[Chestnut]

I will be posting in detail about my latest experiements and development in about two weeks or so as I'm hitting three and half years on HRT. Last six months have been amazing and I've figured out quite a bit about how to make the topical protocol work to the max. The basics of it are super simple, with DHEA I think its great idea to get the capsules and use the micronised powder instead of cream, its much cheaper and dosing is super easy. Of course if cost isn't a problem, the creams work just fine as there's less hassle to work with.

From what I've found, it seems to get really efficient when dosage exceeds 50mg. I've stayed on 75mg for a long time as it seems near perfect. With progesterone, creams work fine, but the changes seem to get way faster when there's much higher dosage used, the gel from Prog capsules. My usual dose is 200mg from capsule and 20mg from cream. For estradiol I have the 1mg gel pouches.

Anyway, I will be posting updated program, timeline photos and explain a whole lot about all this before Christmas.

Hi Lara, and thank you so much for your advice and help. I really value your encouragement and example, though I can only dream of making the fantastic gains that you have achieved!

I especially appreciate the dosage examples you describe. I can see instantly that I am way off the dosages you are using, so I will have to examine and adjust mine in the light of your comments. I have just today run out of DHEA cream (Biovea). You are quite right - it is very expensive and to increase my dosage I will need to change to capsules and mix the powder into my progesterone cream (as you advise) - which I also need to up my dosage of.

In the UK the only source of micronised DHEA capsules seems to be iHerb. I have been looking at some 50mg capsules from MRM Nutrition which appear to be a good starting point. If you have any other suggestions or a preferred brand I would love to know - DHEA seems a little tricky to source in the UK…

I very much look forward to hearing about your experiments in due course. I hope that you might be able to give us more information on dosage rates and anything else that you feel has helped you in making your amazing gains. Thanks! Chestnut