Pros/Cons of TRT

[weekend]

I am honestly thinking more and more lately that I would be happier and more successful on 200 mg/test for life.

My testosterone levels are high naturally. But I just know I feel better on exogenous testosterone.

22 years old. Would not do it until 23 at least...

I think I will want to do it by around 30.

It would give me so much more confidence, I feel like it would be amazing. The shots aren't the issue, it's the potential fertility and health repercussions and the hang up about being dependent on something forever.

[hossam]

i am 40 and I feel 17 with Cidoteston 2 shots a week
this is the best test i have ever tested, each amp price is 1 dollar
in Egypt

[O.N.]

What testosterone boosters have you tried and what stacks/combos have you used?

I know what you mean about cruising on a low dose and how it makes you feel, however you can feel that way naturally if you tickle testosterone production in the right areas, there is far more than just estrogen manipulation that you can do to push things higher.

Not to mention many people that do have a high total testosterone often leave their free testosterone unchecked and feel not as good as they could as SHBG and cortisol are eating up the free active testosterone. Which is often why when you take low dose testosterone you feel good as it wont get eaten up as easily.

With running our ultimate stack we have a number of people report low dose gear or near gear like feelings of wellness.

[BoneDaddy]

I'm loving the fawk out of my 200mg/week. I feel brand new and wish I'd have done it sooner. The only downside so far is my hematocrit gets elevated if I don't stay on top of the blood donations.

[necropuppy]

I'm 30 and my test was low before cycling PH and even after with multiple PCT attempted restarts, I started UGL test and man what a difference. I will happily blast and cruise for life.

If you have high test, I wouldn't get it not until you actually have low test. I'm no expert. But it seems any suppression of HPTA system with exogenous in the long term will not allow to return to the previous normal levels you used to have. Again I'm not expert and I'm going by what I've heard. So I could certainly be incorrect.

I know I don't need any more kids so I'd happily be infertile, but I believe it's highly unlikely you'll become infertile even after long periods on exogenous hormones.

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[Jelisej]

In your situation, you should not even think of TRT. as for most people is not fun, really- first you dont want to spend your youth organising your life around medication schedule. Most of people on TRT have tried more than once to get of it, as it gets more and more complicated, and you just think about health issues all day long how to improve etc....
People do feel very good on ecstasy and its very effective mood enhancement, but staying on it for life tofeel good does not seems as good idea, at least to me.

[weekend]

I realize it may not be fun.

I have never had my free test levels checked, only total.

Medication schedule would not be an issue, I plan on doing this as soon as the levels are legitimately low, and I expect that to start happening by 30.

I would not ever try to get off it unless it was necessary to have kids.

The biggest reason I have not to do it is that I definitely want kids and I also don't like how my seminal volume goes way down on a cycle.

I have not run a TRT dose of test for long enough to know how the sides compare to cycle doses, only long enough to tell that 200 mg definitely makes me feel like a bo$$ compared to this 1130 ng/dl natty level

[weekend]

As for natty test boosters I have tried DAA, erase, testofen, maca, sustain alpha, toco8, endoamp, ginger seemed to do a bit when I ate it daily... Zma, if that counts

That's about it I believe, any ideas?

The biggest reasons I can think of to do TRT is: life goals, peace of mind, loving my own personality more.

-I find that I am more goal oriented on it, I could easily see it being the difference between a sick waterfront house and a small apartment life in the long run.

-I find myself worrying about things too much with no drive to change them.

-I am funnier, more confident, more carefree, and more willing to accept myself for who I am. People seem to like me more as well.

All these parameters were the same before I used steroids. I honestly believe I have not caused any major damage from using them; I just feel it might be the case that I was always going to be better off with them.

[BoneDaddy]

Everyone is different, but at 200mg, my seminal volume has increased as well as my desire to make bad decision with the exponentially increased sex drive......

[Jelisej]

For another possible issues of 200mg of testosterone- its hard to tell as we dont have enough of feedback from people that do it, and problem is that people that use it had some other issues as well so in all honesty, its hard to tell where problems coming from when they happen- person that had stroke would maybe have it anyway or it happened because of other reason. I would certainly say that slightly over range testosterone is not dangerous and is more safe than low testosterone; but when we get to 200 mgs that (depending from person to person) may bring one's levels way over the top- and if its combined with unhealthy lifestyle it can be quite problematic. Again, how problematic its hard to say, and on top of it you would have to start adding some other stuff as your resting metabolic rate would start "going down".
As for benefits- there are some- tough lot of it is lost at some point, including libido increase. Again receptors play role as well as number of other reasons. And from I was told- finding "sweet point" is better than having high testosterone levels- so more is not always better.

In your particular case- I dont see reason why you go on TRT at the moment. Benefits are not worth the risk, maybe better to investigate what can improve your wellbeing, and why are you not fully enjoying your life when you should enjoy it most?