ok...good info....i actually went ahead and did some research and took my shot sub-q because from what i read...it helps with the rollercoaster effect...less peaks and valleys and less likely to be low when taking the next shot in 2 weeks...but you seem like a doctor the way you are talking or extremely well versed in test theory and bio availability....
so since i took my 1ml shot already on the 11th .....should i take a .5ml shot again on the 18th...or wait til the 25th when my next 1ml shot is due and just start the .5ml shots then? Is sub-q fine also for the way to administer it?
Also i should probably tell you...im 31...and was tested first time at a level of 216......was on diet for a month..lost 20lbs and my test levels jumped to 400 but i still felt like ****..just like when i was at 216....and then was tested a 3rd time and was down in the 230's....Dr. said that your test goes thru high and low points but being tested 3 times and being extremely low 2 of those times and then being on the very bottom of normal range and still feeling like crap means that i was probably used to running at a higher end of the spectrum when i was younger (hence the reason i could look at a weight and get bigger without any supplementation). She also said that some people no matter what levels they used to be at cant function properly at certain low levels....some people walk around at 200 to 400 and are completely fine and dandy and feel great....where some people just need to be around mid range (700 - 800) to feel and function normally.
The more i research testosterone and how it effects everything and how different people react differently to different levels of the stuff....i get more and more fascinated.
I help educate dr's are proper ways to deal with both male and females hormonal train wrecks, plus look out side the box to the potential root causes to why they are expereincing their symptoms through indept blood, urine and nutritional testing. I look for root causes not just symptoms..
I need to look at the whole case scenerio in order to give recommendations
In majority of cases
People who are 100 mgs per week take 50 mgs twice weekly split 3.5 days apart to keep plasma levels of T and e2 pretty stable. Some people will go EOD due to the fact that they burn through testosterone too quickly. They usually inject with 29 gauge 1/2 inch syringe in the shoulder or thigh. Draw with big gauge then pull the top on the insulin pin then fill it up to where you need.Stick the plunger back in the inuslin pin turn it up side down let it run to the bottom then push up to get air out. Since adding in this protocol the need for adex has dropped dramatically.
People that walk around 200-300 are fine because they have healthy function adrenal, thyroid, e2, gh levels. If you have one thing out of wack then testosterone needs to make up for the other Ie GH. Increasing gh will reduce requirements of testosterone in gh deficient people.