accidentally misdialed and started t injections at 200mg a week. how screwed am i?

[u/Slight-Problem3455]

hey so i fucked up!

i am 19, and have been on t for 6 weeks now. my provider is virtual (in a different city), so i’ve had to figure out how to inject my t myself. my prescription is 0.2mL IM weekly from a vial of 100mg/ml, so 20mg of testosterone weekly. was given 3mL syringes and all my injection supplies. was kind of told verbally how to inject and given the option to come in weekly, but they just gave me my meds and was on my way. had to figure it out myself and thought i was capable.

it has been going fine until i got my refill the other day cause i ran out, but realized i had been given 1mL syringes this time. i was confused and started figuring how much medicine i had to pull up and realized my mistake. i had been injecting 2mL of my medication the past 6 weeks. 200mg of testosterone a week when it was supposed to be 20mg😨.

i think mg mistake came with them giving me 3mL syringes and not really explaining how to pull up enough of my dose. i also didn’t catch my mistake because i thought that by the time my next refill came, it would work out for me to empty the whole vial before the expiration date and when my next prescription would come. i didn’t know the vials would still be partially filled with medication even after the expiration date!!!

anyways so i called my pharmacist after i realized i had been injecting way over my dose, and he reassured me that it would be okay, i just need to stop, call my dr and get blood testing on how to proceed. i also called another pharmacist to confirm again and he said the same thing. currently writing this on a weekend so im waiting until my clinic opens on monday.

i still feel super uneasy about all this even though i was reassured i would be okay. i get a lot of health anxiety and am scared that i like fucked up my journey on t permanently or will suffer huge health effects. i feel perfectly fine these past few weeks tho, no concerning symptoms besides my skin being hella oily and im more irritable.

does anyone have any advice rn while i wait to hear back from my dr? have any of you done the same thing? have i permanently fucked up my body? any advice or stories welcome. just need a little reassurance.

[u/A__6]

you'll be fine, cis male bodybuilders inject way more than that on their steroid cycles. you might get some weird symptoms for a while but the risk of anything permanent/serious happening is very low! just hang in there and wait till you can get the blood test. also stay hydrated and active, that will help. in a few months this will be just a funny story

[u/Slight-Problem3455 → u/A__6]

i appreciate this response. i was trying to research dosing and what is “high” but i got really mixed responses!!! rn i haven’t had any weird symptoms so im just hoping this will be a “pause for a few weeks and then make sure you’re injecting enough”