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Can someone please explain the reason for taking Clomid ED versus EOD?

Thank you for all of this advice! It has been tremendously helpful since it's hard to do research in my current condition.

The Clomid option sounds attractive, but I found this post where Nelson wrote: Are you guys therefore recommending something different than monotherapy?

In the past years I have tried everything imaginable for sleep. I don't know if my hormones were low before my sleep problems started because they had never been tested.

I forgot to post one of my latest blood results: pregnenolone 10 [13-208 ng/dL]

The initial labs that I had done before starting T were saliva labs. Testosterone and Free T3 were low normal, prompting a trial of testosterone and thyroid hormone. Those would be considered my “pre” labs, but since they were saliva and not blood they are apples to oranges with respect to my...

I don't have pre-TRT labs (it is hard for me to do things right with my fatigue).

CoastWatcher, I previously took cream containing 50 mg/day of T for about a month. I stopped using it when I found out that if I kept using it I would need to take it for the rest of my life, that there were risks to my fertility, and that I would also need to inject HCG. I wanted to do some...

Paul-E, I had a sleep study done and do not have apnea. You said it seems like I have secondary hypgonadism, but aren't my LH and FSH right in the middle of the ranges and not low, thereby indicating primary hypogonadism? Would Clomid still be appropriate for me?

I am 41 and in the US. Any hints on how to lower SHBG?

Hi, I suffer from debilitating insomnia, fatigue, and cognitive impairment. I just got my labs. Does anyone have any insights? The lab ranges follow each value in brackets. TSH 0.944 [0.550-4.780 ulU/mL] Free T4 1.38 [0.89-1.76 ng/dL] Free T3 3.2 [2.3-4.2 pg/mL] Total T 287.0 [129.0-767.0...

I am getting the tests done, but for future reference am wondering if the cream is still reasonably potent.

My doctor has prescribed T cream for me. He also did a trial of it with me a couple of years ago but I didn't notice it improving my condition so I stopped taking it after about 6 weeks (25 mg T per pump of cream). I still have more than a month's supply left over from that time, but now it's...

Thanks. I have read the book "Safe Uses of Cortisol" by William Jeffries, which says that physiologic doses of cortisol below a certain amount do not permanently turn off the body's production of this hormone, and have also heard of people weaning off natural thyroid hormone, so I had wondered...

I am interested in testosterone cream in order to resolve disabling chronic physical and mental fatigue. However, I am concerned about shutting down my body's ability to produce T as well as risks to my fertility and am wondering if there are any strategies to avoid this. Nelson's book says...

I didn't know about the dopa spike and will factor that in. After 4 weeks I stopped using the T cream because I didn't know when I had started about the risks of it shutting down my body's ability to produce T or the risks to my fertility. I decided to take a break while I do some research...

Can anyone tell me if it is likely to feel significantly improved mental energy and focus within 5 days of starting a daily morning dose of testosterone skin cream that contains 50 mg testosterone (I assume 10% of this or 5 mg was actually getting into my system)? I am trying to determine if the...