Hey Guys,
Been doing a ton of reading on this. Im on the typical TRT replacement protocol of Test twice a week with Anastrozole. Every 12 weeks I run HCG twice a week also. After the 4th cycle of HCG I finally started putting together the additional Belly fat comes on while on HCG. After reading, it looks like HCG can cause E levels to rise. While not on HCG I was at 21 according to blood work. I would normally think to increase my Anastrozole but after reading it looks like it would have no effect if HCG is the culprit of the increased E levels. One thread suggested to lower HCG but im curious if that is something that will work and by how much.
let me know what you guys think
I’m confused, why would you cycle HCG every 12 weeks. I haven’t heard of such a thing before when talking about TRT. HCG will increase E2 in most guys, sounds more like bloating to me.
Do you know what your E2 levels were when using hCG?
I’m not sure why the dr said to cycle every 12 weeks. I’ve been on this protocol for about a year and a half now. Before this last round of hcg, I was feeling really good and had blood tests performed. Then started this cycle of hcg and blew up.
Never had blood taken while on hcg. I’m going to request that. I just talked to my dr and she said to stop hcg for four weeks and add some patasium to help flush water. Wants me to check in with her next week. Guess she is thinking the same thing. Luckily I have a direct line to her.
Sounds like you need a new doctor, everytime you add the HCG into your TRT protocol estrogen will increase which will force you to increase anastrozole every 12 weeks as well. Then you have to dial in your protocol every 12 weeks.
Apparently your doctor is completely unaware of the estrogen consequences of taking HCG, that’s why there’s no testing while on HCG.
I have a quick question I ran out of clomid and could not get a refill for 5 days. After I finally got my prescription and took my clomid and A.I for at least three days then I did labs after wards. My E2 came in at 11pg range (29<). I used the ultra sensitive test. My protocol is .3mg of A.I ED and 25 mg clomid ED. And sennse these labs. I have felt like crap and if have got a lot of belly fat out of no where. Where do you think this could be coming from
Estrogen could have dropped from missing the clomid for 5 days, then you starting taking the AI when E2 was already low. Lay off the AI for a week.
Do you think the low E2 is contributing to my belly fat?? Is that possible?? Because I’m 30 and weigh 155pounds and all of a sudden I have a lot of extra weight around my stomach
agreed, I spoke to the office this morning and Im now working with the main Dr. She agreed with what is being said about HCG increasing E levels. Told me to dump HCG for a few weeks and re run panels to see where I am at. She said I may be more sensitive to HCG and increased Estrogen.
I gained weight with clomid. Not from high e2.
No. You can’t really go by me. I was on it for only 6 weeks. Usually people try for 3 months to see how it works. Sometimes you need to give it time for things to stabilize and that is a big problem with all of us. We want instant results.