September 08 2016: was experiencing these symptoms slowly increasing the past year: Lack of energy (fatigue), mood changes, brain fog, decreased sex drive, low motivation, sore longer after workouts + decrease strength, some depression.
Ordered my own simple bloodwork: http://imgur.com/a/yd1an
September 19 2016: Went to doc and told him my symptoms and ordered more bloodwork: http://imgur.com/eJ9mwMdhttp://imgur.com/KtkFbPx (CBC+CMP) Doctor said that I am "normal" and no reason to worry despite terrible numbers all around. **** that.
October 2016: Went to see a urologist that had some knowledge with TRT and hormones. Doc checked my previous results and I recommended to restart my HPTA, to which he agreed. 4 weeks of HCG and then 4 Weeks of Nolvdex, protocol described below.
November 1 2016: *Start HCG dosage 270IU EOD, Arimidex .25mg 2X week This protocol will be used for 4 weeks before moving on to Nolvadex.
November 28 2016 blood work(only HCG + Arimidex): http://imgur.com/lLwWQqk
I felt absolutely better throughout these 4 weeks. Symptoms were melting away and meaningless. Every aspect of my life I felt improvement in and I told myself that I could never go back to the quality of life I've been feeling the past year. Everything was just easy for me now, and I didn't realize how hard everything was prior. I crashed my E2 in the beginning of the protocol and backed off the arimidex which is why my E2 is a little high (although this is not a sensitive E2 test).
December 1st 2016: Start Nolvdex 20mg EOD + .25mg Arimidex 2x week. *By december 12th I was starting to feel worse off, and some of my symptoms were starting to appear again. I definitely did not feel as good as I did on HCG, but I trucked through the roller coaster. I thought my testosterone tanked, but I was wrong:
December 28 2016 blood work (just nolvadex and arimidex): http://imgur.com/0i1sjff
*I feel like absolute garbage despite pretty ok results after the Nolvadex protocol. My symptoms are coming back and I feel even more depressive at this stage than before.
February 2 2017
So, Its been 4 weeks after dropping Nolvadex. During this time off of everything, it was time to see if my HPTA could stand up on its own. Well, it cant.
During these 4 weeks I felt like absolute shit. I literally feel 80 yrs old now. My joints are dry and creaky as ****. Feels like i have arthritis all over, cant really do anything because my joints are just ****ed. Wrists hurt typing this. Low Estrogen i know.
Anyways, what do you think about these results? I am going to see my doctor this week for a follow up and would like some talking points. It seems like my SHBG dropped from 60s to 40 in 4 weeks? Overall, my symptoms are worse than ever.
Bloodwork: http://imgur.com/a/0eQNE
Symptoms: http://imgur.com/a/MdPdA
Ordered my own simple bloodwork: http://imgur.com/a/yd1an
September 19 2016: Went to doc and told him my symptoms and ordered more bloodwork: http://imgur.com/eJ9mwMdhttp://imgur.com/KtkFbPx (CBC+CMP) Doctor said that I am "normal" and no reason to worry despite terrible numbers all around. **** that.
October 2016: Went to see a urologist that had some knowledge with TRT and hormones. Doc checked my previous results and I recommended to restart my HPTA, to which he agreed. 4 weeks of HCG and then 4 Weeks of Nolvdex, protocol described below.
November 1 2016: *Start HCG dosage 270IU EOD, Arimidex .25mg 2X week This protocol will be used for 4 weeks before moving on to Nolvadex.
November 28 2016 blood work(only HCG + Arimidex): http://imgur.com/lLwWQqk
I felt absolutely better throughout these 4 weeks. Symptoms were melting away and meaningless. Every aspect of my life I felt improvement in and I told myself that I could never go back to the quality of life I've been feeling the past year. Everything was just easy for me now, and I didn't realize how hard everything was prior. I crashed my E2 in the beginning of the protocol and backed off the arimidex which is why my E2 is a little high (although this is not a sensitive E2 test).
December 1st 2016: Start Nolvdex 20mg EOD + .25mg Arimidex 2x week. *By december 12th I was starting to feel worse off, and some of my symptoms were starting to appear again. I definitely did not feel as good as I did on HCG, but I trucked through the roller coaster. I thought my testosterone tanked, but I was wrong:
December 28 2016 blood work (just nolvadex and arimidex): http://imgur.com/0i1sjff
*I feel like absolute garbage despite pretty ok results after the Nolvadex protocol. My symptoms are coming back and I feel even more depressive at this stage than before.
February 2 2017
So, Its been 4 weeks after dropping Nolvadex. During this time off of everything, it was time to see if my HPTA could stand up on its own. Well, it cant.
During these 4 weeks I felt like absolute shit. I literally feel 80 yrs old now. My joints are dry and creaky as ****. Feels like i have arthritis all over, cant really do anything because my joints are just ****ed. Wrists hurt typing this. Low Estrogen i know.
Anyways, what do you think about these results? I am going to see my doctor this week for a follow up and would like some talking points. It seems like my SHBG dropped from 60s to 40 in 4 weeks? Overall, my symptoms are worse than ever.
Bloodwork: http://imgur.com/a/0eQNE
Symptoms: http://imgur.com/a/MdPdA
