I was on 70mg of Testosterone Cypionate twice weekly + 750IU of hCG twice weekly. I was getting a lot of hair shedding and acne. I tried finasteride and got pretty bad ED that persisted after I stopped. I eventually recovered mostly but never fully. I don't need Viagra or anything but never got back to 100%. Anyway, because of balding and acne, I decided to try to lower my T dose to 60mg twice a week while keeping hCG at 750IU twice a week. It helped a ton with acne and hair shedding but my libido went down a lot. Should I stay the course and hope it improves? Maybe my receptors became sensitized to the higher dose and I need to just wait? Should I increase the T dose a little bit?
Vince
Super Moderator
It shouldn't affect your libido but it could be a placebo effect? I would consider going down to 50 mg twice a week and lower your HCG to 500 twice a week. Your HCG may be what's give you acne unless you need it to remain fertile?
Systemlord
Member
The hCG can cause acne, even more than TRT in isolation. I hope others read this thread for those considering the blue pill to solve their problems.
I think its the excessive testosterone that was causing your acne. 140 mg per week was a big dose of T, combine that with more T from 750iu of hCG twice a week and no wonder your having issues!
Yes, you definitely need to let your body re-adjust after saturating it with too much testosterone. This could take some time, months possibly, depending on how long you have been doing this. I would consider an even lower dose: 80 mg per week.
Everyone is going to have an opinion, so I’ll throw my two pennies in. If it were me, I would keep the dose at 60 mg twice weekly and drop the HCG lower, 250-500 IU once or twice weekly. HCG causes an exacerbation of estrogenic and androgenic issues in some men without some of the benefits that exogenous testosterone provides.
Finasteride is also a little blue pill.
Systemlord
Member
That was a reference to the Matrix, where reality is altered and your problems seem to disappear, only that’s not really the case in reality.
Viagra doesn't really help with libido
tropicaldaze1950
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After years of not being able to tolerate even a small dose of tadalafil, I'm now finding that I am tolerating it with minimal side effects. 5 mg, daily, with food, not on an empty stomach, which is how I would always take it. And for me, it does increase libido. Always has, even when I tried it several years ago, accompanied by a headache and heartburn.
Why not drop the HCG for now and dial-in your cypionate dose? You can always add it back in later
Have you tried Stendra? Expensive but no sides for me. I was very sensitive to the others.
I feel like the hCG helps with libido and I want to maintain fertility.
tropicaldaze1950
Well-Known Member
My tadalafil experiment is over. Though, after three days, I was enjoying more erections and increased libido, I began to experience prolonged spontaneous nose bleeds and I have no history of them. Had three episodes, yesterday. Also, the heartburn was miserable. When Stendra came out, my urologist gave me a sample pack. By the second day, I was extremely manic.
Mark David
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Started low dose cialis (5mg) a week ago, haven't started trt yet ( hopefully next week). Positive results so far, getting some morning wood, am also taking 3g of citrulline and AAKG each a day as well, so that might also be helping. Have read studies that say the low dose cialis helps raise testosterone to a degree.
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