question from a user
My total T was 293 when I started TRT at 28 years old. Been in 120mg weekly. Injecting twice week with no side effects other than body acne do too getting very oily. I’ve been wanting to stop due to the fact that I just don’t look forward to injecting twice a week forever. So far have continuously taken TRT for over a year. My symptoms before were losing erections, extreme fatigue and what felt like hot needles all over my back and scalp. All went away with TRT. My question is, if I want to stop TRT how would I start? I’ve accidentally stopped cold turkey for 3 months due to insurance issues and not being able to get prescriptions. That made my start instantly get tired and needing to sleep 2 hours after waking up. Daily naps were needed
AlphaMD's Answer
If you wanted to come off of TRT then you'd want to work with your TRT provider. You could likely come off with HCG dosing and potentially a short stint of Clomid, but with Clomid you do want provider oversight since it can have more side effects. If you were to quit cold with neither of these, it would take potentially 6-12 months to recover on your own (but you would), and it would probably be unpleasant.
When it comes to considering staying on TRT forever or not, a better way to think of it in our experience is this; The choice is between lifelong low Testosterone symptoms or lifelong treatment. It is far more common for men your age to be low Testosterone than it was for your father or grandfather, and TRT is thus much more common now. Personally, I started younger than you. Just some food for thought.
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