TRT Dosage & Dealing With Blood Levels

[Traveler097]

Hi All.

I’m 64, 5’ 10’’ weigh 195. Lift 4 x’s a week along with cardio 5 x’s a week. Taking test cyp 125mg a week broken into 2 pins a week. Taking low dose of Reta 1mg a week broken into 2 shots.

My bloods came back total test 1066 ng/dl Free 205 pg/ml Bio 441 ng/dl but my Estradiol is 53. From past total test blood works off TRT was 229 and 280 with estradiol in range. Hematocrit was 50 hemoglobin was 17 both are high normal.

Guess i aromatize fairly well ~ Besides using an AI which I have on hand and EQ. I wouldn’t mind upping the Test cyp for a cycle the go back to TRT levels. What are my options?

Thanks!

 

[Conmike41]

How long after your last injection was the blood drawn ?

Those are pretty good test levels for only 125mg/week

 

[Notsurewhat2dowithmyhands]

I try to keep my E2 somewhere in the 45-55 range. I know that's "above range" but that's where I feel the best and I get no gyno sides from that level. Anything lower than 30 and my libido seems to tank. I'd find a range that you feel good and aren't having sides and try to stick with that. Treat the symptoms not the number. Also I wish I responded like that. 200 a week has my levels less than 800 lol.

 

[Traveler097]

Last pin was Wednesday and bloods on that Friday

How long after your last injection was the blood drawn ?

Those are pretty good test levels for only 125mg/week

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[Conmike41]

So you could try just increasing your test dose to 250-300 mg per week and use an AI like Aromasin 12.5 mg 3 x per week or Arimidex 0.5 mg twice per week and run that for 4-6 weeks and repeat labs to see how your estradiol is

If your gonna use EQ… maybe try 300 test and 150 EQ weekly . EQ seems to be really effective at controlling E2 …again, I’d repeat labs at 6 weeks to see where your E2 is at

Both the higher test and EQ are know to increase your hematocrit , so it’s important to stay hydrated and monitor

You’re 64, so I’d hope your monitoring your glucose, BP, Lipids, hopefully have had some cardiac imaging etc … I wouldn’t want to screw around too much at 64

Also would be good to consider some quality HGH, even if just for longevity and recovery at 2-4 iu nightly