So basically for 2 years I’ve been feeling poor following an oral only steroid cycle. I went on trt after and my levels of Test and Estrogen were optimal but I still felt poor.
Now as time was continuing I started to feel awful. Real awful. Sky high cholesterol. Sleeping 8 hours and tired. Extreme sensitivity to artificial light. Adrenaline through the roof and no interest in anything . I wouldn’t say suicidal but as close to is as you could think.
After finding Ray I realized the importance of Prog, preg, dhea. So I checked those and they were in the GUTTER. Extremely low. On TRT your LH shuts off but for the sake of Test it doesn’t matter bc you are getting it exogenously. What I didn’t think to consider was how the cascade of upstream hormones would turn off now.
I tried supplementing preg, prog.dhea but I couldn’t get the ratios right and felt off still. Adding hcg mimicks LH basically and backfills those hormones. I feel so much better. I lowered my trt dose to make up for the extra aromatizing from hcg.
I was legit 2 years with these steroid hormones non existent.. my god lol.. why isn’t this more studied or known on trt.. is there a better long term option to fill these hormones besides hcg.
I suppose everyone is different because some people will be on trt and no hcg and feel fine but yeah for me those upstream hormones turned off basically
Now as time was continuing I started to feel awful. Real awful. Sky high cholesterol. Sleeping 8 hours and tired. Extreme sensitivity to artificial light. Adrenaline through the roof and no interest in anything . I wouldn’t say suicidal but as close to is as you could think.
After finding Ray I realized the importance of Prog, preg, dhea. So I checked those and they were in the GUTTER. Extremely low. On TRT your LH shuts off but for the sake of Test it doesn’t matter bc you are getting it exogenously. What I didn’t think to consider was how the cascade of upstream hormones would turn off now.
I tried supplementing preg, prog.dhea but I couldn’t get the ratios right and felt off still. Adding hcg mimicks LH basically and backfills those hormones. I feel so much better. I lowered my trt dose to make up for the extra aromatizing from hcg.
I was legit 2 years with these steroid hormones non existent.. my god lol.. why isn’t this more studied or known on trt.. is there a better long term option to fill these hormones besides hcg.
I suppose everyone is different because some people will be on trt and no hcg and feel fine but yeah for me those upstream hormones turned off basically
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