Men’s low T clinic vs regular doctor

[Mitchpdavis]

200mg/wk doesn’t get you past 475?

start your own comprehensive TRT thread so we can consolidate all the info you require there.

Will do,
my lab work is all at the office, I’ll post my starting and current shortly.. however I assume it would take more than a month or 2 to really push me up there.. but that’s why I’m here I don’t know.
Thanks for the reply.

 

[The Tater]

Tomorrow will be my fifth week on 150mg Test Cyp weekly. Blood test this week to see where I am at. My starting total T was 128 so I'm anxious to see where it is today. I'll post up the results here for anyone interested. I know everyone reacts differently to dosages and your lifestyle/diet has an impact as well. I currently workout or do cardio 6 days a week and I push myself to the limits.

 

[CJ]

My old GP ran my bloods, low Test levels, but still in range. Low Free Test levels, out of range. Doc said that I was fine, even though I felt like junk.

Went to a T clinic, and they were just about the money. A cookie cutter approach, 200mg Cyp, Arimidex, and HCG for everyone, same dosage for all. I didn't even need the Adex, but was required to buy it. I have a lifetime's supply saved. A 10 week supply of all was about $500. And don't forget the constant sales pitches for other stuff, like cialis, injectable B vitamins, various peptides, etc. Got to be very annoying.

After a couple of years, I quit and just get my own, for about 1/10th the cost.

 

[The Tater]

My old GP ran my bloods, low Test levels, but still in range. Low Free Test levels, out of range. Doc said that I was fine, even though I felt like junk.

Went to a T clinic, and they were just about the money. A cookie cutter approach, 200mg Cyp, Arimidex, and HCG for everyone, same dosage for all. I didn't even need the Adex, but was required to buy it. I have a lifetime's supply saved. A 10 week supply of all was about $500. And don't forget the constant sales pitches for other stuff, like cialis, injectable B vitamins, various peptides, etc. Got to be very annoying.

After a couple of years, I quit and just get my own, for about 1/10th the cost.

I hear this same complaint a lot. I will say that the clinic I go to is pretty discreet and they aren't trying to push B12 injections or something like that. I was given astrazole (sp?) but told I probably won't need it. They told me to take a .25mg dose if needed and broke the pills into 1/4ths. I am on 500iu's of HCG. I'm not sure if that is what everyone else is taking but I don't hang around and talk to anyone other than the doc there.

My plan is to get my endocrinologist on board with it so my insurance can pay for it. The cost is minimal to me personally but I would rather have the convenience of injecting myself at home rather than a weekly trip to a clinic to get that done. I want to get it legally so I can travel as needed for my job and not have to worry about it.

The one thing I will say that I don't like about the whole ordeal is the negative stigma attached to taking TRT. As a middle aged dude, I am annoyed that a girl self-identifying as a boy can go to her doctor and get a script but I have to prove that my testes aren't functioning properly in order to get mine prescribed in the same manner? ****ing ludicrous but I digress. I know a lady whose 15 year old daughter is on TRT because she wants to be a boy.

Imma stop now...and chill....

 

[CJ]

Well that took an unexpected turn! Ha ha ha!!!

Having the RX from the clinic WAS nice, not having to go the illegal route, and knowing that it was definitely legit stuff.

My clinic also let me inject at home, they really had no interest in seeing me, except for the yearly required blood test.

 

[The Tater]

Well that took an unexpected turn! Ha ha ha!!!

Having the RX from the clinic WAS nice, not having to go the illegal route, and knowing that it was definitely legit stuff.

My clinic also let me inject at home, they really had no interest in seeing me, except for the yearly required blood test.

I may ask about doing my own injections at home and see how they respond. Since I just started, this will be the first test of the results so that may be part of the reason I go there weekly.

I appreciate your response CJ.

 

[The Tater]

Got my 5 week bloods back and my total test went from 128 to 662 so that's good. Estradiol is at 68 though so I will be taking 0.25MG of Arimidex twice weekly and then we will check again and see if it gets back down to normal range. We are keeping the Test Cyp dosage at 150/wk for now. Overall I feel pretty good. More mentally clarity is what I have noticed so far.

 

[CJ]

You getting your shot once per week, or twice? When was your blood drawn in relation to your last shot? Just curious.

 

[The Tater]

You getting your shot once per week, or twice? When was your blood drawn in relation to your last shot? Just curious.

Hi CJ. I get injected once a week and my blood was drawn 6 days from my last injection. I don't know how all of this extrapolates to another person's body but I'm 5'-10 and most recently weighed in at 226lbs this morning.

 

[CJ]

I was just thinking that maybe injecting twice per week, which will smooth out your testosterone high and low points, might help out with your high estrogen. Just thinking of ways to possibly avoid the Adex.

 

[Gadawg]

So Tater, six days out youre well into "the trough". Youre probably peaking over 900. Every place is different but I think it'd be worth inquiring about aromasin over arimidex. Because of it's effect on lipid profiles, it's not something Id want to take for life.

 

[bogie418]

Im interested in this one too.
The Doctor route seems like a crap shoot. The last Dr wanted to test for sleep apnea when my level was 190 (6.6)
New Dr (as of today) sending me back for more tests, but who know what happens after that.
The hormone clinic wants $350 for the first 1/2 hr visit.
Theres got to be a better way

 

[Jin]

Im interested in this one too.
The Doctor route seems like a crap shoot. The last Dr wanted to test for sleep apnea when my level was 190 (6.6)
New Dr (as of today) sending me back for more tests, but who know what happens after that.
The hormone clinic wants $350 for the first 1/2 hr visit.
Theres got to be a better way

You have a partner in bed with you?
Do you snore? Gasp for air? Are you overweight?

sleep apnea can cause lower t. Many guys are both hypogonal and have sleep apnea.

 

[bogie418]

Good point. I guess it makes sense if its related to sleep. Seems like just aboot everything causes low t. booze, sleep, stress, life

But as I told the doc, wife says no snoring or gasping, (I have a buddy that has sleep apnea that said it changed his life, so I asked the wife if I was gasping a while back) But dr still insisted. So Im off to another Doctor.

The GPs seem reluctant to put anyone on trt.

But they deal out anti depressants, bp meds, cholesterol meds, and such like candy.