If your T production is shut down from TRT - do environmental factors still effect your T levels?

TransitPoloce

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Hope this isn't a silly question.

Assuming your natural Test is shut down due to TRT and you are reliant on injections.

Do environmental and lifestyle factors that typically lower testosterone still have as much as an effect? Or will your T levels just run out at the same rate regardless.

I'm talking about things like diet, chemicals / pollutants, low quality sleep, a hard workout, stress.

Do these things make your test levels drop faster than normal? Or do they only stop more test production (assuming your body was still producing Test each day).
 
Hope this isn't a silly question.

Assuming your natural Test is shut down due to TRT and you are reliant on injections.

Do environmental and lifestyle factors that typically lower testosterone still have as much as an effect? Or will your T levels just run out at the same rate regardless.

I'm talking about things like diet, chemicals / pollutants, low quality sleep, a hard workout, stress.

Do these things make your test levels drop faster than normal? Or do they only stop more test production (assuming your body was still producing Test each day).

They will not. When on exogenous testosterone, you are shut down and make zero of your own testosterone, assuming a normal TRT dose.

There are no dumb questions when it comes to TRT. Well, other than maybe "Do I need to get lab testing on TRT?".
 
Ask questions. Read as much as you can, here (browse the forum) and elsewhere. Your success on TRT will be far greater if you can become your own, confident advocate. We've all learned to do that. All the best.
 

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