What's up guys,
I just had an appointment with an endocrinologist today and was looking to hear your thoughts. I had my primary care order bloodwork because I didn't feel like I recovered (anxiety has been through the roof, chronic fatigue, very low libido) after my last cycle and was right. 30 days of clomid has always done the trick for me, but unfortunately this time it didn't.
My last cycle:
Weeks 1-12 - 200mg test
Weeks 3-10 - 400mg primo
Weeks 7-12 - 40mg var
Weeks 15-18 50mg clomid
And its been 3 more weeks since I finished the clomid. Not a very heavy cycle in my opinion..
My bloodwork from two days ago:
Test & Bioavailable test - still waiting for results, but endo confirmed my thoughts that with my estrogen levels this will likely be very low.
My bloodwork from my last pct before this one (taken in January 2020):
So my endo put in an order for 50mg clomid and said to wait until she gets my bioavailable testosterone results to start taking it. The plan is to take 50mg for 4 weeks and retest to find out if my pituitary is reacting to the clomid or not. If it's not then I would need to freeze sperm in case I'm unable to restart things with HCG when I want to have kids. If it does react, then she would slowly taper down the clomid over a few months and hope that I'm able to keep producing enough after I stop taking it.
What are your thoughts on this? Does anyone think I have a good chance of recovering with more clomid? I've never not recovered before and obviously I knew this was always the risk, and I'm okay with that, I'm just wondering how likely it is that I just needed another month of clomid? I'm not too optimistic about more clomid doing the trick.
I just had an appointment with an endocrinologist today and was looking to hear your thoughts. I had my primary care order bloodwork because I didn't feel like I recovered (anxiety has been through the roof, chronic fatigue, very low libido) after my last cycle and was right. 30 days of clomid has always done the trick for me, but unfortunately this time it didn't.
My last cycle:
Weeks 1-12 - 200mg test
Weeks 3-10 - 400mg primo
Weeks 7-12 - 40mg var
Weeks 15-18 50mg clomid
And its been 3 more weeks since I finished the clomid. Not a very heavy cycle in my opinion..
My bloodwork from two days ago:
Test & Bioavailable test - still waiting for results, but endo confirmed my thoughts that with my estrogen levels this will likely be very low.
Estradiol | <5.00 pg/mL | See Comment pg/mL |
FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE | 1.1 mIU/mL | 1.0 - 12.0 mIU/mL |
LUTEINIZING HORMONE | 2.0 mIU/mL | 0.6 - 12.1 mIU/mL |
My bloodwork from my last pct before this one (taken in January 2020):
TESTOSTERONE, TOTAL | 477 ng/dL | 160 - 726 ng/dL | |
SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOB | 34 nmol/L | 10 - 57 nmol/L | |
TESTOSTERONE, BIOAVAIL MALE>17 | 221 ng/dL | 48 - 317 ng/dL | |
TESTOSTERONE, FREE CALCULATED | 103 pg/mL | 20 - 135 pg/mL | |
TESTOSTERONE, FREE PERCENT | 2.1 % | 1.5 - 3.2 % |
FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE | 1.2 mIU/mL | 1.0 - 12.0 mIU/mL |
LUTEINIZING HORMONE | 5.0 mIU/mL | 0.6 - 12.1 mIU/mL |
Estradiol | 26.90 pg/mL | See Comment pg/mL |
So my endo put in an order for 50mg clomid and said to wait until she gets my bioavailable testosterone results to start taking it. The plan is to take 50mg for 4 weeks and retest to find out if my pituitary is reacting to the clomid or not. If it's not then I would need to freeze sperm in case I'm unable to restart things with HCG when I want to have kids. If it does react, then she would slowly taper down the clomid over a few months and hope that I'm able to keep producing enough after I stop taking it.
What are your thoughts on this? Does anyone think I have a good chance of recovering with more clomid? I've never not recovered before and obviously I knew this was always the risk, and I'm okay with that, I'm just wondering how likely it is that I just needed another month of clomid? I'm not too optimistic about more clomid doing the trick.
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