ExcelMale
Menu
Home
What's new
Latest activity
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Videos
Lab Tests
Doctor Finder
Buy Books
About Us
Men’s Health Coaching
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Navigation
Install the app
Install
More options
Contact us
Close Menu
Forums
Expert Interviews
Questions for Specific Doctors & Experts
Just Started TrT and am Very Confused
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="EasyCompany" data-source="post: 264712" data-attributes="member: 45946"><p>Hi, new guy here. After years of trying to combat declining T with diet, fat loss, weightlifting, etc. I finally decided to give TrT a try. At 73 years of age my T had been slowly declining to where I recently got the following report: T=328, SHBG=54.7, Free T = 4.63, Albumin 4.4. In addition, I have been experiencing sluggishness, unreasonable procrastination, ragged sleep patterns, loss of strength when lifting and very slow gains with the weights, loss of libido, and ED. This is such a contrast to what I was in my thirties when I was benching 300+, sleeping soundly for 8 1/2 hours a night, extremely focused and instantly aroused by a nice set of legs, ta-tas or whatever and having marathon sex sessions. I realize that some aspects of aging are inevitable, but surely there is something I can do to combat what's happened to me.</p><p></p><p>I'm a natural lifter, and the only medication I take is a calcium channel blocker for pre-hypertension. My health is excellent and I want to keep it that way.</p><p></p><p>I told my urologist that I was interested in discussing TrT with someone and he recommended that I see someone in their affiliated Men's Clinic. Made an appointment and was looking forward to it. It turned out to be the exact opposite of what I wanted.</p><p></p><p>I told the PA in the Men's Clinic that I didn't want just TrT, that I wanted to keep squeezing my body to produce as much T as possible and wanted to do whatever I could to get more out of my aging gonads. He just shook his head and said, "ain't gonna happen at your age." I asked him why and he just said "because its not." He was one of these guys who is always in a hurry, doesn't really listen, and thinks he knows everything.</p><p></p><p>He offered me TrT in a pelletized form that is placed in a small incision in my upper buttock and is supposed to last for 4 months. I told him that I was extremely interested in not having my genitals atrophy and he said, "well, you need to take clomid then." I didn't like this guy, but I was there and decided I'd go ahead with the pellets and clomid and see what happened. He said to take one 50 mg tab of clomid twice a week, Monday and Thursday. To me it would've made sense to take 1/2 of that dosage five or even seven days a week, but he said no, just twice a week, the full dosage.</p><p></p><p>I've read a lot about the body's feedback loops, the conversion of Test to Estrogen and the resultant signal to the brain to shut down T production, etc. and it seems like, to my very unlearned mind, that it would've made sense to take both clomid and HCG along with the Test, as that would keep my body's T production mechanisms operating. I always thought that clomid influenced sperm production with a side benefit of more T and HCG influenced T production with a side benefit of a slight increase in sperm production. This dude said no, they both did the same thing. That just doesn't seem to make sense.</p><p></p><p>My question is, given my desire to squeeze every last drop of T production possible out of this aging body, does a better protocol make sense? And if so, where do I go to find a doc who is actually interested in hearing what I'm saying and providing the services I want? </p><p></p><p>If you made it to the end of this epistle and have some helpful advice, thank you very much in advance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EasyCompany, post: 264712, member: 45946"] Hi, new guy here. After years of trying to combat declining T with diet, fat loss, weightlifting, etc. I finally decided to give TrT a try. At 73 years of age my T had been slowly declining to where I recently got the following report: T=328, SHBG=54.7, Free T = 4.63, Albumin 4.4. In addition, I have been experiencing sluggishness, unreasonable procrastination, ragged sleep patterns, loss of strength when lifting and very slow gains with the weights, loss of libido, and ED. This is such a contrast to what I was in my thirties when I was benching 300+, sleeping soundly for 8 1/2 hours a night, extremely focused and instantly aroused by a nice set of legs, ta-tas or whatever and having marathon sex sessions. I realize that some aspects of aging are inevitable, but surely there is something I can do to combat what's happened to me. I'm a natural lifter, and the only medication I take is a calcium channel blocker for pre-hypertension. My health is excellent and I want to keep it that way. I told my urologist that I was interested in discussing TrT with someone and he recommended that I see someone in their affiliated Men's Clinic. Made an appointment and was looking forward to it. It turned out to be the exact opposite of what I wanted. I told the PA in the Men's Clinic that I didn't want just TrT, that I wanted to keep squeezing my body to produce as much T as possible and wanted to do whatever I could to get more out of my aging gonads. He just shook his head and said, "ain't gonna happen at your age." I asked him why and he just said "because its not." He was one of these guys who is always in a hurry, doesn't really listen, and thinks he knows everything. He offered me TrT in a pelletized form that is placed in a small incision in my upper buttock and is supposed to last for 4 months. I told him that I was extremely interested in not having my genitals atrophy and he said, "well, you need to take clomid then." I didn't like this guy, but I was there and decided I'd go ahead with the pellets and clomid and see what happened. He said to take one 50 mg tab of clomid twice a week, Monday and Thursday. To me it would've made sense to take 1/2 of that dosage five or even seven days a week, but he said no, just twice a week, the full dosage. I've read a lot about the body's feedback loops, the conversion of Test to Estrogen and the resultant signal to the brain to shut down T production, etc. and it seems like, to my very unlearned mind, that it would've made sense to take both clomid and HCG along with the Test, as that would keep my body's T production mechanisms operating. I always thought that clomid influenced sperm production with a side benefit of more T and HCG influenced T production with a side benefit of a slight increase in sperm production. This dude said no, they both did the same thing. That just doesn't seem to make sense. My question is, given my desire to squeeze every last drop of T production possible out of this aging body, does a better protocol make sense? And if so, where do I go to find a doc who is actually interested in hearing what I'm saying and providing the services I want? If you made it to the end of this epistle and have some helpful advice, thank you very much in advance. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Share this page
Facebook
Twitter
Reddit
Pinterest
Tumblr
WhatsApp
Email
Share
Link
Sponsors
Forums
Expert Interviews
Questions for Specific Doctors & Experts
Just Started TrT and am Very Confused
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…
Top