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Is getting on TRT a lifetime commitment? Should I expect bad side effects from coming off of it? Just wondering if I’ll be a 80 year old one day on TRT
AlphaMD's Answer
Yes & no.
It's better to think of it this way:
If you have low Testosterone & do not treat it, you are committing to a life-time of low Testosterone symptoms that will for a fact always worsen with age.
If you have low Testosterone & do treat it, you are committing to a life-time of treatment if you want to keep those low Testosterone symptoms at bay.
Either way, you are making a commitment, as Testosterone only ever goes down with aging.
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In terms of coming off of TRT, your natural production is shown to recover just fine with therapeutic use of Testosterone. Typically 6 months to a year cold turkey, but in as little as 3-6 weeks to 6 months when assisted with clomid/HCG to kick start things. If you are on TRT for 5 years then come off, you should go back to your previous T levels minus your 5 years of natural T production decline that would have normally occurred.
If you need to come off your low Testosterone symptoms will return, because sadly TRT is not a cure for low T, only a treatment.
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