I had severe PSSD

I doubt you will find an Endocrinologist that would consider putting you on TRT. Maybe clomid which doesn't shut down your testicles and make you infertile like testosterone does. You are healthy and tall, not depressed, you have a lot to be thankful for and a lot going for you. Don't take my advice or anyone else on Reddit. Learn everything you can about TRT, not just the benefits. At least you are honest about your symptoms as well.

Listen to this guy. If you’re good mentally then I’d stay where you are. Testosterone messes with my head. It takes a while to get dialed in as well. It shuts down your natural production and you’ll have to pray for HCG to keep you fertile or you’ll have to get off testosterone to have kids in the future. I am 24 and I am on trt and it has eased up my symptoms, but now I have to deal with side effects and other stuff. I’m still learning and have found trt to be good, but I somewhat wish I never got on it in the first place. I do think it helps me personally, but I feel like I shouldn’t be on testosterone. The doctors try to take me off of it even though I’ve been on it for a couple years and I’ve had to go the UGL route. It hasn’t been a fun experience for me to say the least, but I can have good sex again, most of the time, so there’s that.

What if you aren’t good mentally? I’m 25 tested at 354, thyroid is fine and normal

Testosterone may be the cause of your depression. I can’t say for a fact, but if your levels are that low and you have mental health issues then it may be correlated to low T.

It most likely is, I’ve been on a medication that lowers hormones since I was 15, about 2 years after I started puberty, and I’ve checked just about everything else, so most likely my normal T levels are around 600+

Why do you wish you never got on it?

Okay that was a lie, sorry. I am glad that I got on it overall but I wish my doctor tried to work with me a little bit more before putting me straight on testosterone at 22 years old... Edit: also, switched insurance and Kaiser wouldn’t prescribe me testosterone. I ended up going on UGL.

Also getting on a 22, you probably wouldve committed suicide at 23 with low T. Low T makes a man feel like crap. Many many men with low T handle daily life negatives 100x worse than a man with normal T. Im speaking from experience. I was suicidal all the time. When I got on TRT, I started to value my life again. So take it as a blessing that you got on at 22..

Can also relate to this, have had serious spats with depression, anxiety, and attempts. Exercise has really been what keeps me sane and able to handle my shit.

That’s true actually. Sometimes I forget about the long term and think In the short term. Testosterone has helped me a lot actually.

Tell us how its helped you - sharing it can help others and save lives mate

I will elaborate more when I have free time as I am on the way to work now for the night. After getting off of antidepressants in the past I had severe PSSD and depression. I used to have ED and premature ejaculation. As symptoms start to ease up about 4-6 weeks into trt;It took at least one year at 100mg per week to really see the potential for trt. It has changed my life as I have a sex drive again. Working out is amazing now on trt. I used to drag through my workouts, and now I power through workouts. I used to not really get a good pump anymore and now I retain more water and get a sick pump. I’ll continue when I have a chance. All of my symptoms fluctuate and they come and go sometimes. I’m usually good but since I have side effects from taking a big dose I have to get back on protocol.

Man I envy your sex drive lol I miss having a sex drive. Hopefully the docs can fix it before the point of TRT

Hmm, what dose of TRT are you on per week? I can imagine any dose from like 75+ is going to make you feel way way better than natural test. For infertility there is - HCG on cycle. HMG, rFSH, Clomid/Enclomiphene. Combine them all while staying on TRT even and you can have kids. Many have done it with ONLY using Hcg, actually many have done it without using anything on TRT. Chances are less with nothing but still possible, id rather be happy mentally and physically forever than feel like crap. For 2 injections a week that take 1min. All benefits.

That makes sense. My dose is too high. I took 100mg every 3.5 days for the past two weeks and prior to that I was injecting 125mg every 7 days. When I was with the doctor I used to do 100mg per week, but when I switched from 200mg/ml test to 250mg/ml UGL brand I ended up keeping the same .5cc injection at 125 instead of 100 and honestly felt pretty dialed in there. I messed with my dose bc I had some ED symptoms and now I’ve realized that I need to take a dose of 75-125 per week.

Glad you admitted your dose is too high. T doesn't mess with your head unless your protocol is off.

What sort of sides have you dealt with and what were your levels before starting, if you don't mind sharing?

490, which tells me that I don’t think the doctor should have ever put me on it. He didn’t counsel me about anything that had to do with it either. I eventually started doing my own research and by then I had decided to stay on trt. It’s been a couple years now and the only reason why I have bad side effects is because I messed with my dose the past couple weeks and get UGL testosterone. I’m staying in trt for now, but I am going to go to a men’s clinic soon. I was dialed in at 125mg/week for at least 6 months. My labs came back a few weeks ago and I got my labs done 5 days after injection and total t was in the 670’s. I’m just doing bad protocol and trying to do this all on my own. I’ve been making mistakes ever since my doctor put me on it and then I had to switch insurance and couldn’t get a prescription. I started UGL because I did a lot of research leading me to believe that getting off of testosterone would suck way worse than staying on it. Also, testosterone has helped tremendously for my PSSD. I have to go see a doctor soon though because I’ve messed with my dose the past 2 weeks and will be going back to my old protocol at 125mg per week until I finally see someone that isn’t a urologist or endocrinologist that won’t do anything besides tell me that I need to get off of it. I just don’t know who to listen to anymore and if I should stay on trt or go to a doctor and get off of trt or go to a men’s clinic and really tackle this thing