I’ve read at least ten accounts on this forum and others where people have experienced significant benefit from undertaking TRT.
Exactly… those people most likely had some sort of hypogonadism (low testosterone) along with HPTA failure. So multiple hormones out of whack that was caused by Finasteride being the catalyst. Not to take anything away from their journey, but it appears to be slightly different than PFS which basically does not respond to androgen therapy. Those people still should come to this community and share their experiences, but just with the understanding that most of the members of this community have already spent years down that route and are basically “androgen resistant” with their “form” of PFS.
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Yeah my story is posted in the members section. He gave me thoughts on what he did, what worked, what didn’t, ect but never explicitly told me this is what i should do. I’d like to have at least one more call with him as we discussed a lot but didn’t cover everything. I still have difficulty maintaining an erection if I don’t take cialis for a week-+, I have a lack of spontaneous and nocturnal erections, the structure of my dick changed as well as my scrotum, it’s narrowed, bent, and I typically have lowered sensitivity. (This tends to vary more than other symptoms.) my testicles typically look atrophied, looks like a 90 year olds nutsack, though, my gym routine seems to help this. (I focus on attempting to naturally increase androgens by doing heavy squats, deadlifts, sprints, ect.) I have an extended stomach now and seems to have difficult losing weight, despite looking like a bodybuilder since I was 18. I typically have a bloating/uncomfortable feeling in my abdomen that seems to get worse when I eat sometimes. My semen is typically more watery and for all I know I can no longer have children(haven’t confirmed this with testing yet.) my beard and scalp have become dry for some reason, it’s never been an issue before finasteride. A lot of the mental side effects have mostly gone away, and in the past 6 months I’m starting to finally feel a bit more like myself. I used to jerk off right before bed every night and even now, nearly two years later, I almost never have the urge to. Though, a lot of times I force myself because I want to feel like the old me. My orgasms, for the most part, have finally seemed to improve. I spent a long time barely able to get hard and if I did it took forever to orgasm, and when I finally did there was almost no sensation. Easily one of the most mother fucking frustrating things I’ve ever dealt with. Nothing is worse than have a hard day/week and wanting nothing else but to sit back and bust a nut. I used to have consistent pain in my dick, like an ache that went all the way down my perineum, but that has improved also. I was a guitarist before, and now my guitar mainly collects dust. I don’t get the same “in the music” feeling I did before, there is definitely something wrong in my brain. I used to be able to visualize sexual thoughts in my head with ease. Now, it’s very difficult and I find myself in the middle of jerking off and being like “what the fuck am I thinking about right now?” It feels like my brain shuts off when I start to get aroused. I tend to feel much more tired on average than I ever did before, despite eating healthy and working out hard. My sleep has improved dramatically, I used to not be able to sleep for more than a couple hours of time. Now, I can sleep through the night almost every time. I still have difficulty with recalling words, but not all the time. I used to wake up in horrible anxiety with a loud ringing in my ears but this has improved as well.
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Thanks for writing that up. It sounds like there’s a lot to be optimistic about there. I hope your condition continues to improve.
If you do speak to the doctor again, please ask him if he’d be willing to share his story here.
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What do you think helped the orgasm sensation coming back? This is my hardest symptom to try and fix
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So happy for you, and am I the only one who noticing a lot of people getting way better? That’s extremely hopeful for everyone!
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Hello friend. How are you feeling now? Are you still healed?
If you see this, could you let us know how much test you used and what sort?
Very glad I found your thread again, I remembered this writeup from a while ago. Hope everything is still fine. 
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Interesting that this post is slipped away from my archive 
I sent a PM to OP. I hope he gets back to us.
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Are you going to try this man? Im gonna do it if my proviron protocol shows no results.
I’m tempted to try this prior to the 6 month JoeKool HCG protocol that I was going to start this week.
Either way I want to try both protocols if one fails. I think getting PFS was quite random and I could have quit at an earlier date without the crash. Who’s to say recovery isn’t just as random
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Clomid, HCG and Tamoxifen (beside Provirion) can you read very often in cured or much improved cases. I will ask for them If I make a meeting with an androgen specialist, hopefully soon.
Everyone who is done with this strong everlasting proviron cycle could consider the light hcg “as per Joekool”, as it was hypothetized would work before it did with rebel in that other forum. Even if it doesn’t, so we at least have a decent sample before dismissing it for good
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whers the big question , if you still come to this place “how are you now buddy” ?
Hope you being ok !
@moonman1 you have post about Hydrocortisone on another website. How did you do on hc? I am currently there and wonder if it’s worth to try HC for a long period?
I am on 14 weeks of 250ui hcg and it did nothing for me. Zero libido. Only last week I tried 3 days low dose Hydrocortisone and had great libido and super mood. But now 2 days off and back to shit mood and no libido.
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HC never really helped my libido or sexual symptoms. It was however the best thing I have used to help with energy and cognitive symptoms. I used it on and off for nearly 8 years if not longer. I still will stress dose 5-10mg from time to time. It is my #1 recommended “treatment” for PFS symptoms.
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Did you have a prescription for hydrocortisone?
I thought you took it for adrenal recovery. I tried it for 3 days and felt reborn. Now did not take it 4-5 days and am extremely depressive today.
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I’ve had the same experience with HC. Helped with cognition and energy, but I didn’t feel it was safe to take long term.