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Testosterone Replacement, Low T, HCG, & Beyond
Testosterone Basics & Questions
Any guys on TRT long term and how is it? Newbie androgel but haven’t began
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<blockquote data-quote="BillyJ03z" data-source="post: 243152" data-attributes="member: 17759"><p>Been on TRT for about 13 years now (48 yrs old).... Never once been dialed in... tried every type of injection, dosing frequency, long acting/short acting esters, etc..... (I have horrible sleep, no mental motivation, physical/mental laziness, low sex drive, noticeable cognitive slowing (noticeable to me, but thankfully not to others yet)..... I suffer from Low SHBG and I have had success in significantly raising SHBG through Thyroid dosing (Armour/T3), but it doesn't translate into any noticeable mental/physical benefits and it's a hassle with Thyroid meds because you can't eat before/after for about 30min/hr which affects workouts timing, especially in the morning. My sleep has been beyond horrible... I tell my wife that I feel I will be dead within the next 5 years due to lack of sleep... I don't know how any human can function like I do with lack of sleep and broken sleep. Had sleep study test done and I do have apnea, which I know started after starting TRT.. Ive tried CPAP and it is impossible for me to use... I've tried and tried but it is uncomfortable and just impossible. My Lipid profile is completely out of range, however, when taking Thyroid meds it actually greatly improved my Lipids. For the most part during my time on TRT, I have been in good athletic shape, however, in the last 2 plus years I have not been consistent with my workouts and physical fitness due to the mental fatigue getting even worse. I just don't feel mentally motivated to do anything.. an example is like physically feeling hungry, but I'm mentally not motivated to make anything to eat. That is how I feel with my workouts and life right now. I have very low DHEA, but when I supplement orally it does substantially raise my Dhea-s, but I don't feel/notice any benefits and a side effect I get severely bloated. So, I recently started taking TWIST25 Dhea cream (3 weeks now) and my libido seems to improve a little bit but I haven't had levels tested. I had Saliva cortisol testing done about 10 years ago and it was low morning, noon, evening and high at night . 2023 is probably my last hoorah with TRT.. gonna go all out with watching my diet and maintaining strength/cardio training and see if there is a noticeable improvement in all the issues aforementioned. If not, then I'm going to start the transition of going off TRT.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BillyJ03z, post: 243152, member: 17759"] Been on TRT for about 13 years now (48 yrs old).... Never once been dialed in... tried every type of injection, dosing frequency, long acting/short acting esters, etc..... (I have horrible sleep, no mental motivation, physical/mental laziness, low sex drive, noticeable cognitive slowing (noticeable to me, but thankfully not to others yet)..... I suffer from Low SHBG and I have had success in significantly raising SHBG through Thyroid dosing (Armour/T3), but it doesn't translate into any noticeable mental/physical benefits and it's a hassle with Thyroid meds because you can't eat before/after for about 30min/hr which affects workouts timing, especially in the morning. My sleep has been beyond horrible... I tell my wife that I feel I will be dead within the next 5 years due to lack of sleep... I don't know how any human can function like I do with lack of sleep and broken sleep. Had sleep study test done and I do have apnea, which I know started after starting TRT.. Ive tried CPAP and it is impossible for me to use... I've tried and tried but it is uncomfortable and just impossible. My Lipid profile is completely out of range, however, when taking Thyroid meds it actually greatly improved my Lipids. For the most part during my time on TRT, I have been in good athletic shape, however, in the last 2 plus years I have not been consistent with my workouts and physical fitness due to the mental fatigue getting even worse. I just don't feel mentally motivated to do anything.. an example is like physically feeling hungry, but I'm mentally not motivated to make anything to eat. That is how I feel with my workouts and life right now. I have very low DHEA, but when I supplement orally it does substantially raise my Dhea-s, but I don't feel/notice any benefits and a side effect I get severely bloated. So, I recently started taking TWIST25 Dhea cream (3 weeks now) and my libido seems to improve a little bit but I haven't had levels tested. I had Saliva cortisol testing done about 10 years ago and it was low morning, noon, evening and high at night . 2023 is probably my last hoorah with TRT.. gonna go all out with watching my diet and maintaining strength/cardio training and see if there is a noticeable improvement in all the issues aforementioned. If not, then I'm going to start the transition of going off TRT. [/QUOTE]
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