700 iu hCG - Enough for Fertility? Previous brutal experience
Hey all. 40 yo male, 105 mg/week test cyp for about 10 weeks now. My wife and I weren’t sure if we wanted to have a second kid and, if so, when so I finally went on TRT after being diagnosed 12 years ago.
Anyway fast forward only 10 weeks later and she is keen on it and I’m wanting to as well. Did an at home sperm test that I bought a while back and never used and it showed basically zero sperm. Balls are also super small.
Preface: years ago I tried HCG monotherapy to try to increase my T without TRT and it was a huge failure. 500iu 3x per week was the dose at the time. That’s when I realized I was primary hypogonadal as LH and FSH were already med-high and all it did is shoot my E2 and prolactin up and actually DECREASED my test. Gyno, itchy skin, cystic acne. Was awful
So now I spoke to the men’s health practitioner I’m using who suggested due to my previous shitty experience and rate at which I aromatize that I should do 100 iu every day which I’ve been doing now for a week. Can feel testicles slightly bigger. Sort of feel like garbage all around - flat, irritable, oily skin, but manageable.
Anyway - is 700iu / week enough for me to regain fertility? Prior to TRT I had a semen analysis done last year and my numbers were incredibly high all around. Hoping that plus it only being 10 weeks will work in my favour but not sure and wanted to get some opinions.
Ideally I’d prefer to not come off test even though it hasn’t been long, as it’s been nice to finally have some libido and morning wood back, but will if necessary.