Doc prescribed HCG and Test C

[bray]

Hi, this is my first post here I hope I have found the correct sub forum.

I recently got diagnosed low T and will start late next week. During my consultation I was asked what treatment I was looking for and I said just testosterone eod as I am adamant I don't want kids and neither does my partner. However he prescribed 100mg test c per week and 750iu of HCG, both split up into two shots each and taken on the same day (Mon/Thur). His reasoning for this was that if TRT doesn't work out for me the HCG will make it easier to come off (which I can't argue with but I know TRT is something that I plan to be on long-term).

I have seen mixed opinions on this and by the looks of it most people suggest HCG to be administered EOD, however my doc says otherwise. The only benefit I can see is that it's more convenient and when I get bloodwork I won't have to work around the HCG. I'd rather avoid using AI if possible and injecting HCG and test on the same day will only further increase my peaks and cause more estrogen. FWIW my bloodwork shows my estrogen to on lower end of ref range, my shbg is generally on the high end (35-45).

 

[Nelson Vergel]

How do you feel ?

Why is your doctor measuring LH and FSH? They should be nil on TRT. Get your DHT tested if you can using liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS)

Also, the estradiol test is probably not the accurate LC/MS type.

Have you talked to him about prolactin treatment ? 0.5 mg per week of cabergoline would probably not be a bad idea.

 

[bray]

Overall better but some things like libido and anxiety can be rare / temperamental. I think this is more so due to high estrogen and obviously prolactin.

In the UK you have to get caber through GP. My private clinic do not offer it. Tempted to buy caber from UGL if it gets worse but for the time being its not causing that much of an issue for me.

I don't know what they use for testing, but what I do know is they use a third party called inuvi.

I'm going to retest in a few weeks if my E2 is still high consider small dose of aromasin.