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I was on trt for few years and got switched to clomid mono therapy because me and my gf wanted kids. I was on clomid for almost a year and we are having our first baby on January. After being so long on clomid I wanted to see if I could be completely without trt. I stopped taking clomid and...

Yeah low dose is the way to go. There are even studies showing that low dose was almost as effective at stimulating testosterone than higher doses, with obviously less sides. I did 12,5mg eod and even that definitely made me feel better than being without it.

True, I doubt there is any more benefit regarding recovery, from continuing clomid. I've tried coming off, but everything goes to sh*t when I do so. My blood pressure goes up, I start getting a lot more heart palpitations I normally do, I get so tired that it's crazy. I was one month without...

I've been on clomid mono for roughly a year now, and been trying to quit it. Today I found this study: Hormonal effects of an antiestrogen, tamoxifen, in normal and oligospermic men - PubMed So it seems that clomid might actually hurt my ability to be without trt? After all I'm trying to help...

I've been on HCG mono for few weeks now. Dosage is 1250iu 3x week. Just got a blood test done Total testosterone: 24,8nmol/l (10-38) Translated to US units it's 715.28ng/dl so pretty nice number IMO. Estrogen: 0,16nmol/l (<0,15). Didn't get free testosterone this time, because my shbg is...

Wow you're actually using natesto currently? I thought it was still only in development phase. Have you got bloods with it? Really interesting how it's claimed to not tank your own production.

Hi! Surely there has to be guys here who suffer from migraines, how did trt affect them? I'm asking because trt seems to trigger migraines for me, and I don't understand why. There seems to be evidence about low T causing migraines, and trt actually helping, but still when I'm off I get zero...

Interesting. Cortisol is probably the answer to what I was asking. For instance if you hit the gym 5 days in a row vs every other day. Wouldn't it make sense that resting a day after every workout would not drive cortisol up that much, and therefore not hurt testosterone production?

There is a lot of information online about working out being good for testosterone production, while in the other hand it can actually be bad for it. I've been trying to research for information regarding this, and how much would actually be optimal for hormonal functions. Does anyone have...

There are only three optiona where I live: -Sustanon -Gels -Nebido (Testosterone undecanoate) I did sustanon with the basic 125mg/w which wasn't even that bad compared to how I feel now. I know splitting it more could be the answer, or I could try Nebido. With nebido the basic recommended...

I had really bad aural migraines, with symptoms similar to a stroke. I would get numbness and blurred vision in other side etc. It was really bad. I also thought that trt would have been the cause of my arrhythmias but that doesn't seem to be the case, even though my body might just need more...

E2: 0.13 nmol/l (<0.15) LH: 9.58 IU/l (1.50-9.30) Total testosterone: 16.7 nmol/l (8-29) SHBG: 29 nmol/l (15-95) Free testosterone: 274 pmol/l (155-800) Estrogen is within the range, but imo a bit high compared to my testosterone. Still probably not the reason for me feeling like crap thought...

Got arrhythmia today too. Clomid seems to aggravate it. Gonna leave clomid out and see if it helps. Weird since I thought clomid wasn't supposed to cause arrhythmia, but apparently I was wrong.

Interesting. Might lower the clomid dosage OR just drop it completely. Got pretty bad arrhythmia yesterday, so something is still wrong. Then again if I lower my dose, ny testosterone will surely drop too. It was suspected that I am primarily hypo before trt was started, and it supports it...

I 100% appreciate the honesty. I'm a bit worried that this might indeed be the case. On the good side thought, even if it happens, I'll hopefully be able to bank some fertile semen because of all this, before hopping back to trt.

I made a post about this on another forum, but decided to make one here too, in case someone cares haha. I quit trt on June last year, and started hcg. Was on testosterone injections for few years. I was on hcg for a bit over 6 months, and one month ago I switched it to clomid. This is all...

Tamoxifen is the only one they use in my country. So clomid is off the limits for me, and since I don't live in the US I can't use Defy either. I got bloods after 2 weeks of Tamoxifen 20mg/d. Now I know 2 weeks is way too early for bloods, but I wanted to see if the medicine had started to do...

Day 9 with Tamoxifen 20mg/d -Terrible anxiety. I have a 24/7 panic attack feeling. Just unbearable. Fucking bullshit, I'll not be taking tamoxifen anymore -Blood pressure is elevated -ZERO libido. Dick is in a shrimp mode. Fuck this shit

I got a semen analysis done after 2 months of HCG and the count was almost zero. The fertility clinic doctor told me that it takes at least 3 months for fertility to recover at all, since the lifespan of semen is around that time.

A little update on my situation. Doctor prescribed tamoxifen 20mg/d, so I'm going to stop HCG and switch to it. I do hope that the brain fog goes away. It's not that bad anymore anyways, and I hope it was just a side effect from HCG. Doctor advised me to start the tamoxifen tomorrow, get bloods...

What kind of problems did it cause, if you don't mind me asking?

Good to see that other doctors prescribe big doses too, so mine isn't doing anything crazy haha. I've been on 2500iu EOD and my semen analysis showed almost zero. Anyways it's good to know that the fertility doctor told me it takes at least 3months to start producing sperm, since the lifespan...

Here are some new labs. E2: 0.17nmol/l (<0.15) Total testosterone: 16.5nmol/l (8-29). SHBG: 28nmol/l (15-95) Free testosterone: 274pmol/l (155-800) Estrogen is over the range, and seems a bit high for such a low testosterone number right? Free test is shit tbh. Also my T level is actually a...

Thanks for the answer. My goal is to switch to tamoxifen after hcg. I'll email my doctor these results and hopefully he will agree with the switch. No way I want to be on just hcg forever. Way too tired from using only that. I just fear that my levels will just not recover and I'll just need...

I've been on HCG from June 15, for an attempt to restart my own testosterone production. My trt doctor prescribed a huge amount of 5000iu 2x week. I did that first, and then spared it out to 2500iu EOD after few weeks, because of the huge 5000iu dose at once seemed to give me elevated heart rate...

Thank you brother. Ps. I actually found out that they just calculated the amount of hcg wrong in the pharmacy, so I do have enough after all. I'll be trying the 5000iu 2x/week which my dr prescribed to me. Hopefully my estrogen won't skyrocket.

Thanks. It was gonna be hcg for as long as 3 months, but now I've noticed my dr prescribed too few amps of hcg. My pct protocol will now be 2500iu Mon/Wed/Fri at first, bloods done after a month and we'll see how it goes from there. Probably tamoxifen 20mg/d after that, for 2months.

https://bjui-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bju.14401 I also found this study, where they used 5000iu 2x/week, so I guess it's not so crazy protocol after all.

Thanks for this. Im suspecting estrogen is starting to be elevated, since my blood pressure and resting heart rate are up. I'm also getting lethargy. Got bloods today so interested to see what they show. My dr also didn't advice me on when to quit the testosterone gel. I've been on hcg for...

I've been searching for info regarding HCG dosing, but it seems to be really mixed so I'm asking for opinions/knowledge/links to research/etc. My trt doc prescribed hcg to bring my balls back to life, since I'm looking to quit trt. My dr told me to take 5000iu 2x/week. Apparently it takes big...

You are absolutely right about the timing of labs. That was my own mistake. I mean, if a 125mg dose gave me free testosterone of 397 pmol/l (155-800), it was probably low as shit on the 6th and 7th day. I bet by taking the labs on the 7th day I could get my dr to adjust my dose to something like...