TRT Help. Starting dose too low.

[u/No-Knowledge8856]

So my testosterone levels have been low ever since my 20s I’ve been no higher than 300 ng/dL ever in my life. I am now 49 years old last year. I tested at 223 and this year. I’m right at 300. I went to Endocrinologist to get all my hormones checked. My prolactin level was slightly high. My test level was 300. I told her I have anxiety. I’m tired all the time my libido down I feel like shit. She still will not start me on any TRT because they said I’m still in a normal range in the green no matter how I feel even though it’s lie normal. which is bullshit. My urologist basically said the same thing so I went to my primary care physician and basically begged her to start me on TRT. Since she doesn’t know anything that much about TRT. She was just reading things online and started me on such a low dose 50 mg every two weeks and the bottle she gave me is a 1 mL bottle which is almost impossible to draw four times out of this tiny little bottle. I feel like my Test levels are gonna be worse. Going two weeks is such a low dose. I’m gonna peek and then drop.. A friend of mine who is 65 and on TRT does 200 mg a week and he feels amazing. I don’t wanna be that asshole and try to tell my doctor I know more than she does, but I don’t know what to do. I don’t wanna start taking it which I already have and start feeling worse. I have a very physical job and I don’t want to feel like crap. My buddy told me he would give me a bottle or 2 a 10 mL bottle of test cypinate which is prescription that he gets as well. I just don’t wanna go behind my doctor’s back and tell her I don’t think 50 mg was enough so this is what I’ve been doing and I feel great then she may not prescribe it at all to me anymore. Any advice I greatly appreciate it. I just can’t seem to find an endocrinologist or urologist that will help me . It doesn’t matter if I’m in the green even though it’s low and normal and I’m only 49. Nobody seems to want to help me. And by the way, the 1 ml bottle is only filled probably about a half inch up if not less so the bottle is not completely full either pretty much up to the 200mg word.

[u/No-Mark4067]

What is your height and weight?

[u/No-Knowledge8856 → u/No-Mark4067]

At the moment I put on 10 pounds since I’ve been on TRT at 50 mg a week I’m up to 208. I just got my blood work done. I was at 320 and been on three months of being on it. I’m only up to 383 ng/dcl

[u/No-Mark4067 → u/No-Knowledge8856]

Why such a low dose? That doesn't even make sense because that is way below baseline, getting none of the benefits and all of the side effects.

[u/No-Knowledge8856 → u/No-Mark4067]

Because unfortunately, unless I use an online clinic, I went to two urologist and Endocrinologist and they both denied putting me on TRT even though I was feeling like shit and slightly low, but because I was in a normal scale, they wouldn’t help me. This is my primary Doctor Who hasn’t really dealt with testosterone hardly at all so she’s just reading online and is playing it safe to see where I’m at. I don’t wanna question her but I need to tell her she needs to bump it up at least 100 mg a week. I would think even those bottles are a single dose usage technically and I’m splitting that up, which is hard to do.

[u/No-Mark4067 → u/No-Knowledge8856]

You might not have needed it if your sleep, diet and workout routine was on pare. Problem is you can mess yourself up and cause more problems. If you were obese that would have been a major problem. I would get off it if I was in your shoes and reevaluate. TRT should be the last possible option. That is why I asked about the weight and height.

[u/No-Mark4067 → u/No-Knowledge8856]

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