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What are you currently running? In your last post you said you had started back up with TRT along with 1000 HCG. Are you still taking the HMG or FSH? You can only do so much with TRT and HCG, although that would typically work well to maintain fertility and stimulate the Leydig cells of the...

Simply put, your body needs two hormones to produce sperm: LH to stimulate the Leydig cells and maintain high levels of intra-testicular testosterone, and FSH to stimulate the Sertoli cells, which do 80% of the work in making sperm. HCG is an analog for LH, so that will replace the LH that...

The increased anxiety is probably due to low testosterone levels, not to mention the Clomid. I've been on test for over 28 years now, and every time I have decreased my dosage, it has resulted in higher anxiety, due to testosterone's effects on dopamine and GABA receptors. At my age and length...

Mindfulness, prayer, and exercise are all powerful tools. Testosterone as well, as there are studies and plenty of anecdotal reports showing good testosterone levels to have a big impact on anxiety and depression. My biggest problem is sleep, or lack thereof. I haven't gone to sleep without...

Thanks for the helpful clarification. I honestly don't know enough about it to know where to start. But there's only one way to find out if it can help me, and that's to give it a try.

I am considering trying *** or cannabis now that it's legalized in my state. I've actually never smoked marijuana or tried any cannabis products before, so I have no idea how it will effect me. I hear good things from some people and bad things from others, like any other drug. Only way to...

Thanks, I am familiar with the Ashton Manual (largely through the good advice provided on this website) and I am trying to incorporate it's ideas as I try to taper down off the Valium. But it is difficult. Some of the other serotonin-based drugs I have tried to help with anxiety and sleep...

I agree with you 100%. There is a middle road or happy medium in between the minimalist approach to TRT, or just allowing or legalizing everything. While there are dangers to using larger amounts of testosterone and other anabolic steroids, the dangers are minimal compared to many other...

Thanks, I appreciate you offering your experience. I've been on Valium for over 4 years now, and trying to get off it is terrible, especially as I am taking care of my baby daughter, and sleep is at a premium now as it is. But I do realize that many of my problems could be because of the...

Doctor Bhasin is my endocrinologist in Boston. He's a very nice and kind and decent man, but also very conservative regarding test/steroid use, would prefer that everyone use the minimum dose of testosterone possible, recommends 100mg per week. He would not be in favor of most of the more...

I've been thinking of giving *** or edibles a try, just to help with the increased anxiety.

Thanks, I appreciate the support and it is good to know that other people have been through this and successfully come out of the other side. I hope you are doing well these days.

One of the symptoms of low estrogen levels is often anxiety. You are probably crashing your estradiol or driving it much too low with the Arimidex. Why are you taking Arimidex? Most men don't need it at all on a correct TRT dosage of testosterone, although I know there are some men who...

I wish I never got started taking benzodiazepines. I started taking Valium during a very stressful period of my life 4 years ago, just to get to sleep. Now I absolutely cannot get to sleep at all without the Valium. And Valium makes my sleep apnea even worse, so I get little good rest even...

Congratulations; that is great to hear! HCG and HMG restored my fertility after many years on testosterone, and I have a beautiful baby daughter. So I am always happy to hear from other men who have achieved a similar result while staying on test. God bless you and your wife, and especially...

Testosterone is an estrogenic steroid, as it partially aromatizes into estrogen. Sustanon 250 and Testosterone Cypionate (assuming you meant Test Cyp, and not some other steroid like Boldenone Cypionate, etc) are both forms of testosterone, and so by nature they are estrogenic. Cypionate is...

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As long as you had no pre-existing fertility problems when you started TRT, you should be fine regaining your fertility with HCG, and if necessary HMG or FSH. Many men have best results if they come off test, and use HCG and HMG/FSH to regain fertility. Other men like me stayed on test the...

I wish that I had your numbers. My Reverse T3 is higher than yours, and Free T3 and Free T4 lower, although my TSH is also lower. And I've been struggling with fatigue and anxiety issues for months now that have made me suspect adrenal fatigue, although I am aware that endocrinologists will...

I dropped my test from 200mg to 100mg per week, and added 60mg of Trestolone. Trest gave me raging gyno, hard lumps not just fatty deposits, that couldn't be controlled even on 60mg of Nolvadex per day. In my experience, Trestolone is the ultimate "wet" gear and aromatizes heavily into methyl...

As I've written before, I am certainly no expert, but I can tell you what worked for me. I am now 52 years old and I have been on testosterone for over 28 years now. When my wife and I decided to try for another child, my sperm count was zero. At the end of my 11-month program, my sperm count...

Well, while I always learn a lot from your posts, I have to disagree with you there. Yes, HMG is LH + FSH. However, there is not sufficient LH in HMG to achieve optimal levels of intra-testicular testosterone and optimal fertility, at least not without spending a small fortune, as HMG is...

T + HCG + HMG (or FSH) is amazing and will help many men on TRT to have children. That protocol made it possible for me to get my wife pregnant after I had been on testosterone for over 27 years. Now she is 9 months pregnant with our child, and our daughter is due to be born next Friday. I...

DaviSh, tadalafil does decrease estradiol, and higher doses like you are using will of course decrease estradiol more than lower doses. However, as you are using research chem liquid tadalafil, your problem may be simpler. Does the research chemical company you are using also sell aromatase...

For better or worse, that's definitely true. My fertility doctor is well-known and respected locally, and was recommended to us by our IVF clinic...and yet neither he nor the doctor at the IVF clinic knew a damn thing about helping men who are on testosterone regain fertility and conceive a...

lt84, I completely understand. Especially when it comes to trying to have a baby, we all have to budget our money and other resources as effectively as possible. Clomid is cheap while FSH is still relatively expensive, so I understand why you would want to give it a chance to work first. I am...

Thanks, Dr Saya, I appreciate the comment and insight. You managed to say in two concise sentences what I was trying to express in several rambling paragraphs LOL.

Juice7, you are correct that HCG supresses secretion of LH. But that's OK on a HCG + Clomid treatment, because HCG is an analogue of LH and acts the same way as LH in stimulating the Leydig cells to produce high levels of intra-testicular testosterone. In this case, Clomid acts to stimulate...

My first thought is, if it was me, I would find a new doctor who is more open-minded to new research and different approaches. A doctor is just another person with an opinion, hopefully an informed and educated opinion, but still just some guy (or woman) with an opinion. They are human beings...

I believe the answer to your question, as it is for so many things in life, is "it depends." In this case, it mostly depends how old you are, and how long you have been using testosterone and had your HPTA suppressed. Clomid and stopping T is certainly much cheaper, but I don't believe it is...

LOL don't I know it. That's just one reason why I have a very low opinion of most fertility doctors, including my own. And I've been on test for 27 out of my 51 years, long before the days of modern-day test replacement, since 1992 when we used to have to order from mail-order pharmacies...