I am a 50 year old , extremely healthy guy who goes daily to the gym , plays squash on weekends and eats a 90% paleo diet. Overall my general health couldn't be better . Due to a stressful couple of years in the business i was in , i started feeling less energetic , lower libido and my memory was not as sharp as i used to be . I heard of a new new anti aging medical centre had opened in the UAE with clinics in Los Angeles and other countries in which i booked for an executive screening that entails all kinds of tests , as i work in a very stressfull job and was worried about my wellbeing .
Accordingly everything was in the normal state except my vitamin D and a slight rise in the Cortisol level and my testosterone level was 499 . The Doctor , who is a well known figure stated to me that i should increase my testosterone level as it would give me a better life style , i would feel better , have better sex and maintain and increase muscle mass . he pushed me into having a T shot every 3 weeks even though my level was 499 ! (please understand that in our area , most of the doctors are dinoasuars when it comes to T treatement and i had no clue about Testosterone and that this number is actually very good ).
Of course , i felt extremely better in all sense and was quite happy with the outcome in terms of muscle , libido and general wellbeing .
To cut the story short : after 2 years of taking shots of different types i stuck with DEPO TESTOSTERONE by PFIZER and then started recently TESTOSTERONE ENANTHATE which i was taking 0.4 mg, every week .
My T level in the 2 years fluctuated from 499 to 350 to 560 and recently was 260 , due to changing the brand of the drug . I was getting fed up of the weekly chore of injecting this and i started going into forums and understanding more about the T , which was clear that once you start you cannot stop . I then 5 months ago decided to stop the T injections and met with another doctor ( in the same clinic ) who told me to take CLOMID and stop the T , in which i did . Immediately within a couple of days of starting the CLOMID , i was in the worst state i have ever felt myself to be ; depression , muscle loss , tiredness , a fog of cloud in my daily activities and anxiety.
When i told this to my doctor , he recommended i continue the T injections , in which i did .
Now , my issue is this : when i did my 1st test , my T level was 499 and for the centre to make money and hook you they got me me hooked on T in order to benefit and keep me as their cash cow because i needed to do blood tests and they were the only ones that have Testosterone in stock !!
Has anyone been duped into this ? and can i stop and get my petuitary gland and my testicles working again and producing natural T without crashing ?
Please advise
Accordingly everything was in the normal state except my vitamin D and a slight rise in the Cortisol level and my testosterone level was 499 . The Doctor , who is a well known figure stated to me that i should increase my testosterone level as it would give me a better life style , i would feel better , have better sex and maintain and increase muscle mass . he pushed me into having a T shot every 3 weeks even though my level was 499 ! (please understand that in our area , most of the doctors are dinoasuars when it comes to T treatement and i had no clue about Testosterone and that this number is actually very good ).
Of course , i felt extremely better in all sense and was quite happy with the outcome in terms of muscle , libido and general wellbeing .
To cut the story short : after 2 years of taking shots of different types i stuck with DEPO TESTOSTERONE by PFIZER and then started recently TESTOSTERONE ENANTHATE which i was taking 0.4 mg, every week .
My T level in the 2 years fluctuated from 499 to 350 to 560 and recently was 260 , due to changing the brand of the drug . I was getting fed up of the weekly chore of injecting this and i started going into forums and understanding more about the T , which was clear that once you start you cannot stop . I then 5 months ago decided to stop the T injections and met with another doctor ( in the same clinic ) who told me to take CLOMID and stop the T , in which i did . Immediately within a couple of days of starting the CLOMID , i was in the worst state i have ever felt myself to be ; depression , muscle loss , tiredness , a fog of cloud in my daily activities and anxiety.
When i told this to my doctor , he recommended i continue the T injections , in which i did .
Now , my issue is this : when i did my 1st test , my T level was 499 and for the centre to make money and hook you they got me me hooked on T in order to benefit and keep me as their cash cow because i needed to do blood tests and they were the only ones that have Testosterone in stock !!
Has anyone been duped into this ? and can i stop and get my petuitary gland and my testicles working again and producing natural T without crashing ?
Please advise
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