/L and hemoglobin was 173 g/L😯. It was 3 points above range😳. But again, its one of those thing where none of us needed to donate blood before we got involved with PEDs or TRT. I can see it being understandable to donate blood while on a cycle, but it should not be necessary to donate blood while on TRT🙂.
 
Ya, and on top of that, you should not even have to donate blood. On my last blood test, my hematocrit was .45 L/L and my hemoglobin was 157 g/L and that was on 10mg of test a day 😀😊. But when I was at 14mg a day, my hematocrit was .49 L/L and hemoglobin was 173 g/L😯. It was 3 points above range😳. But again, its one of those thing where none of us needed to donate blood before we got involved with PEDs or TRT. I can see it being understandable to donate blood while on a cycle, but it should not be necessary to donate blood while on TRT🙂.
I just didn't donate to reduce hemocrit, but because they need blood.
 
Ya, and on top of that, you should not even have to donate blood. On my last blood test, my hematocrit was .45 L/L and my hemoglobin was 157 g/L and that was on 10mg of test a day 😀😊. But when I was at 14mg a day, my hematocrit was .49 L/L and hemoglobin was 173 g/L😯. It was 3 points above range😳. But again, its one of those thing where none of us needed to donate blood before we got involved with PEDs or TRT. I can see it being understandable to donate blood while on a cycle, but it should not be necessary to donate blood while on TRT🙂.

Whether one needs to donate can not be simplified to one's health pre-trt. Taking an exogenous hormone to replace natural production has a cascade of effects, and dosage does not necessarily dictate if this then that. I dealt with primary polycythemia and low ferritin levels due to the fact that my body's overproduction of red blood cells decreased levels of ferritin. Eventually my body adapted, but I required iron infusions for a couple years. It's worth mentioning that in the first two years of trt I rarely ever used an ai, and my dosages were lower than they are currently. And, this disorder began shortly after I began trt, and I did not require the use of any ai for the first year due to low doses.
Fwiw, high hemoglobin by itself doesn't matter, it's hematocrit, the percentage of red blood cells, that can cause serious issues.
But, even though I no longer require iron infusions it is strongly recommended that I donate every 6 months for optimal health.
 
Whether one needs to donate can not be simplified to one's health pre-trt. Taking an exogenous hormone to replace natural production has a cascade of effects, and dosage does not necessarily dictate if this then that. I dealt with primary polycythemia and low ferritin levels due to the fact that my body's overproduction of red blood cells decreased levels of ferritin. Eventually my body adapted, but I required iron infusions for a couple years. It's worth mentioning that in the first two years of trt I rarely ever used an ai, and my dosages were lower than they are currently. And, this disorder began shortly after I began trt, and I did not require the use of any ai for the first year due to low doses.
Fwiw, high hemoglobin by itself doesn't matter, it's hematocrit, the percentage of red blood cells, that can cause serious issues.
But, even though I no longer require iron infusions it is strongly recommended that I donate every 6 months for optimal health.
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Have you ever had your hematocrit tested before doing the blood donation as well as after the donation? If so, what was the difference? How much did your blood pressure drop?
 
Well I tested my hemocrit today for fun. 147 was my hemoglobin and 43% hemocrit.

I am running 250 gm of test and 200 mg primo a week.

Not all drugs are equal for hemocrit levels.

I havn’t donated in a 3 years after the false positive I got that got me banned from donating. That I why I bought the machine
 
Well I tested my hemocrit today for fun. 147 was my hemoglobin and 43% hemocrit.

I am running 250 gm of test and 200 mg primo a week.

Not all drugs are equal for hemocrit levels.

I havn’t donated in a 3 years after the false positive I got that got me banned from donating. That I why I bought the machine
False positive for what?
 
False positive for what?
Syphilis. Only one that is you get a false positive that they won’t let you donate again.
No I don’t have it, further tests proved that.
I did take adex the day before giving blood and am not sure if that had something to do with it, because I never did that before an dnever had any issues before donating. But it seems doubtful it could mess up the test.
 
Syphilis. Only one that is you get a false positive that they won’t let you donate again.
No I don’t have it, further tests proved that.
I did take adex the day before giving blood and am not sure if that had something to do with it, because I never did that before an dnever had any issues before donating. But it seems doubtful it could mess up the test.
That's a good way to get tested for STDs, without having to make it public if u got something :p
 
That's a good way to get tested for STDs, without having to make it public if u got something :p
They would make it public.
I havn't had sex with another woman for 29 years, so I doubt I'll ever have to worry about a STD, lol.
That is hwy it was funny when I got the note. I was thinking no way.

Years ago when my colon was acting up, they thought I may have an std, so they tested me and I went home and just asked my wife, she laughed and said, you know I hate being touched by strangers, I can barely get deep tissue massage.

My wife is not the cheating type. I have one of those old school traditional woman. You know the ones that do all the cleaning, cooking and take care of you. Where you are treated like the man. Shit she still tells me before she buys anything like she needs permission, lol. She is the one who does the finances, she is the reason I have no debt because of her ability to save.
 
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Have you ever had your hematocrit tested before doing the blood donation as well as after the donation? If so, what was the difference? How much did your blood pressure drop?
Yeah, I have. Once my hct was 0.50, and after donating it was 0.45. I had a blood test on Oct. 7, blood donation on the 9th, and follow up blood test on the 15th. Another time it was 0.49 and post donating it was 0.46, however, I had a gap of several weeks between blood tests that time. Generally, my hct sits between 0.47 and 0.49. On 70e4 my hct was 0.46 after 4 wks. Although, something as simple as being dehydrated can throw off your hct reading. In the first example, my hct had been high for weeks, and I felt like garbage, and my bp was very high. I don't know how much my bp dropped, but in that instance I felt a dramatic improvement from the time the donation started to when the bag was filled, and like a new man the next day. Prior to that donation my bp was 95/168. My normal is around 70/120. Even if you don't need to donate there are multiple health benefits provided you are not anaemic. There are several threads on this topic.
 
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Have you ever had your hematocrit tested before doing the blood donation as well as after the donation? If so, what was the difference? How much did your blood pressure drop?
Recent bloodwork results,
Hgb 156
Hct 0.47
Ferritin 37 ug/L
TT 25.4 nmol/L (733ng/dL)
FT 525 pmol/L (151pg/mL)
E2 114 pmol/L (31pg/mL)

When I donated my hemoglobin was 161, so I'm betting my Hct may have been a point or two higher. Maybe not. My ferritin is perplexing. It has not been this low in years, but the recent donation would have certainly knocked it down, so that's not reliable. One more consideration is the fact that I donated on day 6, which is one extra day out from my current pinning schedule, but my numbers would have been even closer to where I would expect them on 100e5, which is just shy of the upper range.
I have noticed that I require less ai than I had previously thought. I'm playing around with 1/8s of adex as 0.25mg knocks it down more than I expected. I have been unable to use asin lately. For whatever reason it fucks my libido and mood. I suspect it's the dht, as it has a much higher binding affinity than e2. It's great for libido, but shit for erections. I feel that I need to be on a higher dose/more frequent pinning to get away with using asin.
 
500 a week bro always on Always...... jk but sometimes it actually seems that way like when does the blast end lol I usually for cruise go to 250 275 to be honest for some reason my system doesn't like lower than that ... guess I should maybe get blood work done hey haha don't roast me
 
500 a week bro always on Always...... jk but sometimes it actually seems that way like when does the blast end lol I usually for cruise go to 250 275 to be honest for some reason my system doesn't like lower than that ... guess I should maybe get blood work done hey haha don't roast me
Good luck trying to get blood work done through a family doc or walk in clinic☹️. Most doctors are anal like hell to give out a requisition for hormone test. You got to pretty much go through a god damn naturopath to get blood work, and those are bloody expensive😢
 
Guys is there anything objective and ‘black and white’ when it comes to TRT vs ‘cruising’ at whatever you’d call dosages ABOVE TRT?
I know there’s a general consensus of around 100-150 mg per week as being the upper threshold for TRT, there isn’t a hormone clinic website that I’ve seen which states finitely and conclusively that there is a specific number and what the justification is for that.

I have read several guys on several forums state that if you’re not doing what would be considered as a cycle level dosage and NOT doing a TRT level dosage then you are fooling around, wasting your time, etc., etc….

I have played with my dosages enough to know that I feel great and have zero negative sides whatsoever at around 200-250mg/week, and have been BLASTED by guys saying that because this is t low enough to be considered TRT, I’m a complete idiot for not pushing it to at least 500 and cycling properly….

The final question to all those who would want to weigh in, is this:

If I feel great on 250 a week and plan on being on TRT for life, what would be the more appropriate thing to do? Go on a 12 week cycle of 250 a week every now and then but then drop it back down to 100 for my cruising dosage? I have a hard time making sense that considering how good and stable I feel on 200-250.
My bro science thoughts are when you need an ai that is not trt anymore. Everyone is different but I have gone up to 175 a week. But eventually at that dose my estrogen did creep up over time.
 
Good luck trying to get blood work done through a family doc or walk in clinic☹️. Most doctors are anal like hell to give out a requisition for hormone test. You got to pretty much go through a god damn naturopath to get blood work, and those are bloody expensive😢
Yeah a lot of doctors suck just gotta find a good one or go to trt clinic luckily I found a good one just shop around until you find a decent doctor I know it can be frustrating.
 
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