Testicular discomfort on first cycle test E
Hello everyone and happy holidays first of all!!
I'm entering week 5 of my first cycle of Testo Enanthate (2x250 mg per week). I started Adex 0.25 mg at the beginning of the 4th week E3.5D. Everything is going well.
For about 3 days I have had some discomfort in my testicles, it is certainly due to the interruption of testosterone on their part.
That's why I'm asking you if you too had the same problem and how you solved it. I thought it might be useful to insert 250 IU of HCG 2 times a week to relieve this discomfort and resume it towards the last two weeks of the cycle, before starting the PCT. I repeat, it doesn't hurt, I just feel a slight discomfort that alternates throughout the day and which is easing compared to the first day
Thanks again
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Not a fan of HCG with a simple test cycle. If anything a 2 wk blast at end to wake things up before pct but other than that I wouldn’t bother with it.
Hi Makwa and thanks for the reply.
In fact, initially my initial idea when drawing up the first cycle was to use HCG in the last 2/3 weeks precisely to benefit the PCT as you yourself said.
Unfortunately I wouldn't want to continue to have this discomfort for another 8 weeks knowing that with HCG I could mitigate it.
I could use it 250ui EOD until it goes away and then use it as scheduled in the last 2 weeks of the end of the cycle before starting, after 35 days, with the PCT. Could this be a valid alternative?
In the meantime I wish you happy Christmas holidays
You are shutting down your natty test while taking on 500 mg of test a week .. ofc your balls will feel weird. Nothing to worry about at all in all honesty.
You can use HCG for sure but I dont think it makes sense to force your HPTA to keep creating test when the high exogenous test is simultaneously signaling to shut down your natural production. Thats just me. Theres many school of thought on this.. but if you are just cycling and not blast and cruising, why bother with HCG? Its not very cost effective and to keep your balls alive requires a good amount per week.
Furthermore, HCG has a side effect of increasing estrogen and progesteron, while you are taking an AI as well. You're basically having alot of internal battles over here... idk what kind of stress that does to your hormones/body/HPTA.. not worth messing wtih.. Just do your cycle, use AI sparingly, use HCG after with a normal PCT protocol
Absolutely add the hcg and you should be good to go.
A couple of things to keep in mind:
Was the Adex warranted based off of bloodwork? I think you probably did need some estro control at that dose but no way to know without an estrogen test.
As you add in hcg, your estrogen will rise. I don’t want to bore you with why, just know that running hcg increases estrogen, and not the type of estrogen that can be reduced with an AI, so your adex will not impact that spike. It won’t be huge, but it will happen.
All the best brother, 6 meals a day, minimum your bodyweight in protein per day. 1 gallon of water per day. Don’t waste your time on cycle.
As I wrote below, I started right now with 250 IU of HCG and will do it EOD until the end of the cycle to improve testicular health and get a better start on PCT when I am at the end of the cycle.
As for the most important department, training and nutrition, I have everything under control between macros, meals (5 per day) and water (about 5 liters per day).
Thanks for the help friend! I wish you happy holidays in peace
Hcg should get rid of the discomfort. This is Just my own personal opinion but I think If I were in your shoes again and committed to save my natty production..I’d run the hcg. If you are planning on having kids in the future, definitely run the hcg. Stay on top of your AI. It will probably result in higher estrogen levels so you need to watch it. I think it’s it’s a lot more fun to flex those muscles with a giant pair of swinging nuts.
Save your balls as long as you can. Once your cycle is over and after you cycle off ..after you run your PCT check your body post PCT and ask yourself if the gains were worth going on TRT injections every week for the rest of your life. Is it worth potentially donating blood every month and keeping the RBC count down forever. Is it worth dealing with UGl’s forever or is it worth dealing with a trt clinic forever?
Lots of things to think about.
Live for the long term bro.
The Age comes..trust me. Lol.
All my love,
No homo
Ed.
Thank you for these wise words and long-term considerations for my future. They were very comforting and made me think positively.
I have done 250u of HCG and will do this EOD until the end of the cycle. I am aware that with HCG the E2 levels will tend to increase, in 2 weeks I have blood tests and from there I will be able to evaluate whether to increase/decrease/maintain the dose of Adex that I am currently using, i.e. 0.25mg.
I took these words of yours as if you were saying them to your brother, so they count double.
Thank you with all my heart
Dont use hcg. Sore balls is high sex drive on cycle. Go get some nookie or jack off. Its normal
Sore balls from a first cycle are usually not sore balls from blue balls.
What the hell is wrong with you? Your name is “Jockstrap.” And yet you give zero testicular support?
I’m thinking your advice is probably best kept in the high school locker room.
Raise in sex drive from beginning of cycle is typical in fellows needing a jockstrap. Except todays pronouns without jockstraps but thats different. My bouncey nuts always get testy and i simply get laid. Fixes everything
As George Costanza would say "Shrinkage" the water was cold! C'mon
It's common bro, sometimes it's a little more than discomfort bringing them back. Best to not lose them in the first place. What you are describing is perfectly normal.
Think of it this way, just an example. If you are using HCG throughout the entire cycle, than any exogenous testosterone you add you are getting the benefit from. If you are not using it, then say 100 mg of the 500mg you are using, will be to make up for the loss of what you naturally produce. This isn't the case with all cases of course but it's the better way to get the most out of the oil you are injecting. Imo. Makes for a smoother transition into PCT, helps regulate all of the hormones to work in tandem with each other. Keeping your natty going.
For me the sex is better, the loads are bigger, and the size of my wang seems bigger while on HCG, could be a placebo effect lol
Good luck with the continuation of your cycle
I imagined it was normal, in fact as soon as I noticed this discomfort I immediately thought 'my testicles have noticed that there is too much text'. With HCG, as far as I have read and am reading, there are only positive things about using it during a cycle, especially to safeguard the health of my testicles.
I immediately took a dose of 250UI of HCG and I will keep it EOD until the end of the cycle, also facilitating the PCT by interrupting it before starting it
I have had the same issue on my first cycle running EQ and also on other cycles. I do run hcg but not sure if that eliminated the slight pain in testicle. I know this doesn’t help you much besides knowing that it does happen. Happy holidays to you.
Thanks for the reply in the meantime. If with the use of HCG the discomfort has disappeared and without other additions it may be a clue that this could be the solution. It's not certain, but it's already a starting point for me.
Definitely with text And my testicles realized that it is not necessary to produce text and this may have caused this discomfort
Yes that make perfect sense.mine has gone away and was just temporarily there.