Issues with sex drive.........

[one way step]

For years now, I have been having an issue with my sex drive while on TRT.

My sex drive is very weak, if I get erections I get poor quality ones that don't last long. I live with my girlfriend and I need to take two 100mg viagra pills or two 20mg cialis pills to get hard enough to bang her, and even then the erections aren't where I want them to be. Taking that many ED pills also causes my face to become very red and my eyes baggy.

Currently I am on 200mg test cyp per week. I have tried countless attempts to change things, such as adding AI and HCG. HCG actually provided great help at first once I dosed it right, but then I developed a very arbitrarily onset reaction to HCG in which after every dose I retain a TON of water in my face and chest, so I stopped it. The water retention was very bad.

Anyway, is there anything else I can attempt to do to improve my sex drive? I don't want to be paying $100 every month on viagra and cialis that is barely getting the job done.

 

[Roush]

Ok, If you would just stop looking at your Avi for a moment and concentrate on the task at hand..

kidding,, have you ever thought that the issue may have nothing to do with hormones or the chemicals you are taking at all. Your post seems like that is all you 'rely' on,, fuck dude what would you be doing 100 years ago before such chems existed?
time to re-evaluate your manhood. you've developed a 'crutch' or dependency on chemicals. you can definitely over come that with mental fortitude.

 

[one way step]

I get where you're coming from and understand but this is physiological. No morning wood, etc. I've had it in normal ranges with a combination of test & HCG but HCG isn't an option anymore.

 

[daleb]

what supplements and rx's are you on? ruled out thyroid n prolactin n dht issues donating blood regularly?

 

[one way step]

Only RX I'm taking right now is test cyp. I have undergone routine blood work over the past year and a half (although not much recently) and everytime all my levels (prolactin, SHBG, e2, test) come in a normal range.

 

[CPTWilly]

have you had recent blood work? If your E2 is too high or too low, it can affect your libido.

 

[eagle110]

keep your estrogen. down to 20 or a little below

 

[Slhardee]

High or low E2 levels can cause these sort of issues. The mind is very powerful though. Roush does make valid points..

 

[oldmusclemike]

I love that Avi , holy shit. My test is driving me crazy, sorry.

BUT what you say about no morning wood concerns me, in regard to a problem not in your psyche area.

So I don't have a clue and can't help, I'm suggesting to the other vets to think about it more than he head. I first was with Roush and his idea but no wood in the am ???

 

[one way step]

keep your estrogen. down to 20 or a little below

I think that you're right. I remember last year I got bloodwork and was coming in with like 720 test and an E2 level of 6 and I felt GREAT. I was also taking HCG too though and that may have been aiding my sex drive.

Either way, now without HCG, the issue I have is controlling E2 with AI. I currently take .25mg per week which gives me a slightly better sex drive but I don't really think is putting much of a dent in my E2.

 

[oldmusclemike]

Man I love that Avi...