TheWestern
New Member
I'm 40, been on TRT for about four years. Like many here, started with a prescriber and then took over myself. I am a licensed medical professional on the clinical side so a little more knowledge than the average bear, but endocrinology is not my specialty. Prescriber had me on test cyp and anastrozole, and when I took over I switched to test-e and primo at about a 1.75 to 1 ratio, always around 175mg T, 100mg primo/week. Functionally this worked well, my mood was good, muscular recovery was fast enough, libido was decent. I am not a hyper responder to testosterone, my total test never got above 700 ng/dl. Bloods always within range, no problem with fats, liver, glucose, etc. Primo, however, gave me huge painful nodules every time I used it. I tried a different source, different injection locations, didn't matter. I've been noticing more joint pain lately after the gym, and decided it was a good excuse to try nandrolone decanoate, since I was really annoyed with the nodules. I knew I'd have to use an AI again if I wasn't on the primo, but I've got a bunch of the anastrozole 0.5mg capsules still laying around. I've been on the test/deca combo for about three weeks now and I'm going to check my hormone levels to see how high my E2 is so I know what my AI dosing should be.
The deca knocked out my joint pain quickly, literally within a week of starting it my joints were feeling better. However, I just have no interest in sex at all, it's not ED, I just don't ever think about it, which I do not like at all. Additionally I feel like my mood is pretty low, I don't feel depressed but I feel mildly annoyed and critical. I know there's a possibility that this is just due to higher E2, but I see people reporting similar sides with deca, even with E2 management. I am not interested in that future.
What are people doing to supplement their TRT other than primo or deca? I'm not trying to get on a cycle here, just look good and feel good. Is the answer just go up to 250mg of test a week and manage the E2? Obviously I know everybody is different and there is no plug and play solution, but I'm interested in what other people have found to be effective in their cruise or TRT level compounds. More information is always better.
The deca knocked out my joint pain quickly, literally within a week of starting it my joints were feeling better. However, I just have no interest in sex at all, it's not ED, I just don't ever think about it, which I do not like at all. Additionally I feel like my mood is pretty low, I don't feel depressed but I feel mildly annoyed and critical. I know there's a possibility that this is just due to higher E2, but I see people reporting similar sides with deca, even with E2 management. I am not interested in that future.
What are people doing to supplement their TRT other than primo or deca? I'm not trying to get on a cycle here, just look good and feel good. Is the answer just go up to 250mg of test a week and manage the E2? Obviously I know everybody is different and there is no plug and play solution, but I'm interested in what other people have found to be effective in their cruise or TRT level compounds. More information is always better.
). But I've heard of tons of guys supplementing mast with their trt and say they feel great. I love my low dose primo but once I get back to the US and can get my hands on some mast I'm gonna give that a try on my next cruise.
