The time-course of the spectrum of effects of testosterone shows considerable variation, probably related to pharmacodynamics of the testosterone preparation. Genomic and non-genomic effects, androgen receptor polymorphism and intracellular steroid metabolism further contribute to such diversity.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
See
Fig. 1 (and the other figures). Notice the characteristic time unit is months not weeks.
8 weeks is very early times in terms of
pharmacodynamics of exogenous testosterone. 3 months just for Hct to stabilize with new dose (RBC lifetime ~ 100 days). PSA, lipids, etc. Compare that with 4-5 weeks (characteristic
pharmacokinetic time scale) for serum TT/FT levels to stabilize.
Stay at the 200 and be patient while doing your nutrition and training right. Revisit at 3 and 6 months plus the safety panels I mentioned above.
Notice your comment above...
cautiously testing the waters.
Jumping up on dose after 8 weeks is not being cautious. You would be running an experiment but then changing parameters before you get the results back from the original knob settings. Stay disciplined (I understand it is hard; dosage creep is always a temptation but don't bail on your experiment yet).