Ok, hard to believe that it’s been like a year and a half since I posted. It’s crazy how time flies, even in spite of the fact that this shit we suffer from seems to slow time to a crawl and these past few years have felt like an eternity.
Anyway. I hope there are some positive stories to be seen here, though I haven’t had a chance to look around yet.
I figured I’d drop in and give some others some optimism, as 2012 has been showing signs of full-tilt recovery.
As a mini-recap: I took fin for 10 months in 2006 and began getting all of the sides – ED, zero sex drive, ‘dried up’ ejaculate, brain fog, depression, anxiety – around month 6. Continued taking it for four months after that, figuring it might pass and assuming the problems would vanish the minute I quit the drug, so I wasn’t in a hurry to do so.
Tried all kinds of things before finally getting in as a patient of Dr Crisler’s. I finally decided to go the TRT route after trying a few more things with his supervision. Been on IM injections since October 2009 – 100mg/week – plus about .900mg/week of HCG (taken every two to three days, subQ).
I’d say for most of that time the results were underwhleming and a little disappointing, but still showing some promise. Let’s just say that it was about 50% of the way to my post-fin self. I could get an erection well enough to have sex, but it was a bit of a chore to keep it going and the whole thing was just something I felt indifferent toward. Some nighttime/morning wood, but again, not accompanied by that really focussed, concentric desire. Still, 50% is way better than 0-20% that described most of '07 to '09 for me.
Since shortly before Christmas this year things have taken a much better turn. Horny as all hell these days, waking up in the middle of the night and in the mornings (more so the night to very early morning though – like the hours of 3-6am) with really impressive erections and tons of libido.
In total, about eight weeks (just under two full calendar months) of excellent results. I would say 90%. The only reason I hesitate to say 100% is that the head part of the penis still doesn’t get as swollen up/enlarged during an erection as it did back in the day, and I still don’t produce full loads (probably 50-70% of what I used to normally).
I don’t have my labs handy, but my T levels had been a bit above mid-range for most ot the time on TRT, but the last lab, drawn during the begining part of this good period, showed them in the upper range: 28.3 in a 10-30 range. My free/bioavailable levels are also really high, like slightly over the top of the range(!)
I’m not sure what to theorize, especially since my meds haven’t really changed. For some reason, maybe the T is absorbing more effiecienty or maybe the ‘missing link’ that we’ve always been trying to identify has rounded a corner.
Anyway, I’d like to continue to post any progress. Sorry again to anyone that hasn’t gotten a PM response from me, as I’ve just not been around the forum too much.
