Blood Pressure, an Experiment

[roofer22]

Been watching this thread. I'm on a heavy (for me) cruise and my bp has been going up. Hit 140 over 77 two days ago. I took 5mg Cialis the last two days and it was 118 over 80 today. I'm going to keep a close eye on it. I have other meds if needed.

 

[malfeasance]

Thanks for sharing this. I've been doing similar at 100-125mg/wk. And even thinking about dropping a little lower.

Did that study on trans men make you curious about how little weekly TRT dosage men need? Or was it @Type-IIx's suggestions about dosages with least risks?

It's all leading me to wonder about this - bodybuilding with the minimal needed TRT for same results.

I appreciate you going in this direction when it seems the trend is for TRT of 200-400mg/wk as therapeutically-justified since bodybuilders all happen to be extreme "outliers".

With respect to dosage:

annual physical, doc asked for blood tests

75 mg once a week (Juicepal testosterone cypionate)

Because I had blood tests scheduled for the day after injection, I skipped my injection on day seven (once a week). Bloods drawn on day 8.

431 ng/dL, range 250-1100 ng/dL Total

104.0 pg/ml, 35-155 pg/ml Free


I am pretty careful about measurement, but not too precise, since I have been using a 3cc syringe, but draw 3 ticks (250mg/ml x 0.3 = 75), so it can only be so far off.

I was a little surprised that it was still so high 8 days out.