theoretically the cycle was not supposed to shut u down b/c it was 10mg epi every morning on wakening..
im pretty close to my doc, known him my whole life, and because the 1st blood test showd low test, i didnt run anything hormonal b/c my doc needed another blood test to show natural improvements and then after that would have determined what course to take to boost my levels..
because he saw improvement in this test he now wants another test in another 2 weeks to see if it improves more..
there shouldnt be too much freaking out b/c my test was still around 150, although tooo low, it was not between 0 and 10 as many peoples are after a cycle.. One blood test i saw showd a level of 6 total test on a range from 270-1070...those would be shutdown
on another note i still take zma every night and did add vit. C as doc. ordered..
please dont think its b/c i dont have the resources that i didnt run a full blown pct, because i could have. i got nolva,6 oxo,atd,pcs, and activate extreme... on hand, but because i am getting my blood levels monitored regularly by a concerned doc, im not going to use anything that might affect my levels to somewhat confuse the doc (for example the one blood test i saw for activate extreme which lowered total test by 70 points '510 to 440' but made free test increase 10 points making it too high for the recommended range..
think about the docs position, one day low total test, the next blood test shows even lower total test, a too high free test, and too low shbg... he definitely would be scratching his head as something like this the body does not do naturally
now my previous question was if there is anything that is proven by blood tests to raise total test and not decrease it while increasing free test(6 oxo and activate extreme-i saw the blood tests)
trib might be a candidate as it supposedly helps increase total test from low levels to normal levels (not making normal levels higher than normal) without effecting shbg and estrogen.. what do u guys think?