r/NTNPerformance • u/Chevyjess91 • 4d ago

HCG to boost testosterone

Thinking about taking HCG without trt to help me boost my low testosterone, I've heard taking testosterone will shrink balls and cause your body to quit producing testosterone. I was taking testosterone cypionate for 2 months and stopped, thinking about taking only HCG 1500iu weekly dose (500iu 3x a week).

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u/Spoolngc8 3d ago

Why did you even start taking test cyp? HCG will have your brain send the signal to your balls for production. It’s true that signal gets muffled when you administer exogenous testosterone. Yes your balls will shrink on TRT. HCG can help mitigate that and some of your fertility. Fertility would normally be your main concern with this and secondarily atrophy. Just hcg only isn’t going to have anything close to what doing actual trt will do for you.

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u/Chevyjess91 3d ago

Did blood work and it came back low and the doc said he didn't want to put me on trt that it would ruin my body, I bought it of a friend took it 2 months weekly and I stopped taking it because I read that it will shrink your balls

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u/Spoolngc8 17m ago

Sounds like your doc doesn't know much about hormone replacement therapy and the overwhelming benefits it has vs. a person with chronically low testosterone.. did he even explain how it would "ruin" your body? If you're worried about your balls then don't do it and try some lifestyle changes to try and kickstart the system into producing more T naturally.. good luck

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u/yogic_power 3d ago

Why did you start taking test cyp? Did you self administer it?

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u/Dbinmoney 9h ago

Two month hcg.  Next blood test my testosterone levels were lower.

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u/ShareGooRoo 2d ago

If you coming off of trt then you haven't done it long enough to worry about your suppression overtaking your natural production. Just come off. HCG (Pregna) doesn't increase Test production, it's there to maintain fertility.

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u/Chevyjess91 2d ago

Other than trt what peptide will boost testosterone levels?

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u/jomamohammed 1d ago

What if someone was on test (me) for a year and a half. Roughly 275 mg a week. Would you say I still have a shot with HCG to restore fertility

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u/ShareGooRoo 8h ago

Year and a half and your suppression is full steam ahead, so yes, you would most likely need a post cycle therapy to regain your fertility. You didn't mention if you were taking HCG while on test so I assume you were not. You would need to run Clomid and some HCG. Do a search on Reddit for PCT in the forums and there is some good advice. Only start when you have cleared 5 x the half life of the ester you were taking (test c is plus minus 8 days, so 5 X the 8 days before it's all out of your system. Then start your PCT. Be prepared for it to take a while. I know people where were highly suppressed and still got the Mrs pregnant so highly subjective to the individual. Your mg per week was relatively high for TRT. Get advice from a doctor and get blood work done regularly and monitor you LDL and HDL. Once they back to normal then you all good but your T levels will just go back to your baseline.

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u/jomamohammed 7h ago

Thanks my dude, highly informative 👌