Hi, I'm 42, located at Jakarta, Indonesia.
I've been having brain fog, depression, anxiety, irritability, restlessness, very low tolerance to stress, insomnia, frequent urination, crashing after meal and bunch of other symptoms for years.
I'm currently working with a functional medicine doc. He pointed out that low T is the most probable cause of my symptoms.
My Feb 2019 tests :
Dutch test :
Testosterone 3.5 ng/mg (normal range 25-115)
Estrone (E1) 3.1 ng/mg (normal range 4-16)
Estradiol (E2) 0.48 ng/mg (normal range 0.5-2.2)
Saliva hormone test :
Testosterone. 337 pmol/L (reference : 100 - 720)
Estradiol (E2) 18.0 pmol/L (reference : 1.0 - 6.0)
Estrone (E1) 3.0 pmol/L (reference : 1.5 - 22.0)
2017 test :
Testosterone 206 ng/dl (reference 241-827)
Testosterone (SI) 7.1 nmol/L (reference 8.4-28.7)
Free Testosterone 32.25 pmol/L (reference 22.9-104.1)
I've been reading around the forum about TRT, and after being tired of feeling like crap for so long, I decided to do TRT, even if it means injecting myself for the rest of my life. So earlier today I went to an andrologist. He said he has Nebido. I said that most people in the forum who use injection seems to inject 1-2/week with cypionate or enanthate. He said those are not as good as Nebido. He said Nebido is the best. I forgot to ask though if he has cypionate or enanthate.
But he said before getting to TRT, he suggested me to try HCG first. He said HCG alone can also raise T, it's very safe and I don't have to do it forever. He offered me Ovidrel. It said on the box one shot is 250 mcg (approx 6500 IU) choriogonadotropin alfa. He didn't do any tests. Thinking that HCG seems to be safe, and it might won't hurt to try, and I was also tempted when he said I don't have to this for the rest of my life, I took a shot in his office. He said if it works, I should feel good in a couple days. He asked me to measure my total testosterone after 5 days to see if it work, and possibly do a couple more shots. He wasn't very clear when I asked how many shots I will need. He did also say that if my T does increase, for some people it may drop again when they stop.
On my way back home, I thought that what he said about HCG seems too good to be true. If it works, why would so many people do TRT for the rest of their lives.
So my question is, is it possible to raise T with HCG alone?
It's been 7 hours since I got the injection, and I feel like I actually feel more stress & jittery.
I've been having brain fog, depression, anxiety, irritability, restlessness, very low tolerance to stress, insomnia, frequent urination, crashing after meal and bunch of other symptoms for years.
I'm currently working with a functional medicine doc. He pointed out that low T is the most probable cause of my symptoms.
My Feb 2019 tests :
Dutch test :
Testosterone 3.5 ng/mg (normal range 25-115)
Estrone (E1) 3.1 ng/mg (normal range 4-16)
Estradiol (E2) 0.48 ng/mg (normal range 0.5-2.2)
Saliva hormone test :
Testosterone. 337 pmol/L (reference : 100 - 720)
Estradiol (E2) 18.0 pmol/L (reference : 1.0 - 6.0)
Estrone (E1) 3.0 pmol/L (reference : 1.5 - 22.0)
2017 test :
Testosterone 206 ng/dl (reference 241-827)
Testosterone (SI) 7.1 nmol/L (reference 8.4-28.7)
Free Testosterone 32.25 pmol/L (reference 22.9-104.1)
I've been reading around the forum about TRT, and after being tired of feeling like crap for so long, I decided to do TRT, even if it means injecting myself for the rest of my life. So earlier today I went to an andrologist. He said he has Nebido. I said that most people in the forum who use injection seems to inject 1-2/week with cypionate or enanthate. He said those are not as good as Nebido. He said Nebido is the best. I forgot to ask though if he has cypionate or enanthate.
But he said before getting to TRT, he suggested me to try HCG first. He said HCG alone can also raise T, it's very safe and I don't have to do it forever. He offered me Ovidrel. It said on the box one shot is 250 mcg (approx 6500 IU) choriogonadotropin alfa. He didn't do any tests. Thinking that HCG seems to be safe, and it might won't hurt to try, and I was also tempted when he said I don't have to this for the rest of my life, I took a shot in his office. He said if it works, I should feel good in a couple days. He asked me to measure my total testosterone after 5 days to see if it work, and possibly do a couple more shots. He wasn't very clear when I asked how many shots I will need. He did also say that if my T does increase, for some people it may drop again when they stop.
On my way back home, I thought that what he said about HCG seems too good to be true. If it works, why would so many people do TRT for the rest of their lives.
So my question is, is it possible to raise T with HCG alone?
It's been 7 hours since I got the injection, and I feel like I actually feel more stress & jittery.
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