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The TRT Add-Ons No One’s Talking About — Yet

This will revolutionize TRT protocols

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May 23, 2025
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The Hidden Levers of TRT: Discoveries That Changed My Protocol Forever

What I’m about to share might just revolutionize the way we approach TRT. These aren’t theories — they’re data-backed discoveries based on bloodwork, trial-and-error, and hours of research. And as far as I know, no one else is doing experiments like this or tracking them this closely.

To be honest, I almost didn’t want to share this.
Because once it gets out, you’ll see more and more people adopting these strategies — and I believe these compounds will soon become standard components of next-gen TRT protocols.

But I love doing research and experiments and discovering new things (being a pioneer). And what else am I going to do than to share my findings?

So here you go.

Why you might be interested in this (even as a natty guy)

You’re doing everything right on TRT — proper dosing, clean injections, maybe even using an AI — and yet your testosterone stays lower than expected. Estradiol creeps up. You feel flat. Your labs are unpredictable.
You’re constantly adjusting dosages, timing bloodwork, and troubleshooting symptoms. It becomes a juggling act of testosterone, estrogen, liver enzymes, and inflammation, where every change throws something else out of balance.

I’ve been there.
At one point, 500mg of test gave me over 2400ng/dL. Months later, the same dose gave me just 1220. My estradiol skyrocketed. My testosterone-to-estrogen ratio collapsed. And there was no clear reason why.

Imagine a TRT protocol that works consistently.
One where testosterone stays high, estradiol stays in check, inflammation is low, and labs are stable. No constant tweaking. No AI dependence. No mystery symptoms.

That’s what this article is about:
How to make TRT work better, feel better, and be easier to manage.

The big breakthrough came when I realized it wasn’t about adjusting testosterone.
It was about changing the internal environment that determines how testosterone behaves — how it’s absorbed, converted, metabolized, and cleared.

That meant focusing on the unseen variables — the gut, the liver, the enzymes, the co-factors.

Through months of experimentation and bloodwork every two weeks, I identified a set of compounds that:

  • Raise testosterone levels without increasing the dose

  • Lower estradiol without needing an AI

  • Stabilize liver enzymes, inflammation markers, and SHBG

  • And most importantly, make TRT less work and more reward

What if the real key to successful TRT isn’t more testosterone or tighter AI control?
…but fixing estrogen metabolism at the gut level?
What if the microbiome and liver enzymes are the bottlenecks holding your results hostage?

Most of these effects showed up within 2 weeks of consistent use, and they were strong enough to register clearly in bloodwork.

The first time I started

If you haven’t checked out why I’m using testosterone, check out this article.

Why I decided to start injecting Testosterone (Even while having a natural level of 1254 ng/dL)

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Why I decided to start injecting Testosterone (Even while having a natural level of 1254 ng/dL)

Why I Started Injecting Testosterone (TLDR):

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When I first started testosterone (Dec 2022 to March 2023), I used 500mg/week of testosterone enanthate (split Mon/Thu) along with 20mg Aromasin (1 cap) per injection.

  • Testosterone: 2400 ng/dL

  • Estradiol: ~60 pg/mL

  • This felt great — a strong T-to-E2 ratio and amazing energy.

But I only stayed on for 4 months.

I got off the experiment with natural testosterone boosters like mega-dosing Tongkat Ali.

Round 2: Confusion Hits

When I restarted at 250mg/week (Nov 2024), things were weird:

  • T increased to only 1200 ng/dL

  • E2 shot up to 90 pg/mL (on 1 cap of Aromasin)

And over time, it got worse:

  • T fell to 929 ng/dL

  • E2 climbed to 120 — even while taking 1 cap Aromasin

This made no sense. Testosterone should be much higher, so either my source was bunk or something weird was going on.

Also, aromatase was out of control this time.

All my labs were fine:

  • Inflammation (hsCRP, ESR)

  • Liver, cortisol, prolactin, thyroid

  • No deficiencies: Zinc, selenium, magnesium, folate, B12

I even increased my dose back to 500mg/week, expecting a jump.

But testosterone only rose to 1220 ng/dL — half of what it was at the same dose previously.

Clearly, something was interfering.

Now let’s dive into the game changers.

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