Stopping TRT for a month

[ryn996]

A liver specialist wants me to stop taking testosterone for a month due to her wanting clean labs for hepatitis B levels. I’ve had it my whole life, but just now am seeing a specialist to see if I need treatment. What should I expect over the next month?

 

[fifty]

Nothing. You might feel down week 3&4 but try to stay busy to keep your mind off worrying about it.

 

[Mr S]

A liver specialist wants me to stop taking testosterone for a month due to her wanting clean labs for hepatitis B levels. I’ve had it my whole life, but just now am seeing a specialist to see if I need treatment. What should I expect over the next month?

I was off for 3 months. No big deal.

 

[ryn996]

Thanks guys!

 

[Mr S]

Thanks guys!

You’re welcome

 

[Systemlord]

I stopped TRT 6 weeks ago and no major crash. Testing actually shows liver function test worsening after stopping TRT.

 

[Rabbit91476]

Did you guys recheck your t levels when you were off that long and an crash?

 

[ryn996]

I stopped TRT 6 weeks ago and no major crash. Testing actually shows liver function test worsening after stopping TRT.

That's interesting

 

[TLR]

Don't be surprised to see you feel BETTER around 10-14 days.....but I didn't have the same results after around a month when I did the cold turkey thing. Started feeling like ass. You ll be fine......

 

[ryn996]

Definitely didn’t think there’d be a chance I would feel better, lol.

 

[Mr S]

Did you guys recheck your t levels when you were off that long and an crash?

Yes, I did. No surprise whatsoever. My T dropped from 700 at trough to around 300 (where I was before T). I was on TRT for 3 months before stopping cold turkey due to the lack of Cypionate (the pharmacist refused to give a 3 month supply let alone a 1 10ml/200mg vial of Cypionate). I went on a three month trip and enjoyed myself plenty. Frankly, I never got to see the benefits (long term) while on TRT. The first 6 weeks were amazing but the honeymoon period was soon gone after that. The day after I returned to the US, I went to see my urologist to restart TRT. He added HCG (before I left the on my trip, I was experiencing testicular atrophy which resolved on its own rather quickly). Upon my request he wrote a script for Cialis Daily (5mg) and my protocol is now 100mg cypionate 1x week, 500iu HCG (pregnyl) EOD and Cialis Daily 5mg. So far so good.

 

[goga]

Yes, I did. No surprise whatsoever. My T dropped from 700 at trough to around 300 (where I was before T). I was on TRT for 3 months before stopping cold turkey due to the lack of Cypionate (the pharmacist refused to give a 3 month supply let alone a 1 10ml/200mg vial of Cypionate). I went on a three month trip and enjoyed myself plenty. Frankly, I never got to see the benefits (long term) while on TRT. The first 6 weeks were amazing but the honeymoon period was soon gone after that. The day after I returned to the US, I went to see my urologist to restart TRT. He added HCG (before I left the on my trip, I was experiencing testicular atrophy which resolved on its own rather quickly). Upon my request he wrote a script for Cialis Daily (5mg) and my protocol is now 100mg cypionate 1x week, 500iu HCG (pregnyl) EOD and Cialis Daily 5mg. So far so good.

I you felt fine off-TRT, why did you resume TRT then? Did it worsen after 3 months?

 

[Mr S]

I you felt fine off-TRT, why did you resume TRT then? Did it worsen after 3 months?

I restarted TRT because of the interruption only. No, I never felt bad at all at any point. I just thought I should give it a try since I was very briefly on TRT.

 

[sh1973]

Mr s if you felt just as good off trt why did you go back on. I’d give anything to not experience the terrible withdrawal symptoms during stopping. I’ve tried for several weeks twice and could not take the withdrawal. Both times I used clomid and this could have contributed to how bad I felt. I’ve never tried just stopping. Hcg isn’t an option because the side effects are atrocious.

 

[Gman86]

Mr s if you felt just as good off trt why did you go back on. I’d give anything to not experience the terrible withdrawal symptoms during stopping. I’ve tried for several weeks twice and could not take the withdrawal. Both times I used clomid and this could have contributed to how bad I felt. I’ve never tried just stopping. Hcg isn’t an option because the side effects are atrocious.

Ya clomid could definitely have something to do with feeling “withdrawal” symptoms. And HCG wouldn’t do anything for withdrawal anyways, it would just extend the process of your natural hormones coming back online. HCG is just as suppressive to your pituitary as testosterone. Best thing you can do is just go cold turkey, imo. HCG is pointless, and again will just keep you suppressed and extend the time it takes for your pituitary to start pumping out LH and FSH again. Clomid will cause your pituitary to start pumping out LH and FSH, which will then tell your testicles to produce testosterone, via LH mostly. But it comes with the cost of feeing shitty a lot of the time. Just go cold turkey. Your natural production won’t take long to start back up. Just think of women on birth control. They’re all suppressing their pituitary, just like we do on testosterone. But they never need PCT. Their natural production starts kicking back in pretty quickly. We are no different. Steroid users have just made us think we need PCT to get our natural hormone production back in a timely manner. But it’s not the case.

 

[ryn996]

Will Testosterone without HCG cause you to have shrunken testicles until you stop the testosterone?

 

[Systemlord]

Will Testosterone without HCG cause you to have shrunken testicles until you stop the testosterone?

Depends who you ask, you'll get a different answer from everyone.

 

[ryn996]

Depends who you ask, you'll get a different answer from everyone.

Okay, thanks. Guess I have to try and see.

 

[Gman86]

Will Testosterone without HCG cause you to have shrunken testicles until you stop the testosterone?

Ya it probably depends on the person. I always thought so, and is part of the reason why I always used HCG. But surprisingly once I stopped my testicles didn’t get any smaller. Not even a little bit smaller. They’re literally the same size as when I was on HCG.

 

[ryn996]

Ya it probably depends on the person. I always thought so, and is part of the reason why I always used HCG. But surprisingly once I stopped my testicles didn’t get any smaller. Not even a little bit smaller. They’re literally the same size as when I was on HCG.

I gained 12 lbs of water weight in the 2 months I was on T and HCG. Once I stopped both the weight came off around week 3 and only took about 10 days. I kind of want to start only the T back up to see if the water weight gain happens again.