Common myth: Once on TRT, you're stuck on TRT
Originally Posted by @@@@
And at that point you would probably be stuck with the shots forvever.
Originally posted by @@@@
I agree with everything said above except this part. If you get destined on testosterone shots forever then it is because you had a testosterone problem to begin with. For those that merely have a bad diet and are tertiary I don't think there is anything wrong with them using HRT temporarily to get there health profile in check and then do an HPTA normalization program. After all if someone cleaned up there diet and got back in shape they could easily have normal testosterone readings afterwards. The FDA has no problem doling out Phentramine and other short cuts that have far worse side effects. When your testosterone is already low, its very hard to get to the gym and get your health back, everything is working against you.
There is no research ever showing permanent desensitization of the leydig cells, the only doc who ever published peer reviewed clinical research on HPTA recovery after ASIH has said many times almost every single patient he had recovered, it wasn't a matter of if, it was a matter of time. Research has shown, and there are endless clinical studies on those using high dose steroid cycles with things far more suppressive than testosterone, that upon ceasing the androgens or anabolics patients numbers always come back into range, usually in the same amount of time that they were suppressed.
So I don't know where this for life rumor started but its the exact opposite of what is seen clinically, and in subjective reports of AAS users.
Knowing that, what is wrong with a trial run? for someone that has lowT to begin with? If they are destined forever to T shots then it was because they were destined to have lowT, not because they took testosterone.
Just My 2 Cents
Obviously men under 30 need a much more thorough diagnosis.