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Hi all-
First post here. I was scrolling through these pages the other night trying to figure out my testosterone issue, but decided just to post and see if anyone else could figure it out.
As most things in life are, this is complicated. I'll post the basics and then fill in any details. I've been lifting a long time, always 100% natural. I had "female problems" for years though, so my hormones have been external control for 10+ years (I'm early 30s now). Basically I did Lupron followed by Depo Provera and that worked the best for those issues, so I didn't want to mess that up by trying to add anything in on my own. But as you may be aware, those basically take all your endogenous hormones to 0, test included. I asked my doc to add some back in because of my family history of osteoporosis and hey, if it gave me back my libido or had any other positive effects, that's all good too.
Anywho, my PCP apparently screwed up. I say this because when I told the pharmacist here (I moved) what my dose was, he refused to refill my script, and then called my OB, who also refuses to write it. I was on a 1% compounded test gel, 1 gram, 3x a week, so 10mg 3x a week = 30mg. I thought his head was going to explode! I hadn't paid that close attention, so it didn't occur to me that it was so high, because...
I had no effects. Zero. Zilch. None. No changes in skin, hair, sex drive, workouts. Nothing. I'm legitimately trying to figure out if the pharmacist at the last place compounded it wrong or if it's physically possible for me to have no effects from 30mg of test a week.
It's about 3 weeks to my next appointment with a different provider who apparently has a lot of expertise in hormone stuff (although she's a PCP? So who knows) but I thought I should try to figure out what to do to be prepared for whatever she proposes.
Thanks!
First post here. I was scrolling through these pages the other night trying to figure out my testosterone issue, but decided just to post and see if anyone else could figure it out.
As most things in life are, this is complicated. I'll post the basics and then fill in any details. I've been lifting a long time, always 100% natural. I had "female problems" for years though, so my hormones have been external control for 10+ years (I'm early 30s now). Basically I did Lupron followed by Depo Provera and that worked the best for those issues, so I didn't want to mess that up by trying to add anything in on my own. But as you may be aware, those basically take all your endogenous hormones to 0, test included. I asked my doc to add some back in because of my family history of osteoporosis and hey, if it gave me back my libido or had any other positive effects, that's all good too.
Anywho, my PCP apparently screwed up. I say this because when I told the pharmacist here (I moved) what my dose was, he refused to refill my script, and then called my OB, who also refuses to write it. I was on a 1% compounded test gel, 1 gram, 3x a week, so 10mg 3x a week = 30mg. I thought his head was going to explode! I hadn't paid that close attention, so it didn't occur to me that it was so high, because...
I had no effects. Zero. Zilch. None. No changes in skin, hair, sex drive, workouts. Nothing. I'm legitimately trying to figure out if the pharmacist at the last place compounded it wrong or if it's physically possible for me to have no effects from 30mg of test a week.
It's about 3 weeks to my next appointment with a different provider who apparently has a lot of expertise in hormone stuff (although she's a PCP? So who knows) but I thought I should try to figure out what to do to be prepared for whatever she proposes.
Thanks!
