I have been on TRT for about 2 months now. It has NOT been great (at all). Several times I just wished that I had never started down this path.

I had about a week where energy levels, libido, and mental clarity were improved. I am an extremely athletic guy (endurance sports and weight training) with a BF of <10% pre-TRT, and now I'd bet I'm at the 16% mark. Belly fat has gone through the roof since starting (with diet/exercise remaining largely unchanged). I've been on gels, now compounded creams. Gels shut me down completely after about 2 weeks. Cream (200mg/day) seems a lot better in terms of strength, but I never did have the overall "life boost" like I did with the gels. Dr. added AI after 1 month after E2 levels were very high and Total Test had gone to 65. (Initially at 261).

So, let me say that I think I'm a high aromatizer of Test to E2. Addition of the AI seemed to help a bit, but nothing great.

Ok, so last week I started low dosage of HCG due to testicular atrophy. On Saturday (day 3) of HCG, I felt like I was going to croak. Dizzy, confused, extreme fatigue, mental fog x 1000, zero libido, etc. I read GD's sticky and comments from other posts that introduction of HCG can cause E2 aromatization which an AI doesn't really do much for. I noticed that yesterday I had gone a few hours without eating and felt like my blood sugar had crashed in a way that I had not experienced before. I'm thinking the HCG is messing with that, too.

Thoughts? Stop the HCG? Get a pill splitter and take more frequent doses of the AI? Do creams/gels tend to cause folks to aromatize more than shots?