I know what it’s like to crash e2. The lack of proper medical care here is insane. My protocol is going OK, although lately my e2 has been too high. I’ve almost given up with doctors. Have to be so proactive. I have no idea what to do because I’m spooked about using Anastrozole due to the long term health effects let alone risk of crashing e2 again. I figured one day I’ll come off or lower my HCG dose when/if I manage to have kids. In the mean time I think I’ll have to stick with it because my side effects from high e2 Were too much and scaring me.
Why would you lower Test and INCREASE HCG? Seems like a recipe for high E2 to me.
@bmbrady77 Yeah I know… Fertility is important to me at this stage. I read some studies indicating 500iu 3xweek is minimum to preserve fertility.
Are you trying for a kid right this minute? If so, then I get that.
If not, then spare yourself some misery and lower that back down, or drop it altogether, then add it back when you ARE actively trying. Takes about 2 months to bring sperm production back up from what I’ve read.
Not right now, no. The thing is, last year after 6 months of trt my sperm was so little it was essentially gone. That seriously scared and upset my wife and I. Months and months later it started coming back thank fuck. My plan this time around was to keep production going, as I don’t like the risk of total shut down of production. My understanding is the longer things are shut down, the longer it takes to come back, and less likely it will be to come back. You raise a good point though, maybe I should…