hunterdon goose
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Hello everyone, I'm a 33 year old man from north west NJ. I was diagnosed with low T in 2014 by my primary care physician via blood work and put on 125mg testosterone cypionate a week divided into 2 shots. Fast forward to the summer of 2023 and I had to stop taking it sadly because one side effect that outweighed all the very numerous benefits : Insomnia. Despite good sleep hygiene, good mental health (I also have a sleep doctor and have done sleep studies and use my cpap machine religiously) I can't seem to get more than 6 hours a night of sleep which has driven me to the point of sadly quitting TRT (for now until this can all get sorted out) . While 6 hours a night may seem perfectly adequate for some on this board (and more power to you) I desperately need my normal 8-10 hours otherwise I can not take classes required to finish my degree, exercise, do things I love or even hold down a job properly. No I am not kidding about how debilitating the poor sleep is; I am in serious trouble and desperately need your help.
Since I have decided to give the TRT a break until my sleep returns (it hasn't- hence why I am here and need your help guys) , my urologist in efforts to raise my testosterone has prescribed 20mg of tamoxifen which I have taken for roughly 2 months+ before all the bloodwork below was drawn. Since as you can well see nothing looks good, he has added 1000iu of HCG a day starting about a week ago. I am seeing him again next week for a follow up.
Side Note: I am currently taking 100mg DHEA and 60mg pregnenolone OTC yet the levels are also low as you can see. The urologist has also tried lower doses of HCG (3000,4000iu ect and not much has changed in terms of testicular atrophy)
(And Please also be aware the sleep issue didn't occur all at once suddenly but occured slowly over time where I went from my usual 8-10hrs to just 4-6hrs gradually over a period of years.)
Thank you gentlemen so much in advance for this great resource and community of a forum- and if I'm fortunate to get some ideas that could potentially change my life situation and allow me to unlock my full potential from this crippling insomnia I will be forever grateful !
Since I have decided to give the TRT a break until my sleep returns (it hasn't- hence why I am here and need your help guys) , my urologist in efforts to raise my testosterone has prescribed 20mg of tamoxifen which I have taken for roughly 2 months+ before all the bloodwork below was drawn. Since as you can well see nothing looks good, he has added 1000iu of HCG a day starting about a week ago. I am seeing him again next week for a follow up.
Side Note: I am currently taking 100mg DHEA and 60mg pregnenolone OTC yet the levels are also low as you can see. The urologist has also tried lower doses of HCG (3000,4000iu ect and not much has changed in terms of testicular atrophy)
(And Please also be aware the sleep issue didn't occur all at once suddenly but occured slowly over time where I went from my usual 8-10hrs to just 4-6hrs gradually over a period of years.)
Thank you gentlemen so much in advance for this great resource and community of a forum- and if I'm fortunate to get some ideas that could potentially change my life situation and allow me to unlock my full potential from this crippling insomnia I will be forever grateful !
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