donkeyfarlo
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Firstly, wanted to say thank you to everyone here as I've gotten a lot out of searching this forum while dealing with all of this, and also found Defy Medical here who has been very helpful.
Back in August 2021 I had a lab done showing Total T at 346 with Free T at 43.7 pg/mL. My primary doc suggested I consider treatment and to find someone that specializes in it. I found an MD that was highly credentialed and started talking about options.
On January 6th he started me on 25mg Clomid ED and 1mg Anastrozole twice a week which I continued through March 28th. After searching these forums, I learned this is a recipe for disaster. About the sixth week in to treatment I started having panic attacks and anxiety, which I had never experienced before in my life. On the 28th of March, I quit everything cold turkey. I wanted advice from my doctor on how to get off gradually but he insisted I wait for another blood test at these full doses before changing anything and I simply could not.
After ceasing, the anxiety + crazy emotions were especially bad for a week, then slightly less bad for a week, etc. Unfortunately, thanks to the new anxiety the high blood pressure I have lived with for years suddenly became a real issue, and I was taken to the ER for a BP of 193/121. I'm now medicated for that (propranolol due to its anti-anxiety properties) which brings it down a bit and we're adding valsartan to that as well.
April 25th will be four weeks since my last dose of Clomid. It feels as though the high estrogen effects are mostly gone, however now it seems like the low T effects are creeping in, so I have anxiety and depression/lack of hope going, etc. Does that hypothesis sound correct? I've had no libido whatsoever for 3 weeks which obviously is related as well, so is it safe to assume that my body will at least take me back to my previous baseline T now that the majority of Clomid is out of my system?
I'm sure this question is asked all the time, but I just have to ask it again anyway... Should I expect things to return to my previous normal? I talked to Defy on April 22nd and they said I should start feeling better over the next two weeks, but any of you that have gone through this know that feeling this way can make it hard to believe you'll ever be back to being you. I realize I'm only going to feel so great at 346/43.7 but I would gladly take that over what I have experienced over the past month.
Back in August 2021 I had a lab done showing Total T at 346 with Free T at 43.7 pg/mL. My primary doc suggested I consider treatment and to find someone that specializes in it. I found an MD that was highly credentialed and started talking about options.
On January 6th he started me on 25mg Clomid ED and 1mg Anastrozole twice a week which I continued through March 28th. After searching these forums, I learned this is a recipe for disaster. About the sixth week in to treatment I started having panic attacks and anxiety, which I had never experienced before in my life. On the 28th of March, I quit everything cold turkey. I wanted advice from my doctor on how to get off gradually but he insisted I wait for another blood test at these full doses before changing anything and I simply could not.
After ceasing, the anxiety + crazy emotions were especially bad for a week, then slightly less bad for a week, etc. Unfortunately, thanks to the new anxiety the high blood pressure I have lived with for years suddenly became a real issue, and I was taken to the ER for a BP of 193/121. I'm now medicated for that (propranolol due to its anti-anxiety properties) which brings it down a bit and we're adding valsartan to that as well.
April 25th will be four weeks since my last dose of Clomid. It feels as though the high estrogen effects are mostly gone, however now it seems like the low T effects are creeping in, so I have anxiety and depression/lack of hope going, etc. Does that hypothesis sound correct? I've had no libido whatsoever for 3 weeks which obviously is related as well, so is it safe to assume that my body will at least take me back to my previous baseline T now that the majority of Clomid is out of my system?
I'm sure this question is asked all the time, but I just have to ask it again anyway... Should I expect things to return to my previous normal? I talked to Defy on April 22nd and they said I should start feeling better over the next two weeks, but any of you that have gone through this know that feeling this way can make it hard to believe you'll ever be back to being you. I realize I'm only going to feel so great at 346/43.7 but I would gladly take that over what I have experienced over the past month.
