Going off T with HCG and Anastrozole? 28 years old
I am 28 and have been on TRT for 1.5 years. I have been taking 125mg daily of a trans-dermal compound for about a year, and was on Testim before that. Never injected or used AAS. I started in order to treat depression, no energy or sexdrive, ED, etc. Without changing my diet or exercise whatsoever I lost 3 inches off my waist, regained my sex drive after about a year, and felt much better.
Prior to TRT, my total T was consistently below 350 for years, starting around age 22. My LH and FSH have always been on the lower side of normal, around 3-3.5.
During TRT, my total T has been between around 100 points higher, my free T around 10, SHBG normal, Vitamin D was low but brought within range. E2 was low normal, but partially due to very low dose anastrozole (.1-.2 mg 3x/week) Most importantly, my LH and FSH have barely changed, and have generally been 2-3.5 consistently. I also have a grade 2 Varicocele that the new urologist is not concerned with.
Due to the death of my doctor, I recently visited a good Urologist who is very knowledgeable when it comes to TRT with the intention of adding hcg. He gave me a sperm test, and I have remained very fertile. My testes do fluctuate in size, however they never really shrank.
After analyzing regular blood work over the past 3 years, and my sperm test, he believes my testicles are functional and I'm not really hypogonadal. For nearly a 4 year period, I was up at 7 and going to bed at 2am, drinking lots of coffee, taking Adderall, and was under tremendous stress while working and studying for rigorous CFA exams. However even at age 17 my total T was 500. MY doctor has told me to stop taking T, and has prescribed 1000iu EOD of HCG and .5mg EOD of Anastrozole. After 2 months, we will look at more blood work.
Does anyone have any experience with something similar? I am young and it appears I have some testicular function. My goal is to be off TRT entirely if it is not necessary, so I hope that this can work for me. While I can't find anything right now, I seem to recall some recent studies indicating that hcg by itself could be effective for a restart. Does anyone know the dosage and timeline for such a thing?
Thanks!
