Ok so i'm new here,...posted once about Ibs-d and if it connects to testosterone. Anyway i've had low t for almost 2 years, I've tried for that entire time to go legal about it, and i went through all the tests necessary and when i found an endocrinologist that acknowledged my problems were real (memory loss,tired all the time, feeling exhausted even after a solid 8 hours of sleep and a general feeling of shit). After going for a new testosterone blood test through her among a bunch of other blood work it came back that i had elevated Acth Plasma at the tune of 323.4 and elevated Cortisol also high 27.1 but not as high as the acth. I went through the mri to rule out a pituitary tumor and also did a suppression test and my body responded with appropriately with normal numbers. After that battle i thought i saw the light at the end of the tunnel, well she handed me an androgel prescription after we discussed back when i first met her that i wanted injections because i already didn't hear anything good about the gel and not to mention the fact my ibs-d already drains 3 hours out of my life in the morning, that the last thing i wanna do is add to that time with wiping myself with a gel is just not something i want to be consistently reminded of. Her response for not giving me what i asked for was "you abused steroids before",...in which i was in shock about because i never did any drug and i've told her that from the beginning, i never smoked or did any drug. I always felt that steroids were something i saw in a different light because its something your using to obtain a physique that is unnatural...your not getting stoned. Long story short i went to another doctor and i made the mistake of explaining what happened and she offered me the gel...i figured at this point if it could help i might as well try it..well I've been using it for the past 2 months and I've felt no better and recently she didn't wanna authorize a refill so now i've been off it for 2 days and i had a slight crash but i felt worse on it than i normally do.
I realize you don't need this backstory but i figured that i will explain myself in a shorter version just so nobody can say i didn't exhaust all of my options before resorting to my own trt.
My plan was to order test cypionate and just do 150mg to start out and then go get a blood test about a week or two after the first two shots. And if my levels are high and i'm feeling normal ill leave it...maybe later ill increase the dose or use something along side it but ultimately i'm just trying to regain what i lost and regain my memory and how i should be feeling. Since this is my first ever steroid...i won't be cycling i want to stay on it to off set my problems and fix myself since i tried everything else with no luck. Do i need clomid, if i'm running a smaller dose than what most people cycle with?
my stats are
24 male
appox 167lbs
5'8-5'9
Any help will be greatly appreciated
Thank you