Around 3 years ago I was diagnosed with type 2 hypogonadism probably because of my experimentation with AAS for muscle building purposes...
However, I want to say that even prior to doing any AAS my Total testosterone numbers were already on the low end of normal 270 / 300 but my doctor at the time said they were "normal numbers" within range ( I was 35 years old at the time)
Well started to messed around with SARMS (ostarine) to try and build some muscle, then later a pro-hormone (Epiandro, 4andro and later halodrol) and after that some mild testosterone and anavar cycle (all this was during a 3 year phase were I would do two 8 weeks cycles per year winter/summer.
No need to say that I felt great on those compounds, as I seem to be a very good responder to androgens. I get the aggression I need to go to the gym and train hard, I recover well, I get good gains in strength and muscle mass even on moderate dosages of those compounds listed above.
After my last cycle I did my usual PCT protocol that was a staple between cycles with (Nolvadex , Clomid and a Testosterone booster with all the vitamins and fertility herbs supposed to help with libido and test production...) however this time I did not recover well testosterone was 170 and LH 1 still six months after PCT.
Went to see an endocrinologist and after some blood work he did put me on clomid 50mg day for about 4 months and after a couple of weeks I started to feel much better and most of the low T symptoms started to fade away. after some blood work, my Total-T was 660 and free-T around 9, LH 7.0
I then lowered the clomid dose to 25mg/day for a couple of month and numbers came slightly lower but not much Total-T 571 and Free-T 7,8 LH 6.4
we then decided to try and stop the clomind gradually and I lowered the dose to 12,5 for a couple of months and then to 12,5 every other day for an extra month.
Started to feel a lot worse and numbers came in like this: Total-T 292, Free-T 4,86 and LH - 2.2
This in when I asked him to go on testosterone injections, and he pushed me to go with Nebido standard protocol (loading shot first 6 weeks after that one shot every 12 weeks )
Felt great at first, the first 6 weeks were great... did the reinforcement shot and everything was great until you hit week 8 more or less. you can really tell the difference between week 7-8 until the 12th week when you finally get your reinforcement shot again. Mostly I feel tired those last 4 weeks, although numbers are not bad. I've done this protocol for over a year, so I know.
After dialed in, the numbers for me look like this 10 days after The shot:
Total-T 1222
Free-T 33
SHBG 28
E2 62
7,5 weeks later, my numbers were like this:
Total-T 610
Free - T 11,21
SHBG 32
E2 53
After this, I decided to try out compounded testosterone cream(I've been on it for 4 month). I use two creams, one 40mg/ml with Anastrozole in the morning and a second cream 30mg/ml without AI for the evening. I do one pump in the morning and one pump at night.
At first, it gave me lots of anxiety, but it slowly went away. I feel more or less ok on the cream ( I think it's great for libido ) and I feel more aggression at the gym which I like, however I fell like it gives energy in short-lived spikes. You wake up sleepy and drowsy you take your bath put the cream things get better you go to the gym train hard and it's ok then in the middle afternoon you get an energy crash until you put more cream later that day and this is like this every single day. Oh and sometimes when you get home late for some reason or you fall a sleep early or something you end up skipping the night cream.
This is why I am considering leaving the cream, and I am thinking to go back to injections or even Clomid monotherapy because to tell you the truth it was maybe the protocol I felt more stable without so many ups and downs. Something to think about until my next apointment with the endo...
Please leave your thoughts and personal experiences below they are welcome and can help me see a bigger picture maybe I'm missing something, but I don't feel very stable and comfortable with this protocol at the moment...
However, I want to say that even prior to doing any AAS my Total testosterone numbers were already on the low end of normal 270 / 300 but my doctor at the time said they were "normal numbers" within range ( I was 35 years old at the time)
Well started to messed around with SARMS (ostarine) to try and build some muscle, then later a pro-hormone (Epiandro, 4andro and later halodrol) and after that some mild testosterone and anavar cycle (all this was during a 3 year phase were I would do two 8 weeks cycles per year winter/summer.
No need to say that I felt great on those compounds, as I seem to be a very good responder to androgens. I get the aggression I need to go to the gym and train hard, I recover well, I get good gains in strength and muscle mass even on moderate dosages of those compounds listed above.
After my last cycle I did my usual PCT protocol that was a staple between cycles with (Nolvadex , Clomid and a Testosterone booster with all the vitamins and fertility herbs supposed to help with libido and test production...) however this time I did not recover well testosterone was 170 and LH 1 still six months after PCT.
Went to see an endocrinologist and after some blood work he did put me on clomid 50mg day for about 4 months and after a couple of weeks I started to feel much better and most of the low T symptoms started to fade away. after some blood work, my Total-T was 660 and free-T around 9, LH 7.0
I then lowered the clomid dose to 25mg/day for a couple of month and numbers came slightly lower but not much Total-T 571 and Free-T 7,8 LH 6.4
we then decided to try and stop the clomind gradually and I lowered the dose to 12,5 for a couple of months and then to 12,5 every other day for an extra month.
Started to feel a lot worse and numbers came in like this: Total-T 292, Free-T 4,86 and LH - 2.2
This in when I asked him to go on testosterone injections, and he pushed me to go with Nebido standard protocol (loading shot first 6 weeks after that one shot every 12 weeks )
Felt great at first, the first 6 weeks were great... did the reinforcement shot and everything was great until you hit week 8 more or less. you can really tell the difference between week 7-8 until the 12th week when you finally get your reinforcement shot again. Mostly I feel tired those last 4 weeks, although numbers are not bad. I've done this protocol for over a year, so I know.
After dialed in, the numbers for me look like this 10 days after The shot:
Total-T 1222
Free-T 33
SHBG 28
E2 62
7,5 weeks later, my numbers were like this:
Total-T 610
Free - T 11,21
SHBG 32
E2 53
After this, I decided to try out compounded testosterone cream(I've been on it for 4 month). I use two creams, one 40mg/ml with Anastrozole in the morning and a second cream 30mg/ml without AI for the evening. I do one pump in the morning and one pump at night.
At first, it gave me lots of anxiety, but it slowly went away. I feel more or less ok on the cream ( I think it's great for libido ) and I feel more aggression at the gym which I like, however I fell like it gives energy in short-lived spikes. You wake up sleepy and drowsy you take your bath put the cream things get better you go to the gym train hard and it's ok then in the middle afternoon you get an energy crash until you put more cream later that day and this is like this every single day. Oh and sometimes when you get home late for some reason or you fall a sleep early or something you end up skipping the night cream.
This is why I am considering leaving the cream, and I am thinking to go back to injections or even Clomid monotherapy because to tell you the truth it was maybe the protocol I felt more stable without so many ups and downs. Something to think about until my next apointment with the endo...
Please leave your thoughts and personal experiences below they are welcome and can help me see a bigger picture maybe I'm missing something, but I don't feel very stable and comfortable with this protocol at the moment...
