Has anyone had success in restoring fertility with FSH?

[Assist101]

Bit of backstory:

I've been on TRT for about 5 years. Before starting TRT, we were able to become pregnant, however we lost that child. With that said, I know I didn't have any underlying issues before TRT. I'm 36 and wife just turned 37.

In early 2022, I started taking blackmarket HMG from a trusted source in an attempt to restore fertility, however after 7 months went by with nothing to show. I started to wonder if it was fake. I then obtained a prescription for Gonal-F and have been taking that for about 70 days. I'm thinking about getting a prescription for HCG, but FSH is already pretty expensive.

I'm still taking a small amount of Test(100mg) each week. I tried the enclomid, but had a nasty side effect of ED. Certainly in beneficial for our goals. I'm tempted to try it again, but it felt like it took forever for the ED to go away last time.

Anything additional I can do? Obviously, time is somewhat of the essence due to age. We don't smoke, drink, take vitiamins, COQ10, etc and otherwise live pretty health lifestyles.

 

[Systemlord]

FSH can be a game changer for increase sperm quality and quantity when combined with HCG!

Semen analysis results after adding FSH to TRT and hCG

So after 6 months of adding FSH to my TRT protocol I got a sperm analysis done. A quick background. My fertility was normal before TRT and went to zero when I started TRT without HCG. Adding HCG 500 IU 2x a week my sperm analysis results were: sperm count 2.1mm (normal >=20mm) total...

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[madman]

Bit of backstory:

I've been on TRT for about 5 years. Before starting TRT, we were able to become pregnant, however we lost that child. With that said, I know I didn't have any underlying issues before TRT. I'm 36 and wife just turned 37.

In early 2022, I started taking blackmarket HMG from a trusted source in an attempt to restore fertility, however after 7 months went by with nothing to show. I started to wonder if it was fake. I then obtained a prescription for Gonal-F and have been taking that for about 70 days. I'm thinking about getting a prescription for HCG, but FSH is already pretty expensive.

I'm still taking a small amount of Test(100mg) each week. I tried the enclomid, but had a nasty side effect of ED. Certainly in beneficial for our goals. I'm tempted to try it again, but it felt like it took forever for the ED to go away last time.

Anything additional I can do? Obviously, time is somewhat of the essence due to age. We don't smoke, drink, take vitiamins, COQ10, etc and otherwise live pretty health lifestyles.

Have you ever seen a fertility specialist or had an SA done?

Would take hCG any day over FSH or hMG.

Forget FSH solo let alone hMG.

You need hCG and combining it with FSH would be better!


*The findings suggest that normal qualitative and quantitative sperm production is best maintained in the presence of both FSH- and LH-induced testosterone secretion. Human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) in conjunction with FSH is a common regimen for inducing spermatogenesis

*Although hMG has both FSH and LH activity, FSH activity predominates, and LH activity is so low that fertility requires a combination of hCG and hMG



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Restoring spermatogenesis in hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism

Hypogonadism is a deficiency in one of the testes’ two major functions: (a) testosterone secretion (endocrine function) and (b) spermatogenesis (reproductive function). The two types are known as primary (hypergonadotrophic) hypogonadism (testis failure) and secondary (hypogonadotrophic)...

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Post #5 (numerous threads to rip through!)

Fertility maintenance or restoration in men before, during, and after TRT or AAS

Fertility Preservation in Hypogonadal Men (2018) Robert J. Carrasquillo and Ranjith Ramasamy Introduction Testicular failure is defined as the impairment or loss of both the endocrine functions of the testis (production of testosterone, or T) and exocrine function (production of...

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[madman]

Bit of backstory:

I've been on TRT for about 5 years. Before starting TRT, we were able to become pregnant, however we lost that child. With that said, I know I didn't have any underlying issues before TRT. I'm 36 and wife just turned 37.

In early 2022, I started taking blackmarket HMG from a trusted source in an attempt to restore fertility, however after 7 months went by with nothing to show. I started to wonder if it was fake. I then obtained a prescription for Gonal-F and have been taking that for about 70 days. I'm thinking about getting a prescription for HCG, but FSH is already pretty expensive.

I'm still taking a small amount of Test(100mg) each week. I tried the enclomid, but had a nasty side effect of ED. Certainly in beneficial for our goals. I'm tempted to try it again, but it felt like it took forever for the ED to go away last time.

Anything additional I can do? Obviously, time is somewhat of the essence due to age. We don't smoke, drink, take vitiamins, COQ10, etc and otherwise live pretty health lifestyles.

Many do not know this!

*Human menopausal gonadotropin contains both LH- and FSH-activity. However, a dose that provides adequate FSH activity does not maintain Leydig cell function because the LH-activity is low. Thus a combination with hCG is required to achieve fertility

 

[MrWrldWide]

Need Help Sourcing FSH

Hello all, Long-time lurker here - first time poster. I'm going to try to keep this short and sweet: Empower and Hallandale have stopped compounding FSH due to the same regulations that stopped HCG. But, I'm desperate to continue my FSH injections to see if I can regain my fertility...

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[rkultra1]

Yes.

TRT - HCG - FSH - Clomid? Dr. Saya?

So, I've been on TRT alone from 9/13 - 11/18. Felt absolutely amazing for about 2 years and then began chasing the dragon after a massive drop in mood and effect. I over respond to adex (.012 once a week puts me at 5 on the sensitive), SHBG hovers between 19 and 27 and T is in the 850-1000...

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My boy will turn 3 in two weeks!

 

[Arcane]

Yes.

TRT - HCG - FSH - Clomid? Dr. Saya?

So, I've been on TRT alone from 9/13 - 11/18. Felt absolutely amazing for about 2 years and then began chasing the dragon after a massive drop in mood and effect. I over respond to adex (.012 once a week puts me at 5 on the sensitive), SHBG hovers between 19 and 27 and T is in the 850-1000...

www.excelmale.com

My boy will turn 3 in two weeks!

Congrats! what was your protocol? after 5 yeats of TRT alone huh?

 

[shroud778]

I’ve posted my experience a few times here but was on TRT for over 2.5 years and was struggling to get my wife pregnant and self tested myself to be infertile using a home test kit.

I read some research on here that we pretty conclusive about the use of hcg and FSH or hmg. I could get hmg at the time from China from what looked like a reputable supplier and bought 5 months supply and took 75mg dose EOD alongside hcg 500iu every other day tapering down from a higher dose in the first few weeks.

TRT continued during this time and after 3 months wife was pregnant and our daughter is now over 2 and doing great.

 

[Arcane]

I’ve posted my experience a few times here but was on TRT for over 2.5 years and was struggling to get my wife pregnant and self tested myself to be infertile using a home test kit.

I read some research on here that we pretty conclusive about the use of hcg and FSH or hmg. I could get hmg at the time from China from what looked like a reputable supplier and bought 5 months supply and took 75mg dose EOD alongside hcg 500iu every other day tapering down from a higher dose in the first few weeks.

TRT continued during this time and after 3 months wife was pregnant and our daughter is now over 2 and doing great.

so you neever got off? when you were on tRT were you using HCG as well?

congrats by the way

 

[shroud778]

so you neever got off? when you were on tRT were you using HCG as well?

congrats by the way

Thank you

Yes I was using hcg 500iu every 3 days alongside 100mg of test per week split into EOD doses, but it didn’t retain my fertility.

I never stopped TRT

 

[Arcane]

Thank you

Yes I was using hcg 500iu every 3 days alongside 100mg of test per week split into EOD doses, but it didn’t retain my fertility.

I never stopped TRT

I wonder if being on hcg helped you recover faster via keeping some semblance of hpta activity alive