Found out my Test Levels are Really Low, Not Sure What to Do
Just went to a male Testosterone Replacement Clinic to get my bloodwork done, since the test was cheap ($60) and to find out if my Test levels were low, and boy are they!
Here's my test results:
http://i.imgur.com/kV5oz.jpg
I scored 165 on total Testosterone in my body, and I'm wondering if I'm naturally low or if I still haven't fully recovered from my last cycle.
This was my second cycle, on Test Ethanate 500mg/Deca 250mg/week for 15 weeks, plus 4 weeks of TBol 40mg/day as a kickstater.
My PCT:
Week 16: Nolva, 50mg/day, Clomid 100 mg/day
Week 17: Nolva, 50mg/day, Colmid 50mg/day
Week 18: Nolva, 25mg/day, Clomid 50mg/day
Week 19: Nolva, 25mg/day, Clomid 50mg/day
I was planning on doing another cycle in Late June/Early July, but now I'm wondering if I should wait another month to see if my Test levels go any higher, or start doing TRT for the rest of my life.
I know, I should have had done some blood tests beforehand, but I made a mistake and never got them, and now I regret it.
Any advice on what to do here? My strategy right now is to wait a month and get my test levels tested again to see if my body recovers back to an acceptable range. If not, I was planning on doing TRT for a month and then starting another 12 week cycle of Test/Deca, which worked great for me.
Kept most of my gains, doing great. 40 years old here, 5'10, 188lbs, 12%BF.
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One common theme I see in the TRT forum is that TRT makes a male sterile? None of the TRT websites state a side effect is sterilization. I must of missed something, does TRT make a male sterile?
Did you ever have your test levels checked in the past year??? You are a older guy and if you don't know what your base test levels were its hard to say. I know 30 35 year old guys with test levels in the 200-250 range. Like dbolz said deca is hard on your natty test and it can take 6 to 8 weeks of pct since you were on the cycle a long time. Good luck bro
Really regret not having bloodwork done in the past year, since I didn't know where to go get it done anonymously. Live and learn!
What I'm probably going to do is start taking Maca root and Tribulus, hoping those will help with my low T levels, and get a new blood test done in two weeks to see if this bloodwork had any problems.
If I'm still low then or not going up, I'll look into doing a two week PCT of HCG, 200 IU EOD, and see where that leaves me.
Add to the mix D-aspartic Acid. Good reviews all over the internet for that stuff.
dbolzWas your nolva/clomid legit? How long has passed since you came off your pct and did those labs? 15 weeks of deca is a long cycle and you can guarantee you where 100% suppressed. I would still wait a month and retest, maybe try and source some pharma grade clomid/nolva and rerun your pct? Keep in mind recovering from such a long cycle can take over 8 weeks. I am sure tread will chip in to guide you for trt if you need it. Also if you are to jump on another cycle there is no need for one month trt. You will barely get your levels up within a month and best start a cycle on clean receptors. If you dont want to go the trt route i would wait a few months before jumping on another cycle.
So the best strategy here is to wait another month, then get another test to see if my Test levels go up, as well as my LH levels? Then examine the possibility of doing 4 weeks of pharma grade clomid/nolva?
My PCT source was ukbeststeroids, which is top rated here on the site.
My buddy also did this cycle as well and has recovered just fine, so the PCT drugs seemed to be legit.
dbolzIf your pct was indeed legit the only thing you can do is wait. Dont redo your pct if you know 100% the meds where legit. Like i said recovering from a 15 weeker will take a while and at your age you guys recover slow anyway. Id say take a good 3 month off to see where you actual levels are and if they are low then you can go on trt. How old is your buddy? Did he run the exact same cycle? Everyone is different dont compare to your buddy. Was your buddys first cycle? How long you had time off since your last cycle before running this one?
I read that doing two weeks of HCG, 200 IU EOD could be helpful in kickstarting my testes again, since obviously they aren't producing much right now.
Any ideas on this approach?
This was my buddy's first cycle, he didn't do deca (I did) and ran the same amount of time.
dbolzDid you use any HCG during your cycle? You can use HCG as a kickstart but that happens mostly prior to your pct if you do it now you might run into problems with elevated estrogen levels. Keep in mind hcg off cycle is just another form of trt. Using it for 2 weeks might elevate your test for 2 weeks but after that you will probably go back down again. You cant compare your cycle to your buddys everyone recovers fast from a first cycle and also using deca guarantees you 100% shutdown after 15 weeks. I still think you can recover if you wait it out but you are in the right age for trt as well. Its your call really.
Didn't use any HCG during the cycle. So I guess the best thing to do is to sit tight. What about taking maca root powder and/or tribulus terrestris?
dbolzThose you can try but you have to find some good tribulus not all of them work. Look for one in high sarpoins and make sure you read some comfirmed reviews first else it might do nothing for you