2024 got sick - lost weight - found pituitary tumor - got in trt

[jza61nick]

Title sums up my year.

I've been a long time mma athlete. No juice because testing. Going into this year I weighed 210lbs. In January I got very sick, and after recovering I knew something was wrong after a couple weeks I'm the gym. I wasn't the same.

Immediately I suspected test issues, pushed my doctor but it took forever between specialists and insurance.


Over the next 3 months I lost 40 lbs.

Mri found a small tumor on my pituitary.

I got on Trt, they prescribed Me 125 a week....but the vile had enough to do 250 so I jumped on that immediately.

I felt so shitty at this point it was an incredible relief. Psychologically I went from an absolute mess to feeling great. Pretty quickly I built back up to my original weight, and in the last month or so have finally made some strength progress in the gym....

Now I have an issue and this is why I'm really here, please let me know if this portion would be better suited in another thread.


At this point at 250 test a week my weight has stabilized at my original size, BUT after a couple days my low T symptoms return...
Cold feet, mental instability, loss of appetite.... literally how I felt when I had practically no test (120 nanograms was my lowest score)

On the way back up to this weight I'd feel amazing all week, completely stable between doses. I talked with someone who is also on trt and they recommend I split the dose up. Now I do two doses of 125 a week and it's honestly worse lol. Now instead of feeling great at the beginning of the week and bad at the end I feel lame all week hahaha.


I tried 500 a week last week split up into two 250s and I felt perfect.....my biggest issue is I don't understand why it seems like dudes way bigger than me are fine on way smaller doses... what's wrong with me (besides a brain tumor lol)?


I can pull all my lab work from my doctors if yall want to see it.

Maybe this is normal for my condition? What sucks is the doctor seems not at all interesting in increasing my dosing.

Thank you for your time and I apologize in advance for anything I might have missed, im just at my wits end with this shit

 

[Yano]

I ain't giving gear advice to any one with a tumor in their head. That's not a question for randos on a website dude .. holy shit.

What I will say is the most common type of a functioning pituitary tumor is a prolactinoma. That can cause some of the same issues as low T as well as some issues that resemble gyno , sensitive nips , leakage.

This is shit for Dr's

 

[jza61nick]

I ain't giving gear advice to any one with a tumor in their head. That's not a question for randos on a website dude .. holy shit.

What I will say is the most common type of a functioning pituitary tumor is a prolactinoma. That can cause some of the same issues as low T as well as some issues that resemble gyno , sensitive nips , leakage.

This is shit for Dr's

I'm seeing three doctors in total.

I don't have any gyno fortunately.

As of right now no one wants to operate on it because it's too small. I'm meeting with another doctor soon to get a 2nd opinion on the mri results, maybe he'll want to get in there haha.

Your input is helpful, from my perspective it seems like trt should be trt but I guess my brain situation is abnormal.

I guess I'm looking for a potential alternative factor that could account for my seemingly high demand for test, but I guess we could just chalk it up to a completely dysfunctional pituitary.

 

[Rickt]

I'm of a different oppinion to most here. So take this with a grain of salt.

250mg isnt trt it is a cycle. 500 is a big cycle.

Google the he'll out of your medical predicament and your symptoms. Look up as much medical research as you can. If you suspect something take the medical litriture to your doctor and get the appropriate testing done.

For now go back to 125mg as your doctor prescribed. B4 you end up with even more problems.

Keep us up to date. Lots of guys onto this stuff. If nothing else you will help the next guy with these problems.

My sincere best wishes. Fight the long fight.

 

[Big-paul]

Sometimes you have to be proactive when it comes to finding the right medical attention. They don't always listen. That is something you decide.

Welcome to UGBB but I would not ask for the kind of medical advice you need.

No one here is an oncologist.

 

[almostgone]

Title sums up my year.

I've been a long time mma athlete. No juice because testing. Going into this year I weighed 210lbs. In January I got very sick, and after recovering I knew something was wrong after a couple weeks I'm the gym. I wasn't the same.

Immediately I suspected test issues, pushed my doctor but it took forever between specialists and insurance.


Over the next 3 months I lost 40 lbs.

Mri found a small tumor on my pituitary.

I got on Trt, they prescribed Me 125 a week....but the vile had enough to do 250 so I jumped on that immediately.

I felt so shitty at this point it was an incredible relief. Psychologically I went from an absolute mess to feeling great. Pretty quickly I built back up to my original weight, and in the last month or so have finally made some strength progress in the gym....

Now I have an issue and this is why I'm really here, please let me know if this portion would be better suited in another thread.


At this point at 250 test a week my weight has stabilized at my original size, BUT after a couple days my low T symptoms return...
Cold feet, mental instability, loss of appetite.... literally how I felt when I had practically no test (120 nanograms was my lowest score)

On the way back up to this weight I'd feel amazing all week, completely stable between doses. I talked with someone who is also on trt and they recommend I split the dose up. Now I do two doses of 125 a week and it's honestly worse lol. Now instead of feeling great at the beginning of the week and bad at the end I feel lame all week hahaha.


I tried 500 a week last week split up into two 250s and I felt perfect.....my biggest issue is I don't understand why it seems like dudes way bigger than me are fine on way smaller doses... what's wrong with me (besides a brain tumor lol)?


I can pull all my lab work from my doctors if yall want to see it.

Maybe this is normal for my condition? What sucks is the doctor seems not at all interesting in increasing my dosing.

Thank you for your time and I apologize in advance for anything I might have missed, im just at my wits end with this shit

Sometimes, more isn't better, particularly when it comes to TRT. You might need to drop back to scripted dose and split it into 2 injections as mentioned. Also, make sure you're testing total and free T.

As mentioned above, research, research, research. Also don't stop with just your T values. Think about cortisol, thyroid....could you possibly have chronic fatigue syndrome? There's a lot of variables. The more you know....well, the more you will know.

Edit: I edited my post after I reread your post stating you inject 2x/week.

 

[MG_87]

Knowledge is power. Best of luck. Doctors know alot and should monitor accordingly.

 

[Thrawn]

Sometimes you have to be proactive when it comes to finding the right medical attention. They don't always listen. That is something you decide.

Welcome to UGBB but I would not ask for the kind of medical advice you need.

No one here is an oncologist.

I 2nd that! Lot of doc won't tell or mention shit they find if it does not concern why you are seeing them.