TRT / Shutting down

[just sayin]

I recently had a blood test done, with testosterone levels coming in low (13.8nmol/L, reference range of 11-40). I'm 29 and have symptoms of low test, as might be expected from the results. I have an appointment with the doc in a few days, but it looks like TRT is his recommendation.

At first I was fine with the idea of TRT, because I was of the thought that if I 'got off' my levels would just go back to 'normal.' Now I'm gathering that I'll be pinning for life if I start it.

What are the chances that, if I ever chose to come off TRT for whatever reason, I'd reach my (admittedly pretty crappy) pre-TRT levels?

Neither option sounds particularly great at this point; a life of TRT, or a life of low test. Tough decision.

 

[DirtyMexican]

I recently had a blood test done, with testosterone levels coming in low (13.8nmol/L, reference range of 11-40). I'm 29 and have symptoms of low test, as might be expected from the results. I have an appointment with the doc in a few days, but it looks like TRT is his recommendation.

At first I was fine with the idea of TRT, because I was of the thought that if I 'got off' my levels would just go back to 'normal.' Now I'm gathering that I'll be pinning for life if I start it.

What are the chances that, if I ever chose to come off TRT for whatever reason, I'd reach my (admittedly pretty crappy) pre-TRT levels?
Neither option sounds particularly great at this point; a life of TRT, or a life of low test. Tough decision.

Less and less as the year progress. You see it is actually pretty simple. As men age we also experience hormonal decline much like women. A woman hits this hormal decline all the sudden. But, you being a male will have a gradual decline.

So the chances of you in 20 yeas at the age of 49 getting off and having crappy test levels are great! They will just be crappier than they are now.

Do you want to have kids? Is that the issue?

 

[just sayin]

Less and less as the year progress. You see it is actually pretty simple. As men age we also experience hormonal decline much like women. A woman hits this hormal decline all the sudden. But, you being a male will have a gradual decline.

So the chances of you in 20 yeas at the age of 49 getting off and having crappy test levels are great! They will just be crappier than they are now.

Do you want to have kids? Is that the issue?

Thanks for your post, you've raised some good points. I don't want kids, although my partner is undecided. I suppose I was just concerned about being stuck doing intramuscular injections for the rest of my life. If, however, I can stop at any point in time without being even worse off than I otherwise would have been, that's no longer a problem.

The other consideration is, as you point out, I'll continue to decline, and that reference range probably won't, so rather than being border-line clinically low, I'll soon be clinically low anyway. I suppose I have nothing to lose.

Thanks again.

 

[DirtyMexican]

Thanks for your post, you've raised some good points. I don't want kids, although my partner is undecided. I suppose I was just concerned about being stuck doing intramuscular injections for the rest of my life. If, however, I can stop at any point in time without being even worse off than I otherwise would have been, that's no longer a problem.

The other consideration is, as you point out, I'll continue to decline, and that reference range probably won't, so rather than being border-line clinically low, I'll soon be clinically low anyway. I suppose I have nothing to lose.

Thanks again.

For TRT/HRT you do not have to take shots. Although, to be frank IM is more effective.

There is test gell, patches, heck implants, there are oral sytethic versions of testosterone availe in US/CAN/MX anavar, testosterone unde, methyl-test, halotestin, proviron.


You have many options. If you are forced trt/hrt get some hGH. I am also in the age bracket you are and that helps.