Have you had any issues with gyno at that dosage? I'm assuming you're on TRT as well. I'm trying to start out slow with the HCG (300iu X 2 per week) and will ramp it up to 300iu X 3 a week. I'm planning on staying on this for 9 months (while I'm on my TRT dosage of 50MG x 2 per week) then adding in HMG at 75iu twice per week on months 10 and 11. I will be running semen analyses throughout this journey to see where I am and then adjust accordingly.
Based on my personal experience I think the HCG substantially increasing estrogen thing is over-stated. I know everyone is different so maybe I’m just lucky, but my estrogen dropped slightly when I added it. However, at the same I also switched from 2x/week test injections to M/W/F because from my understanding smaller more frequent doses lead to less aromatization. That change allowed my estrogen go from slightly above the reference range to near the top but within reference range. This was while doing .2 test M/W/F(120/week) and 500 ius HCG twice week(Tues. & Thurs.) And yes it was legit HCG because my balls are as big as they’ve ever been and orgasms are improved. I don’t have any experience with the fertility aspect, but from what I remember reading there are usually much higher doses used to address that issue. You’re making a smart choice by getting analysis to gauge progress, just throwing that out there because you may need to be prepared to bump that up quite a bit.
Yes I'm on daily injections of testosterone along with my HCG. I've never had any issues at all with estrogen or gyno.
Hi there , glad to see you succeeded in having a child ! I am starting a fertillity protocol also. My doc told me to use 3500iu hcg 2 x a week qnd STOP TRT. Now I am affraid of stopping trt will make me feel awful .. how did you feel comming of and what the exact thing you did ?
Hi there , glad to see you succeeded in having a child ! I am starting a fertillity protocol also. My doc told me to use 3500iu hcg 2 x a week qnd STOP TRT. Now I am affraid of stopping trt will make me feel awful .. how did you feel comming of and what the exact thing you did ?
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Hi @K.pietera thanks for reaching out! My doc had me on HCG monotherapy at 3,000 IU’s 3x week. She recognized that’s higher than most docs, but she knows what she’s doing. Best to flood the system and jump start sperm production asap. It worked like a charm. Regardless, it will take 3 months for the sperm to regenerate, so best you give it all you got so it comes back strong. As soon as it came back, we got pregnant and I started T & HCG combined. I stopped T cold turkey and went right to HCG monotherapy. My levels did drop, but I never felt horrible on it, you just won’t get as high levels as T injections. It’s worth it to get pregnant. You just gotta do what you gotta do. Get through 3-4 months of it and you’re good! Make sure your wife is doing everything on her end to be in best position to get pregnant as well!
