Recent content by Craig74

Well. You've inspired me to try to cut back.... though I'm taking this stuff called testosterone that is going to make it damn hard (pun intended). Seriously though, my wife thinks my sex drive is excessive so sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. But I'll give it a try.

Great advice. Thanks madman!

My wife and I have sex twice per week. We masturbate together once per week. And I do alone the other days.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7108994/ MHi all, I've been on TRT for 1.5 years now and absolutely love it. Mood, energy levels, libido, are all improved. In the case of libido, my wife says it is TOO improved but that's another story. I'm 48 years old and have been doing BJJ...

I took it daily for a couple of weeks but I started getting acne (back and face). That's why I dialed it back. I've been on TRT for 1.5 years and am dialed in as far as the T goes. My DHEA was a bit low which is why the doc prescribed it. Other than the acne, I didn't feel much of a difference...

I'm supposed to take it everyday but I've only been taking it twice per week. I wanted to confirm that there weren't any benefits to taking it. Just because I don't feel benefits doesn't mean there aren't any.

Does DHEA serve any purpose other than converting into estrogen and testosterone? If I'm on TRT, I don't really need an additional source of either of those. Does it do anything on its own? My doctor prescribed me some because it was low. But why? It did seem to increase my acne but I didn't...

I take a lot of magnesium. I'm an insomniac and it helps with sleep. I also supplement with potassium less frequently.

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I took a more modest 300mg dose of HCG yesterday and no cramping yet so it does look like the Cialis may have been to blame. I'll try the Cialis again next week (when my wife returns from a trip) and see what happens. I don't often get cramps so I don't think it...

Hi all. I've been on TRT for about a year. Officially, I'm at 120mg/week with a low dose AI for much of that period. Perhaps I'm misguided but I procured a UGL HCG source to periodically use in order to keep my testicles functional in case I ever have to stop TRT (supply chain issues, etc.). I...

My estrogen was a bit above range. I didn't feel anything good or bad. My doctor put me on a low dose AI (0.25mg x2 week) and it crashed my estrogen. I didn't feel bad with crashed estrogen either but I know that it also isn't good for me. I guess I need to choose between having an irritated...

My TRT doctor said that high estrogen irritates the prostate. That isn't something I will feel. Do you disagree with him?

It was my understanding that it limits conversion to DHT rather than reduces T outright. This would affect people on TRT. It wouldn't affect the anabolic side of things but would reduce the androgenic side. Could benefit people with prostate issues. I may be misinformed.

Isn't that how HCG works? It increases LH? Does HCG use a different mechanism? If FSH doesn't affect hair growth, they should have named it something else ;)

Correct. Faster for sure... thicker I think. Seems to be quite a few studies showing that AIs increase FSH. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3143915/