TRT and strength

Brain5ick

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So to keep things short, when I get my shot at the beginning of the week I feel great for awhile and my workouts are awesome but towards the end of the week (like today) I start unintentionally sleeping in til like 1pm, my drive isn’t really as there as usual, and I feel like my lifts go down quite a bit. Like 305 on my DL (365 with a belt is my max rn) raw wasn’t so much heavy as it was a struggle. Kinda like I have the strength but I’m tired and can’t tap into it like usual. I’m only on 80mg a week and I feel so much better than I did before starting TRT but I’ve only been on for 3 weeks so I don’t think my doc will be up to letting me pin twice a week yet so I’m not sure what to do for the last bit of the week for energy and my strength drop.
 
mixedup said:
Ask if you can I had the same problem now I pin the and fri and feel much better
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He wants to raise my dose after two more shots and tests me a week after my last shot to see what my levels are. Should I wait until then to ask?
 
Id tell him how youre feeling, he should be concerned with trying to help you get the most out of his treatment. Splitting your weekly dose obviously doesnt have to also mean increasing your weekly dose; I cant see what genuine issue he could have with the split idea. But, you also need to be patient and try not to over-react (or appear to), dialling in your protocol can take time not only due to tinkering, but allowing any changes to "settle" and a new norm establish. As long as he is sympathetic to your feedback, concerns and suggestions, and open to trying different protocols (within reason), I think youre in good hands.
 
Brain5ick said:
So to keep things short, when I get my shot at the beginning of the week I feel great for awhile and my workouts are awesome but towards the end of the week (like today) I start unintentionally sleeping in til like 1pm, my drive isn’t really as there as usual, and I feel like my lifts go down quite a bit. Like 305 on my DL (365 with a belt is my max rn) raw wasn’t so much heavy as it was a struggle. Kinda like I have the strength but I’m tired and can’t tap into it like usual. I’m only on 80mg a week and I feel so much better than I did before starting TRT but I’ve only been on for 3 weeks so I don’t think my doc will be up to letting me pin twice a week yet so I’m not sure what to do for the last bit of the week for energy and my strength drop.
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Honestly any DR that just offer 1 pin a week I would stay away from. You should be at 2 pins a week. Tell your doc you want to keep the same dosing and split Monday (AM) & Thursday (PM). 1 shot a day going to have lots of peaks and valleys , ups & down. 2 shots a week going to be a lot more steady.

There a lot more to this overall like, SHBG. If your a lower shbg guy, then lower dosing & more frequent injections are going to be better. Hows estrogen ultrasensitive test looking? There lots of other things that play an important role on treatment. If you can provide more information (blood work) we can help you out even more.

If your Doc says no to splitting the dose twice a week then explain the peaks and valleys / ups & downs blood wise; You want more steadier levels.. If the answer is still no I would be looking for a new Doc. There a lot of good telecommuting (via phone) Doc on here so I would also look at that.

If all goes well and your able to split the dosing then give it 6-8 weeks then do bloods. Changes take time. If you feel better or not, then you can bump up the dosing in addition to twice a week, but not knowing more information we can help to much. This should be enough to help tho.

Keep us updated.
 
I’ll be getting labs in two weeks, I’ll post them then. I will be going in Monday and I’ll see what he says.
 
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