Hi, guys! I am not totally new here, as I've had another account that I no longer remember the password for, nor do I have access to the e-mail.
I have some news! I am closer than ever to starting T! All I have to do is go and get the shot! Here's where my new problem pops up though... I have really bad anxiety and I have been reading in some groups about people getting shortness of breath and other symptoms after their T-shot... Even though they claim that the shot was done by a nurse... My question for you, guys is considering that my bloodwork came back pretty decent, hence, why the endocrinologist prescribed me the testosterone, how safe am I? Has this happened to anybody?
Right now I cannot ask my doctor, which is why I am posting here.
I do not plan to self-inject for quite some time.
I am doing this stealthly, which is why I need to know whether or not I will get sick before I go on with this.
To my knowledge I have no allergies...
That's all I can think of right now.
Thank you all.

I've gotten woozy from the blood work, same as you do whenever you have a lot of blood taken. And I had nurses screw up a couple times and cause swelling at the injection site, making it a little painful to walk for a couple of days. But I've never experienced any discomfort with the actual effects of the T. Just a pleasant energy boost.

If it weren't generally very safe, they wouldn't let us self-inject, or just let us walk out of the clinic right away without any observation period. You'll be okay.

I've not heard about shortness of breath of sickness after a shot. I think most of that would come from anxiety and getting yourself too wound up and panicked about it. Try to use relaxation and breathing techniques before your shot. The thing that happened to me immediately after was a dry mouth and a bit of pain in my butt, other than that, walk in the park. I'd suggest heating up the vial before injection so the liquid is thinner and causes less pain and also leave the muscle relaxed, don't tense up or it'll hurt more. If you're having it done in your glutes, put all your weight on the other leg to the side you're being injected in if you're standing.

Good luck mate! You've got nothing to worry about health-wise. It's a completely liberating feeling.

Any time you start a new medication, any time you put something "foreign" into your body really, you run the risk of having some sort of "reaction" to it. There is ALWAYS that risk. Even with over the counter drugs. No one, not even your doctor, can predict if that is going to happen, as everyone's body handles things differently.

Generally speaking, i haven't heard of many guys having adverse effects from it beyond pain where they got the shot. If your endocrinologist thought it was going to do more harm than good, they wouldn't have prescribed it for you. Keep that in mind.

If it makes you anxious to think there "might" be a reaction, then try to plan to have the shot when you don't have to be somewhere (or do anything) after. That way you can just go home and relax for the day.

I got dry mouth, weird taste, hot all over, and lightheaded after my first shot - i wanted to go home and sleep, i just felt off - but that's mostly because it was a shot, and had little to do with the T. It hasn't happened since. Take what you will from that. It's just my experience.

Any honest concerns should be discussed with the endocrinologist.

Consider subcutaneous shots instead of IM.
It helped me a lot.

The dizzyness you experience, any shortness of breath, can be attributed to blood not flowing to your brain well enough. Lie down with your feet up immediately after the shot. That´s the advice my GP gave me and it works.

Also try breathing slowly while you do your shot. And try not to inject the needle very slowly - this just hurts and makes it worse. Quick and short will only give you a pinch, as it pierces the skin, the rest should not hurt.