I’d love some opinions here.
I used to be a pretty competitive powerlifter before I starting having a hard time competing, training, and even just lifting for fun. One of my lifting partners said I had all the symptoms of low T but my doctor told me that at 20 and being so active I was crazy for thinking that. Considered doing a cycle to keep progressing but decided to wait it out. Fast forward a few months and I had to stop lifting because I was taking far longer to recover, and getting weaker no matter what I did and feeling like sh*t. Took a few months off and tried to come back, made me feel like crap and constantly lethargic again. Stopped lifting again and after a few months developed early gyno. Dropped my old doc and found one who would do bloodwork, found low T at 277ng/dl and tried an HPTA restart with clomid. Came back a month after finishing the “restart” and had 271ng/dl but my gyno was gone. All my other bloodwork was completely in range and my doc thinks I need to get on TRT. I understand the long term ramifications but would like to hear some personal opinions. I want to start lifting and competing again and would love to get rid of the sleep and rest issues and the other side effects that I’ve been dealing with. I’ve heard the stories of guys cycling too young, looking for experience with getting on TRT young. Thanks in advance.
I used to be a pretty competitive powerlifter before I starting having a hard time competing, training, and even just lifting for fun. One of my lifting partners said I had all the symptoms of low T but my doctor told me that at 20 and being so active I was crazy for thinking that. Considered doing a cycle to keep progressing but decided to wait it out. Fast forward a few months and I had to stop lifting because I was taking far longer to recover, and getting weaker no matter what I did and feeling like sh*t. Took a few months off and tried to come back, made me feel like crap and constantly lethargic again. Stopped lifting again and after a few months developed early gyno. Dropped my old doc and found one who would do bloodwork, found low T at 277ng/dl and tried an HPTA restart with clomid. Came back a month after finishing the “restart” and had 271ng/dl but my gyno was gone. All my other bloodwork was completely in range and my doc thinks I need to get on TRT. I understand the long term ramifications but would like to hear some personal opinions. I want to start lifting and competing again and would love to get rid of the sleep and rest issues and the other side effects that I’ve been dealing with. I’ve heard the stories of guys cycling too young, looking for experience with getting on TRT young. Thanks in advance.