I'm a 35 year-old with secondary hypo due to chronic illness. My symptoms are ED, fatigue, muscle pain, and low motivation. I hit a major obstacle when I became unable to take an AI due to adverse reactions, I'm now looking for other options.
Here's a summary of my treatment:
There are case reports of AIs causing autoimmunity. I've had rare autoimmune reactions to medications in the past, so it's likely that I've got bad luck and can't take them. I switched to daily doses of 14 mg for two weeks, which brought my T to 1047; for the six weeks since then I've been on 12 mg.
My muscle pain is good on daily dosing, but my sexual function isn't. I've got less sensitivity, difficulty reaching orgasm, more ED, and less libido than after just a week of T+HCG+AI. I don't want to cause primary hypo by staying on a protocol that has only mediocre benefit.
What are the chances that I could take Clomid with a low dose of TRT? Theoretically, my HPTA won't be suppressed by about 8 mg of T, and a low dose of Clomid could bring my level just high enough without causing side effects. I'm open to other ideas.
Here's a summary of my treatment:
- Clomid, 12.5-50 mg, no ED, stopped due to psychological symptoms
- t. cypionate 100 mg weekly, ED
- t. enanthate 50 mg twice weekly, ED
- e. 50 mg twice weekly with 500 IU HCG, total ED
- 1/16-0.5 mg anastrozole added to #4, felt great, forced to stop due to neuropathy from the AI
- 12-14 mg t. enanthate daily, ED
- Total T 226-390 (264-916)
- Free T 11-12.5 (5-21)
- Lh 3.4 (1.7-8.6)
- FSH 2-2.7 (1.5-12.4)
- Prolactin 6.1 (4.0-15.2)
- E2 (never tested off treatment)
- Total T 520-890 (264-916)
- Free T 17-25.9 (5-21)
- Lh 6.8 (1.7-8.6)
- FSH 3.2 (1.5-12.4)
- Prolactin 6.2 (4.0-15.2)
- E2 20.1-20.7 (7.6-42.6)
There are case reports of AIs causing autoimmunity. I've had rare autoimmune reactions to medications in the past, so it's likely that I've got bad luck and can't take them. I switched to daily doses of 14 mg for two weeks, which brought my T to 1047; for the six weeks since then I've been on 12 mg.
My muscle pain is good on daily dosing, but my sexual function isn't. I've got less sensitivity, difficulty reaching orgasm, more ED, and less libido than after just a week of T+HCG+AI. I don't want to cause primary hypo by staying on a protocol that has only mediocre benefit.
What are the chances that I could take Clomid with a low dose of TRT? Theoretically, my HPTA won't be suppressed by about 8 mg of T, and a low dose of Clomid could bring my level just high enough without causing side effects. I'm open to other ideas.
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