New to TRT. Need advice
38 year old male, relatively healthy. 5’7 148lbs active in the gym 4-6x a week.
I went into urology and explained my symptoms of brain fog no libido erectile function and poor sleep. I ended up doing blood work and my testosterone was 190. She ordered a second lab to confirm and the second lab was 202.
I was placed on a .5ml weekly cycle of test cyp and was tested 3 weeks later mid cycle at 790. Life was good. Gym sessions were great , symptoms listed above were non existent. I haven’t felt that good for consecutive weeks for as long as I could remember.
Doc said 790 is way too high and she’s chasing a number 400-600 even though I thoroughly explained how everything is functioning phenomenally. Her reason was 790 is beyond her acceptable limits mid cycle because early cycle is be much higher. ( even though blood work range shows 890 as the high “normal” on my chart )
She placed me on .5ml every 14 days. I retested on day 13, my levels dropped to 92. I was miserable. Like depressive miserable. No sleep no drive not wanting to even move out of bed not sleeping, just like a train smacked into me. i am switching doctors for sure.
Chatting with some friends they all said the doctor is triturating appropriately and not to fight her orders.
Maybe it’s too soon to see side effects but I don’t have Acne or breast sensitivity or whatever else I’m perfectly normal on the .5ml weekly cycle.
My question is, is 790 “dangerous” mid cycle? I am reading and watching videos of people much higher and are fine. I don’t know if these people genuinely have low T from the jump like I do, or are just doing it with normal T for performance reasons.