Posted by uncouth on October 8, 2011, at 19:28:31
In reply to A retrospective on my MI and treatment, posted by zonked on October 1, 2011, at 22:11:20
cool post. i have also been on TRT the last few months to deal with lack of libido, anhedonia, amotivation, you know the standard drill. i am diagnosted with bp2 depression and on a shitload of meds and supplements. my T was 550 at the beginning of this year, and i was still feeling bad so we tried TRT then for a few months with androgel...didnt really do or feel anything so stopped. also tried hcg at that time too.
retested 3 mos ago at 340! what happened? who knows. med changes, social defeats, still no work, no sex, i dont know, it's all boht a cuase and an effect.
tried new gel called AXIRON (underarm liquid)....good repsonse first week...then after a month, T went DOWN to 330! WTF?
so now we tried tripling the dose, one step above the max recommended dose. so now i put it on 3x a day. After a month, T printed at 1101! wow! during that time, the depression was still there, but i definitely was starting to feel a bit more hypomanic and libido was stronger, i guess. still having trouble motivating and feeling zest for life. though i'm happy to see that T was finally responsive to something.
i was taking a crapload of other stuff at the time too, so who really knows what was doing what.
in terms of mood, it's still pretty flat. i feel kind of mixed right now. all i think about are chemicals.
so anyway since T printed relaly high and insurance isn't covering 3 swipes under each arm per day, we're going back to 2 swipes. hopefully will end up in target range.
my appetite has been fairly well controlled during this time i'll say too, and i was exercising (a little) more.
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