Aren’t birth control hormones considered steroids? They just are not anabolic androgenic steroids. I expect to know about that eventually.
That seems like something that should come up since its related to birth control and thereby important in a sexual relationship. Or not, she could never say anything and just make a guy wear a condom all the time and prevent possible STDs too. No judgement.
That being said I still don’t understand the need to tell a person you’re dating that you are on TRT. Unless you leave shit out and need to explain it. There is that whole full-disclosure thing but that comes a bit later, how later I guess is dependent on the relationship trajectory. I guess when would you expect the person you are dating to tell you they are on insulin injections, take BP meds, have polycystic kidney disease, have a genetic polymorphism that prevents them from converting sunlight to vitamin D. I guess these things just come up in passing. Is it different because steroids have a bad rap? Wouldn’t making a big deal out of it MAKE a big deal out of it?
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It sounds crazy to say, but I don’t know how many girls / women would associate testosterone and steroids.
When I was a young mnben87, I saw a guy just blow up in size at my first gym. I asked him what he was doing, and he told me testosterone. I was like I need to get some of that (I knew it was a male hormone, but didn’t associate it with steroids). Buddy had to tell me it was a steroid.
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No but any girl that dates me is going to know I was a fucking savage in a previous life and had a problem with certain drugs and part of not being that person anymore is being honest (to an extent) with those directly in my life. Plus trying to hide daily injections gets tiredsome. May as well just let her know it’s prescribed medicine and one of the reasons I look like a 21 year old and my dick is harder than a Slayer concert. If you do it right they will be ok with just about anything. They just don’t want you to be hiding shit. That’s where problems happen at least in my experience.
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That adds to my question even more, what’s the big deal? If they don’t know what it is then why rush a reveal of the prescriptions you’re on.
I’ve been on for nearly 3 years now and my wife knows, and 1 guy from work that Im helping because our doc (same PCP) put him on a T patch. None of my other family knows because honestly there is no reason for them to know. If we were to sit around and talk about what prescriptions we were on at Thanksgiving then I’d probably say but barring that situation who really cares?
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Well I will defer to you and the other recent daters as Ive been with my wife a long time so im a bit out of touch in that arena. Not sure what it’s like out there and if part of living with your past is being particularly honest going forward then whatever works…no harm no foul.
Me neither. I find most of the people I have told are gym buddies. I don’t want them thinking I am progressing faster then them for no reason. I feel in that context it is honest to do. Most of them are on anyways at that gym.
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Pretty much.
Though I think I was like 6 months in before I even told my then girlfriend (now wife) that I took Propecia, haha. Stopped taking it around that time. Oh wellll.
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I definitely wouldn’t tell them until like months into it when shit gets serious and also depending on the person.
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I’ve been wondering about the same thing. I went through a very dramatic breakup last autumn. Not had a serious relationship since then, although my thoughts on the subject is that you should inform her once it gets serious.
I don’t believe in keeping secrets, and if a girl genuinely likes you, she isn’t going to leave you because you do TRT. Especially in 2020, since the fertility issue can almost always be solved one way or the other. 
Would you leave a girl because she needed insulin, because she used birth control pills or because she couldn’t get pregnant without medical assistance?
Maybe just tell her you are on an experimental male birth control injection (there are research papers about using TRT for male birth control). You are doing it, because you think men should be responsible, and that the burden should be shared #feminism.
It’s pretty much the same thing, except that birth control pills cannot induce permanent hypogonadism. Still not sure whether to disclose the fact that my hypogonadism is AAS-induced, though. 
I’m on HCG as well, sperm quantity is nowhere near what It was pre steroids, but I could probably knock someone young and fertile up still.
Well, I think female birth control works much better than TRT does for men. Many on AAS for years get their women knocked up. My post was just a joke. The data says if you want to be fertile after TRT long term it will almost for sure happen, but it might take a while to happen, and you might have to go off test for a while.
I’ve dated a ton of chicks while on trt, and about 50% I’ve told and zero have cared. Literally zero. Some I’ve told upfront (which i don’t do anymore as its none of their business anyways) and some I’ve told a few months in. In the case of TRT it is a medical issue. All I mention is the brain/pituitary MRI, x-ray/bone scans and year of tests I had to do for doctors to figure out what was wrong and chicks get spooked like you were near-death and most are like wow and then move on… If you don’t make it a big deal and just have a normal and fun time with them, they won’t care. If you are constantly Mr. Bodybuilder around them, then you will remind them every day you are on TRT. Half of them have all kinds of uppers/downers/etc. prescribed to them so they aren’t ones to judge anyways…
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Actually, you can remain on test if you add FSH or HMG. You have to reduce your dosage a little, though.
Studies in China have shown that its a very efficient contraceptive. If you add HCG, it’s a different tale, since even a few swimmers could theoretically get the job done.
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Yeah, my wife has pulled that one. Of course she was taking estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone long before I got on TRT so she has no room to talk.