Low test - HRT help

[General-K]

Hi Guys,

Really would appreciate some advice here!

Basically I use to be a competitive bodybuilder in my mid twenties and took various courses of gear always followed the standard PCT at the time.

Anyways that all stoped when I was around 28 I am now 32 I still body build and train but just for my own self confidence and appearance I take no steroids and have not since I was 28 and ever since I have been feeling unwell I could never really describe the way I was feeling but I just knew something wasn’t quite right some days I would feel really ill..
I had all sorts of blood tests done over the last few years and nothing ever came back and I continued to feel the same.

Earlier this year I moved and this changed my Doctor due to moving I had a routine check up and decided to yet again tell this “new” doctor how I was feeling always open and honest and told him I had used gear in the past he decided to do blood work on my hormones and the results came back low as detailed below. The only reason I never thought the way I was feeling was due to low test was because I never had any problems with erections but now I have realised this “ill feeling” all started not too long after I stopped taking gear.

Serum Testosterone – 13.9 nmo/L Normal Range 8.6 - 29
LH – 3 iu/L Normal Range 2 - 9
FSH – 3 iu/L Normal Range 2 -12

The Doctor then decided to send me to see a specialist consultant a Urologist who inspected me and took more blood tests which came back the same as the above Serum Test was marginally different 13.6 nmo/L

The consultant has decided he wants to put me on Nebido (4 ml 1000mg Testosterone undecanoate) this is a very slow releasing form of testosterone that is prescribed and injected once every 10 weeks the consultant has then made another appointment for 6 months time to see how im getting on in the meantime my GP will monitor liver , kidney functions prostate ect just to ensure the Nebido is not causing me any problems

Unfortunately the doctors and consultants here in England are not very experienced when it comes to sports medicine and im wondering if this is the right way to go as im only 32 if I end up on HRT for the rest of my life will it shorten my life or harm me? However if this makes me feel better maybe it’s the right thing I just don’t know and wanted some more opinions.

Any advice and opinions are very much appreciated!

G-K

 

[Nelson Montana]

One other thing.

Zinc is the most common mineral deficiency in the UK - most people have it. Your nads need zinc to make test.

Try some ZMA. It works wonders for me. For the zinc to be absorbed, you have to take it in the absence of any calcium (so avoid milk etc for a couple of hours).
ZMA, creatine and whey protein are about the only OTC supplements that actually do anything, in my opinion.

I seriously doubt that zinc will do nything unless he has a clinical deficiency -- which is pretty rare.

And if you think just whey and creatine are the only effective supplements, you don;t know too much about supplements -- at leat beyond what's sold in GNC.

 

[stevesmi]

at 32 it would be foolish to jump on HRT. your levels are in range, they are NOT low. if you want to inject yourself for the rest of your life and throw away your bodies own testosterone that it would produce on its own then be my guest.

however what i would recommend before you do that is atleast run a decent and long PCT.

i would start out with some hcg, hcgenerate and HMG to kickstart things (all 3 together are lethal), then run some clomid at a very low dose for 6 weeks. and run a double bottle of unleashed.

your past PCT's were obviously trash and your body just never bounced back enough. those years of abusing steroids caught up to you. i bet you didn't take enough time in between cycles to allow recovery.