Coming off HRT to stimulate natural test production
Hello,
I am a long time lurker, but this is my 1st post. I am an HRT patient. I had a lot of symptoms and was tested once on my own through salivatest.com and then twice through a blood test by my Dr.
I consistently came back with levels just above 200, and my Dr. prescibed 5mg Androgel daily.
I did that for 3 months and felt only mildly better. I received another blood test and my results were the same. I am assuming the natural production stopped and the androgel was taking over but I was still low. My Dr. prescribed 10mg Androgel daily, and told me to apply it differently (I had taken some bad advice on using it on the abdomen and started using it on the chest/shoulders).
After starting the 10mg I felt great. This stuff was working. I then retested after 3 months on the 10mg and came in at 950. Fantastic! Now here is the tricky part...
My doc says that he wants to see if this will stimulate my natural production and took me off cold turkey. It has only been 5 days, and I'm not seeing anything negative yet, and want to make sure I don't psych myself out.
My doc said the HRT can stimulate natural production and I should take a break unless I want to be on HRT for the rest of my life (I am 32). Note, he did say that if I completely "crashed" I could call him and he would immediately start me up again, and that we will retest in 3 months to see where I'm at no matter what.
If I can get off HRT and have natural production on my own then I'd love it, but I've never heard of this method before. Opinions and thoughts are welcome.