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Testosterone Side Effect Management
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<blockquote data-quote="Phil Goodman" data-source="post: 230519" data-attributes="member: 42777"><p>I agree 100% about the advice on avoiding the tendency to add medications to counter effects from other medications. That being said, I know that the HCG I had initially from the compounding pharmacy wasn’t bunk. My ball atrophy was completely reversed, ejaculate volume increased, and orgasm intensity improved. My bloodwork also shows that it was effective(as shown by results below).</p><p></p><p>Oct 2021 while taking 120 mg/week of test labs were </p><p></p><p>Total - 1224(264-916)</p><p>Free - 26.2(8.7-25.1)</p><p>E2 - 38.8(8-35)</p><p>DHEA - 259(102-416)</p><p></p><p></p><p>Jan. 2022 taking 100 mg test/week, 1,000 ius of HCG/week, and 25 mg/day of DHEA</p><p></p><p>Total - 1201</p><p>Free - 30.3(so total stayed close and free went up even though I dropped my test by 20 mg/week)</p><p>E2 - 36.6(slight drop in E2, which at the time I attributed to going from 2x/week to 3x/week application)</p><p>DHEA - 372</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>July 2022 same protocol except using Pregnyl instead of compounded HCG</p><p></p><p>Total - 1204(almost identical to Jan.)</p><p>Free - 29.5 (very very SLIGHT drop in free)</p><p>E2 - 54.3(almost a 20 point jump)</p><p>DHEA - 488(over 100 point jump from Jan.)</p><p></p><p></p><p>Only other thing to add is that for most of the summer I’d stopped taking DHEA because I thought it may be the source of acne and pretty sure that was correct. I started taking it again about 2 weeks before my bloodwork, but took the same amount I was taking before(25 mg/day). Not sure if that would throw it off that much, and it doesn’t seem like it would die to being the same dosing as before, but perhaps with it being only 2 weeks in at that point my body was still adjusting?? Also, not sure if that would drive up the E2 like that. Either way it is clear that my prior HCG was working as intended.</p><p></p><p>But again, I agree with your point about not continuing to pile on medications/substances. So with that input the best advice is probably to drop the DHEA again and avoid the AI. Then see where that puts me. Then I would have a better idea as to whether it’s the DHEA driving those numbers so high(one one hand it could possibly make sense because the 2 that saw that type of jump are DHEA and E2….but on the other hand if so much DHEA was remaining in original form it doesn’t seem that it would have such an impact on downstream hormones).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Phil Goodman, post: 230519, member: 42777"] I agree 100% about the advice on avoiding the tendency to add medications to counter effects from other medications. That being said, I know that the HCG I had initially from the compounding pharmacy wasn’t bunk. My ball atrophy was completely reversed, ejaculate volume increased, and orgasm intensity improved. My bloodwork also shows that it was effective(as shown by results below). Oct 2021 while taking 120 mg/week of test labs were Total - 1224(264-916) Free - 26.2(8.7-25.1) E2 - 38.8(8-35) DHEA - 259(102-416) Jan. 2022 taking 100 mg test/week, 1,000 ius of HCG/week, and 25 mg/day of DHEA Total - 1201 Free - 30.3(so total stayed close and free went up even though I dropped my test by 20 mg/week) E2 - 36.6(slight drop in E2, which at the time I attributed to going from 2x/week to 3x/week application) DHEA - 372 July 2022 same protocol except using Pregnyl instead of compounded HCG Total - 1204(almost identical to Jan.) Free - 29.5 (very very SLIGHT drop in free) E2 - 54.3(almost a 20 point jump) DHEA - 488(over 100 point jump from Jan.) Only other thing to add is that for most of the summer I’d stopped taking DHEA because I thought it may be the source of acne and pretty sure that was correct. I started taking it again about 2 weeks before my bloodwork, but took the same amount I was taking before(25 mg/day). Not sure if that would throw it off that much, and it doesn’t seem like it would die to being the same dosing as before, but perhaps with it being only 2 weeks in at that point my body was still adjusting?? Also, not sure if that would drive up the E2 like that. Either way it is clear that my prior HCG was working as intended. But again, I agree with your point about not continuing to pile on medications/substances. So with that input the best advice is probably to drop the DHEA again and avoid the AI. Then see where that puts me. Then I would have a better idea as to whether it’s the DHEA driving those numbers so high(one one hand it could possibly make sense because the 2 that saw that type of jump are DHEA and E2….but on the other hand if so much DHEA was remaining in original form it doesn’t seem that it would have such an impact on downstream hormones). [/QUOTE]
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