200mg/wk seems like a high dose for trt. what do blood test levels come back at on that dose? any probs with estrogen? thanks.
200mg/wk is the higher end for me. My levels come in around 1000 in the trough. I feel really good at these levels. The up side of this protocol is that the T levels are pretty much constant. I take 0.5 anastrozole EOD. Since my T levels are pretty much constant, the E levels seem to stay pretty constant and right in range.
The down side of running the levels at the high end is that … my T levels are constantly pretty high. I donate blood every 2-3 months to just keep the hemo in range. It’s never a good idea to let the blood get too thick.
I periodically drop down to 80mg 2x per week for a month or two and let things settle for a while. The hemo levels (and the blood chemistry in general) are better at this dose, but I don’t feel quite as good.
The reality is, I could probably tolerate stretching the dosing out to e5d or even e7d. This is not a bad approach. I tend to feel a bit better and I can control E levels a bit better with my T levels constantly at the higher end … but my blood chemistry would probably be better if I let the T levels rise and fall a bit.