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<blockquote data-quote="FunkOdyssey" data-source="post: 236539" data-attributes="member: 44064"><p>I pulled the plug on my TRT journey after a little more than 3 months. I was enjoying some benefits in the area of energy, mood, and recovery/gains. However:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The hair loss was out of control. I went from a full, thick head of hair before I started to visibly thinned hair that shows my scalp easily.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Exaggeration of GERD / LPR symptoms was somewhat dose-responsive but persistent throughout.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I really hoped TRT was going to improve my libido. It would briefly help when I increased the dose, but generally it was worse than baseline.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">TRT was messing with my cognition. Depending on the dose and ester, this ranged from minor issues with word recall to feeling noticeably impaired / brain-fogged / dumb.</li> </ul><p>I had switched to propionate some weeks before stopping which I think was helpful to accelerate the recovery timeline. I stopped the daily prop injections and started on 12.5 mg enclomiphene daily. I took that for one week and then dropped to EOD enclomiphene due to headaches. I took labs on day 14 of PCT:</p><table class='post-table ' style='width: 100%'><tr><td ><p><strong>Test</strong></p></td><td ><p><strong>Pre-TRT Baseline</strong></p></td><td ><p><strong>Day 14 of PCT</strong></p></td><td ><p><strong>Normal Range</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td ><p>LH</p></td><td ><p>3.8 mIU/mL</p></td><td ><p>9.9 mIU/mL</p></td><td ><p>1.5 - 9.3 mIU/mL</p></td></tr><tr><td ><p>FSH</p></td><td ><p>10.5 mIU/mL</p></td><td ><p>10.2 mIU/mL</p></td><td ><p>1.6 - 8.0 mIU/mL</p></td></tr><tr><td ><p>Total Testosterone</p></td><td ><p>612 ng/dL</p></td><td ><p>727 ng/dL</p></td><td ><p>250 - 1100 ng/dL</p></td></tr><tr><td ><p>SHBG</p></td><td ><p>56 nmol/L</p></td><td ><p>55 nmol/L</p></td><td ><p>10 - 50 nmol/L</p></td></tr><tr><td ><p>Free Testosterone (EqD)</p></td><td ><p>66.7 pg/mL</p></td><td ><p>92.3 pg/mL</p></td><td ><p>35.0 - 155.0 pg/mL</p></td></tr><tr><td ><p>Free Testosterone (calc)</p></td><td ><p>8.7 ng/dL</p></td><td ><p>11.6 ng/dL</p></td><td ><p>4.6 - 22.4 ng/dL</p></td></tr></table> I stopped enclomiphene as soon as I received these lab results as the headaches were continuing to bother me. I consider myself either fully recovered or very nearly there, already. I'll repeat labs after a month without enclomiphene to verify that though. </p><p></p><p>I am grateful for the experience even though it didn't have the outcome I was looking for. I was forced to give up caffeine while trying to mitigate TRT side effects and I now intend to remain caffeine-free for the rest of my life, so that's a huge positive. </p><p></p><p>I was always curious about what TRT would do for me and that curiosity would only be satisfied by first-hand knowledge. The fearmongers that talk about TRT as a lifelong decision and try to scare people away from trying it couldn't be more wrong. I know some have had different results but quitting TRT after a 3 month trial and regaining my HPTA function was trivially easy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FunkOdyssey, post: 236539, member: 44064"] I pulled the plug on my TRT journey after a little more than 3 months. I was enjoying some benefits in the area of energy, mood, and recovery/gains. However: [LIST] [*]The hair loss was out of control. I went from a full, thick head of hair before I started to visibly thinned hair that shows my scalp easily. [*]Exaggeration of GERD / LPR symptoms was somewhat dose-responsive but persistent throughout. [*]I really hoped TRT was going to improve my libido. It would briefly help when I increased the dose, but generally it was worse than baseline. [*]TRT was messing with my cognition. Depending on the dose and ester, this ranged from minor issues with word recall to feeling noticeably impaired / brain-fogged / dumb. [/LIST] I had switched to propionate some weeks before stopping which I think was helpful to accelerate the recovery timeline. I stopped the daily prop injections and started on 12.5 mg enclomiphene daily. I took that for one week and then dropped to EOD enclomiphene due to headaches. I took labs on day 14 of PCT: [TABLE][TR][TD] [B]Test[/B] [/TD][TD] [B]Pre-TRT Baseline[/B] [/TD][TD] [B]Day 14 of PCT[/B] [/TD][TD] [B]Normal Range[/B] [/TD][/TR] [TR][TD] LH [/TD][TD] 3.8 mIU/mL [/TD][TD] 9.9 mIU/mL [/TD][TD] 1.5 - 9.3 mIU/mL [/TD][/TR] [TR][TD] FSH [/TD][TD] 10.5 mIU/mL [/TD][TD] 10.2 mIU/mL [/TD][TD] 1.6 - 8.0 mIU/mL [/TD][/TR] [TR][TD] Total Testosterone [/TD][TD] 612 ng/dL [/TD][TD] 727 ng/dL [/TD][TD] 250 - 1100 ng/dL [/TD][/TR] [TR][TD] SHBG [/TD][TD] 56 nmol/L [/TD][TD] 55 nmol/L [/TD][TD] 10 - 50 nmol/L [/TD][/TR] [TR][TD] Free Testosterone (EqD) [/TD][TD] 66.7 pg/mL [/TD][TD] 92.3 pg/mL [/TD][TD] 35.0 - 155.0 pg/mL [/TD][/TR] [TR][TD] Free Testosterone (calc) [/TD][TD] 8.7 ng/dL [/TD][TD] 11.6 ng/dL [/TD][TD] 4.6 - 22.4 ng/dL [/TD][/TR][/TABLE] I stopped enclomiphene as soon as I received these lab results as the headaches were continuing to bother me. I consider myself either fully recovered or very nearly there, already. I'll repeat labs after a month without enclomiphene to verify that though. I am grateful for the experience even though it didn't have the outcome I was looking for. I was forced to give up caffeine while trying to mitigate TRT side effects and I now intend to remain caffeine-free for the rest of my life, so that's a huge positive. I was always curious about what TRT would do for me and that curiosity would only be satisfied by first-hand knowledge. The fearmongers that talk about TRT as a lifelong decision and try to scare people away from trying it couldn't be more wrong. I know some have had different results but quitting TRT after a 3 month trial and regaining my HPTA function was trivially easy. [/QUOTE]
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