Low libido on all protocols

Pharma / TRT Testosterone Replacement
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So as many posts here have discussed low libido and I’ve seen most replies and I have tried so many adjustments. However, in case anyone wants to shed some light on this it would be appreciated.

So, a bit of context, where I live right now it is increasingly challenging to get a blood test/hormonal panel. Every time I had one, I had to travel back to my home country. I first got tested two years ago, at 27, testing at 252 total test. I always felt tired, always struggled with dieting and retaining muscle (When cutting, I would just lose ALL of my muscle, regardless of protein intake, etc.). This is when I started Enclomiphene Citrate, after a couple of weeks I still felt terrible, so decided to get tested and came back at a whopping 1000+ total test and 34 E2. This made no sense to me, as I felt worst than at the 200s, I was gaining massive amounts of water weight and overall just feeling like shit.

That’s when I decided to say fuck it and go all in on test (I have learned so much from when I did this), I pinned 50mg of Test E and boom, I felt like I was a new person, even thinking to myself that I was not really living prior to this, I was just getting by…

Fastforward a couple of months, my libido disappeared, I remember it vividly one day I noticed I didn’t feel it anymore. This of course makes sense now as probably my production was shut down + E2 was running high. Anyways, I didn’t know anything back then.

Since then, I have so many different protocols and types of test, Test E or C at 100, 150, 200, even going as low as 70mg/week. Some of the tests I was able to do on some of these protocols came back with high E2, I eventually gave in and started AI, balanced it on multiple protocols and felt even worst across all.

A couple of weeks ago I decided to give prop a try, 10/mg a day. First three days were the ONLY time I actually noticed a difference based on the protocol, all others, regardless of dose made me feel EXTREMELY tired, bloated, etc. Overall just a terrible experience.

My biggest shock was that when I started prop I felt my libido back after two years, it wasn’t great, but it was there, more like a small “fire”, but I noticed it, unlike ALL other protocols where I felt absolutely no difference.

Unfortunately, day 4 and 5 I started to feel off again, and surely enough I was feeling exactly the same as before. I don’t know what else to do, I’ve tried everything and anything. Any help is greatly appreciated, willing to answer all questions below if needed.

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Is it your libido, or are you just not attracted to the person you’re supposed to have sex with?

A lot of “low libido” guys really just have frumpy wives. Not saying this is you, but if the shoe fits… no amount of drugs are going to make you more attracted to someone you’re not attracted to.

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*if you’re watching porn if any kind, or jerking off - even infrequently - stop doing those things and see what happens.

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This doesn’t add up. You’re not gonna feel shit from one pin of 50mg Test E.

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I don’t watch porn but I do jerk off - but anyhow, it does not make much sense as thousands of people jerk off and have no ED, as like myself pre-TRT. It’s surely something else going on. I do not believe at all any of the “psychological” stuff people throw around unless of course there is a major drastic personal event, but during normal every day to day occurance, you are either feeling better or worst

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I can promise you I felt MUCH different during the first two to three months doing 50/mg x2 week. I’m assuming due to also the siginficant amount of test being naturally produced. I’m not saying it was 30s after the first pin, especially given the fact it was two years ago, but yes, I felt vastly different.

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Ok so as written, you implied one pin make you feel better… ‘boom’. But if you meant 2-3 months sure, I could see that. How long were you on each protocol of different Test E/C? You need to give it at least 6 weeks IMO before making changes otherwise its dog chasing tail.

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Never changed a protocol before the 10 week mark. Not sure why, but I read it somewhere that was the time needed and always stuck with 10 weeks (2 1/2 months). But admittingly, I would even look forward to the ten weeks to change, because I knew it was not working.
I came off TRT before starting Test Prop which is what I am doing now and honestly, I felt WAY better off TRT for two months than while I was on it.
My theory is that my problem either
A) Has to do with E2 because at 200mg/week of test C my results for E2 did come back too high, however, AI fucks the shit out of me and even makes me feel worse
B) It is completely uncorrolated with Test/E as to be honest, I should have that much Test/E imbalance while on Test P. Meaning it has to be something completely unrelated to Test or Estrogen

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TT/FT/e2/PRL/Thyroid for each protocol you tried? Sleep? Stress?

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Seems like you have some semblance of a libido since you’re jerking off.
Notice the distinction between low libido, erectile dysfunction and just not wanting to have sex with your partner. Which is it?
Do you check out anonymous women on the street or the gym? If yes then I’m betting your libido is not the problem.

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This might seem offending but I thought the same.

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The dose of AI matters. How much did you take? Some men (hyper responders) can quickly go from too much to too little E2. If 0.25mg of anastrozole puts you down for the entire week then even smaller dose of anastrozole or even better exemestane should be used instead of anastrozole. With too high E2 most men have high libido but weaker erections.

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I got this issue with libido and erections.

Higher dose TRT: better libido worse erections.

Lower dose TRT: better erections worse libido. (Not non existent libido)

Anyone ever solved this issue. Blood work is always good mainly higher T and E on higher dose and then both lower are lower dose. Also notice a lot less semen comes out with higher dosing, as soon as I lower it to say 100mg per week a reasonable amount more comes out.

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I’m 52, been on trt 125mg/week for 2 years. Same wife for 18 years. When I’m feeling uninspired, I add 25mg Proviron/day or 25mg every 12hrs. That makes me want to beat my meat like it owes me money. If you still have libido issues, try PT-141. It’s like Cialis for the mind.

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