HCG not helping with atrophy.....

[one way step]

I've starting taking HCG again with my TRT routine again. Right now I am taking 200mg test cyp and 500iu HCG per week. I have done this combo in the past with positive results in terms of significantly reducing testicular atrophy and boosting my sex drive.

I have taken test cyp and HCG for the past two weeks and it does not appear to be improving testicular atrophy at all. Like no improvement. If anything it even seems to have possibly even made it worse. Any other time I have added HCG to the mix, I get the atrophy reversal almost immediately.

Anyone have any idea why things are different this time? The HCG is prescribed to me and picked up from CVS so there is no question that I have a legit product.

 

[3J]

how long have you been running it?

 

[one way step]

2 weeks

But like I had said, anytime I throw hcg into the mix it usually fixes atrophy immediately. This is unusual for me based on past experience

 

[tx045]

I'd give it a lil bit and if it doesn't work up the dose some

 

[one way step]

So I am still having the same issue. No real improvement in atrophy. Also I am retaining a lot of water in my face and stomach.

Would adding nolva to the mix reduce this water retention?

 

[lntense]

What was your last cycle? deca or tren perhaps?



Without blood work we won't know if your e2 is high. But adding in some low dose exemestane or arimidex may help with the bloat. Many other things could be effecting that as well. Personally I do not need an AI on that low dose of test, even when HCG is involved. But everyone is different.

 

[one way step]

I've never ran a cycle. I've been hypogonadal since I was 14. Was given tons of testosterone by an endo for a few years to get through puberty then have been on a maintenance dose since age 17. These doses have included test cyp by itself, hcg mono therapy, and combinations of test/hcg/ai. For note, I am 28 now.

This HCG bloat and lack of atrophy improvements is relatively new. It developed two years ago after I stopped a medicine called gabapentin due to severe complications. Not sure what the correlation is but this is one of many problems I have had since stopping the medicine.

The dose I was running prior to the gabapentin problem was 200mg test, 500iu HCG and .25-.5mg arimidex per week. Worked perfectly. No idea why it doesn't work now.