Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
Neurosteroid synthesis and higher libido.Do you want to have kids? If yes, then worth it lmao.
definitely no real “feel good” stuff. Not sure why something that signals production of fsh and lh would make you feel good but ok
Unfortunately, I’ve never checked my DHEA levels — not before a cycle, not during one, and not even while on TRT. I definitely should have.Pretty sure HCG gives you DHEA, which can improve how you feel and libido. Particularly if you’re older and more likely to be deficient in it
Does DHEA help with testicular atrophy and sperm production?For me it’s useless, waste of money and extra hassle pinning another compound eod. Didn’t felt any difference, the only thing it did was raising my e2 to the friggin sky.
I just supplement with 25mg DHEA per day and my levels are middle-top of the range.
I would only suggest it for those who want to do a 12-16 week cycle and then PCT and not particularly from the start.
Does DHEA help with testicular atrophy and sperm production?
If not, doesn’t that bother you? (I mean intimately, with women.)
500iu 2x/week HCG keeps my testicles normal size (sometimes they feel a little bigger than I remember) and I get a libido bump when I take it too. Not trying to have kids but the bigger loads and bigger testies are well worth it for me.
Yup. Monday morning, Thursday night. I tried every other day and I didn't seem to get the same results.you inject it every 3.5 days?
Yup. Monday morning, Thursday night. I tried every other day and I didn't seem to get the same results.
used HMG together with Gonasi as a “test” at a ridiculously low dose, and my girlfriend actually got pregnant with a girl (it had been at least 9 years that, between one thing and another, I was on TRT — almost always using Gonasi).I used to take HCG but dont bother now, pushed e2 too high and is a faff, never felt like it enhanced my mood. If i want to have a child I will run a fertility protocol. IMO HCG isnt even the best option for sperm production. HCG is an LH agonist (similar enough structure that it acts like LH in the body). But LH stimulates the leydig cells in the testes to produce testosterone. It doesn't directly stimulate the sertoli cells that are responsible for sperm production. It stimulates the sertoli cells somewhat, but this is due to the intra testicular testosterone being produced causing that stimulation.
If you want to stimulate sertoli cells directly to increase sperm production and quality, you need FSH. So taking either rFSH or HMG is a better option. Its probably worth adding HCG too for the intra testicular testosterone to really cover all bases. Although if you are on a high enough test dose it is possible that this will permeate the testes and provide that stimulation. Although this is sketchy logic and HCG is a far more direct approach. It can take 10-12 weeks for new sperm to mature, your sperm metrics wont improve overnight.
Also, maybe a load of rubbish, but apparently being on anabolics improves your chances of having a girl. You have higher oxidative stress in the body and the XX chromasomes are more resiliant, so if you are on a blast (and not slamming a tonne of glutathione, vit C, vit A etc) you are possibly limiting the number of XY male sperm being produced. This is definitely not studied or proven hah.
So if you come fully off anabolics, then yeah definitely take HCG so you have some testosterone and don't feel aweful. Probably worth adding in the fertility protocol even if you stay on test, to ensure the ITT production. If you are taking the HCG purely for testicular volume then I guess there isn't a better alternative.
My libido and size is much better with a bigger dose then microdose. My e2 might be higher too after that 500iu vs a few 250's but I, personally, like it better.Same result about size or libido?
My best libido was when I did 500 ui eod but lot of bloating and mood swingMy libido and size is much better with a bigger dose then microdose. My e2 might be higher too after that 500iu vs a few 250's but I, personally, like it better.
