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Recently had a massive drop in quality of life over the last 10 months, after being fit all my life and a natural bodybuilder for the last 8 years. I began to have severe symptoms including extreme cognitive dips, word recall, ED/low libido, never feeling energetic or rested etc. After 2 tests I had 13.1nmol then symptoms persisted after increasing cardio to try and drop belly fat and then I tested at 9.1 nmol at 28 years old. I am currently in the process of trying HCG only to attempt to prevent being on TRT for the rest of my life at such a young age, to kickstart myself back to higher levels and then hopefully they hold. I’m 5 weeks in of 500iu EOD. While there has been some improvements it’s not been too dramatic. I’m due a blood test in about 3 weeks to see how my levels look now. Have you had any success in HCG only and people doing this and then coming off and maintaining high levels or is what I’m attempting pointless?
AlphaMD's Answer
So there is this strange rumor that somehow developed that hCG can “kickstart” normal testicular function. I’m not sure where it started other than it used to help restore function in men who suppressed testicular function with anabolic steroids.
Another thing to remember is hCG only works in secondary hypogonadism. Octane boost only works in a functioning engine. Using hCG on failed testicles really doesn’t do much.
You can take hCG, and it may raise your levels. But as soon as you stop it, they will return to their previous capacity as soon as you stop. There is no “kickstart” back to normal function.
The only exception to this is if you had an infection or systemic illness that “shocked” your entire system (like being in the ICU with COVID or something) and your developed a case of transient hypogonadism. These cases are very rare.
Every single patient we have ever had on hCG mono therapy eventually ended up on TRT. I don’t want you to get your hopes up that hCG alone will work to get you back to normal.
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