IMHO...you would be best served by doing a complete PCT first...then get a complete workup including pituitary and thyroid function
You will be glad in the future you have a thorough baseline to base things on
Also...self admin trt is foolish...find a good endo that you can be honest with....there a bunch of bad ones..so it can be a search..but it's a life time of your health in the balance
Please don't be lazy
There is so much more involved than simple pinning 100-200mg/week test...the endocrine system is complicated
Take the time and expense to find out what going on in your body..then let an endo advise you...you can ALWAYS self prescribe later
Be safe...do it right
You make a good point about seeing a doc but you have left the door open for me to rant.It is ok to self administer if you know what you are doing and get bloods.
First and foremost this seeing a doc thing is a lot easier said than done. The majority of trt docs are either internal medicine, family practice or general practice. They know little to nothing except for what they read in the big pharm literature. Which let me remind you that for years and years big pharm and docs said test does nothing to help build muscle, and is of no use as PED.
Now ..if you go to an endo he is going to be bound by the protocol of what the hospital or whoever is his boss tells him. AND the hospital will get their protocol from what big pharm tells them. Isn't that nice? Now they keep passing the buck, so if something goes wrong then all liabillity is on big pharm.
Next big pharm makes Aveed...so read up on the aveed protocol. Keep in mnd that docs know test....mention to them deca,mast,eq,primo and then watch for piss puddles on the floor.
My sis is a leading endo in the northeast who will give deca as part of trt but she is rare. Otherwise you will get aveed with an 18g pin. Some may still use cyp or E. Remember,there are lawyers waiting to pounce, so they will follow big pharm protocol. Now why is it that yu think my sis knows about deca? Yes..from me. The fact is that the bodybuilders taught the docs how to do this ..NOT vice versa. I have a brother with a Ph.D in chemistry who worked for big pharm, and a sis that does research...on what? Test supplied by big pharm...i.e. Aveed again. In case you have not heard of aveed it is a very long chained test called test undecoanate and it is made in the slowly releasing castor oil.
So if you think I am going to let sme ignorant jackwad MD tell me how to use aas or trt then then re think. And to say that "self admin is foolish" is totally not true. You learn your bloods and work from there. A doc will only look at bloods. Nothing else...maybe a finger check. And keep in mind that doc is looking over is shoulder at the lawyer.
Bottom line IF you can find a good doc then great, but be aware YOU are not their main focus...it is money, and lawsuits that come first before you.
Also..all of the ancillarys that we use. Clomid,aromasin etc...were all developed for women. Guess who taught the docs that they are good for men too? Yep..bodybulders.
So physician you can heal thyself. You need to study up and get a good grasp and then leave the docs in the dust. While they are jacking aveed into unknowing men I will be ENJOYING..my deca.
I do not do trt, but if and when the day comes there will be no doc who knows anything...why? Because.. I dont feel like taking the time to educate him!
