hCG - It's real but it's just not working!

[KimboHalfSlice]

I used five different home pregnancy kits to test my hCG, and all of them came out positive.

But here's the thing: The stuff just isn't working

I'm in my twenties and this is only my second cycle. My balls were fine before I started this cycle, but now they're shrinking. I woke up this morning, gave my balls a feel, and was shocked at how small they were.

I've been shooting 200iu per day so it should definitely be doing its job!

But then something occured to me:

I added 10ml of water to my 5000iu of hCG, giving a concentration of 500iu per ml.

The thing is though, those home pregnancy kits will test positive for far far smaller concentrations, they'll test positive for as little as 25 mIU.

So now this has me thinking that my 5000iu of hCG might be far less, it might be 5iu!

Has anyone else ever encountered hCG that just doesn't do its job?!

[stevey_6t9]

how long have you been using it for and at what dosage?

[KimboHalfSlice]

My hCG came late, I already had about 1 month of my cycle done before it arrived, so my balls had shrunk had a little bit already.

Today is the 15th day I've been taking hCG.

I was shooting large amounts like 500iu per day at the very start, but now I'm shooting 200iu per day.

I think I'll give my supplier a phone call today, I reckon the stuff has been "watered down".

[Valac]

was it already mixed when you bought it? if so, and it happened been kept cooled it would of deteriorated

[Trenquility]

If it was not cared for properly, it might not be good anymore.

[KimboHalfSlice]

It came to me as a crystalline powder in a small vial. I added 10ml of bacteriostatic water to it. Ever since then it's been kept chilled in the fridge.

I've been looking at the label on the small vial and I have to say it looks photocopied because it isn't very clear. Plus I did a web search for the product and I couldn't find any packaging that matched the way mine was packaged.

The thing is though, I really trust the guy who gave it to me. Maybe he thinks the stuff is real simply because it tests positive with a pregnancy kit, without realising that the stuff might be severely under-dosed.

Every morning I wake up in bed and I twiddle my balls in my hands, I swear they feel smaller each time (but then again I could be imagining things if I'm expecting them to be smaller!). Also my ejaculation volume has decreased severely.

Ah well... I suppose worst case scenario is I have to wait until I take my Clomiphene & Tamoxifen to pump my balls back up.

On my first cycle my balls got really small too, but they pumped up after PCT. I was hoping to avoid this though for my second cycle.