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Started testavan trt 1 week ago

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934 views 4 replies 2 participants last post by  Sioxz  
#1 ·
I recently started trt 1 week ago through the general health care. The only starting option was transdermal gels so I chose Testavan. I know gels are shit, but had no choice. My dose is 3 pumps on each shoulder in the morning (69 mg of test).
Yesterday I took bloods on the behalf of my self… I took throughs in the morning 24 h since last dosage. My results were 12 nmol/l test and 5.9 free test (up from 10 nmol/l) since starting. Absolutely shit.
Is it to early to throw this garbage in the pile, or can i expect any build up of T?
Gels are in and out of the system really quick if I understand the pharmacokinetics correctly? They usually measure peaks and not throughs on gels, kind of retarded? By nightfall Im back to my shitty baseline??
 
#2 ·
Don’t forget that natural production wains throughout the day. Someone who has a natural production of 20nmol at 9am isn’t going to have anywhere near 20nmol at 9pm.

Could well be that your peak is in excess of 20nmol and mimicking a healthy natural production.

Don’t get me wrong, gels didn’t work for me and they were a ball ache to apply. But just because your trough was 12 nmol doesn’t mean it isn’t effective.

More important than the numbers, how do you feel and has your symptoms improved? Having said that, it’s only been 1 week so that’s probably unlikely.
 
#3 ·
I appreciate your input bro. The first 3 days I felt energized, anxiety free and the brainfog thats been bothering me for quite a while lifted. The last 4 days though, I’ve been really exhausted and I can nap all the time. Sexdrive is still as low since before treament. But since its this early my body might still be proccessing everything.