Isn't the downside that once you're on TRT, your own body won't keep making testosterone, so you end up never being able to stop the injections?

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thelittleone a day ago | parent | next [-]

I was on TRT for 10 years. Then I met an amazing woman, we wanted to start a family. Fertility clinic confirmed 0 sperm production. 6 months later she, she fell pregnant.

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Detrytus a day ago | parent | next [-]

Obvious question: was she also sleeping with someone else at the time she got pregnant? Did you do a paternity test?

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smeeger a day ago | parent | prev [-]

did you taper off? how did it feel?

	▲	thelittleone a day ago \| parent [-]
		I stopped nebido cold turkey, went on HMG and HCG by subcutaneous injection 3 days a week. Had a few chills and sweats at first, but mood impact was not noticeable. No change to training routine (HiiT, boxing muay thai and calisthenics). A few months along, I switched to enclopmiphene citrate (25mg daily).

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smeeger a day ago | parent | prev [-]

your body does stop making its own but there is no clear answer as to whether or not your body loses the ability to restart its own endogenous production. thats how new and also ignored/understudied testosterone hrt is… if you wait a fee years there might be new information or biomarkers that can help answer this question.

there are other things you can do to preserve your bodies natural T production. there are medications that induce it but its not been studied for long term use. there is also another hormone you can take called HCG that will cause your body to continue making test but its difficult to use.

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AuryGlenz a day ago | parent [-]

There is a clear answer - that is, it depends. Some people are able to (mostly) recover their own production and some aren’t. Bodies are complicated.

	▲	smeeger 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		where is the study showing this?