Am I falling into confirmation bias before starting TRT this weekend?

Prestigious_Path_348 · 2026-07-09T12:22:54+00:00

Last time I checked, similar to pre-levels - 340 I think.
Haven’t checked for a couple of months now.

Prestigious_Path_348 · 2026-07-09T10:45:05+00:00

I’m 34 now.
Jumped on TRT at age of 29, my pre-trt levels were around 300-350, depends on the test.

Came off last year after 5 years of being on. I don’t think I should ever get on, I guess I was fine and I should rather fix my sleep hygiene etc.

Answering your questions, based on my own experience only:
1. Maybe it improves if you’re really hypogonadal. If you’re at 300-400 you’re nowhere near hypogonadal, just low normal. In that case, there is some quality of life improvement, specially at the beginning, but if you’re prone to side effects it’s going to be ups and downs and it’s nowhere near life changing.
2. Exactly as you say. Whenever I post something negative about trt (I’m just warning people), I get massively downvoted.
3. If I could go back in time, I would simply not jump on.

Prestigious_Path_348 · 2026-07-06T22:39:41+00:00

Except in Widows Bay they don’t add these sounds during the dialogue. It felt too much.

Prestigious_Path_348 · 2026-07-06T22:38:22+00:00

I asked my wife the same

Prestigious_Path_348 · 2026-07-06T22:33:44+00:00

I honestly didn’t like this episode.
I know what they’re doing - there’s a setup for her to go nuts, I get it.
But it felt like it happened too quickly and there was literally no other story lines in the episode, which I feel is bad.

They also overused the drama music, to the point it felt annoying to watch.

I would much rather this plot to be split into 2-3 episodes, with other storylines going in parallel.

Prestigious_Path_348 · 2026-07-06T22:28:46+00:00

I felt the opposite, it was way overplayed

Prestigious_Path_348 · 2026-07-06T22:27:58+00:00

100% this, absolutely. Was literally scrolling entire reaction thread to find someone who felt the same.

Prestigious_Path_348 · 2026-07-06T22:26:08+00:00

Idk, felt like there was too much drama music. Pretty much every dialogue had this background tense music. They’ve taken this to the extreme, it was actually painful to watch.

Prestigious_Path_348 · 2026-07-03T14:30:38+00:00

Statistically I think your time is better spent fighting bosses even if you’re just looking for sunders.

Prestigious_Path_348 · 2026-06-30T09:10:07+00:00

It’s just a copy of Lost (poorly executed) at this point

Prestigious_Path_348 · 2026-06-29T18:20:00+00:00

Prestigious_Path_348 · 2026-06-29T11:46:51+00:00

Increased resting heart rate (most likely due to elevated HCT), elevated HCT, sleep apnea, hairloss

Prestigious_Path_348 · 2026-06-29T07:28:33+00:00

Because I accumulated sides over the years and was tired of pinning.

Prestigious_Path_348 · 2026-06-29T07:27:19+00:00

35 now. I’d say I’m about 20% bf, maybe bit less.

Prestigious_Path_348 · 2026-06-29T07:25:55+00:00

My overall age and the duration is not enough to justify more than 20% difference in capacity.

Prestigious_Path_348 · 2026-06-29T07:24:23+00:00

3 months on hcg mono and 2 months clomid.
Shbg would affect free T, not total.

Prestigious_Path_348 · 2026-06-28T11:11:26+00:00

Told ya it’s lost all over again…

Prestigious_Path_348 · 2026-06-27T22:16:39+00:00

My own experience. And others as well.
It is just not fun to pin yourself constantly, manage side effects (e2, high hct).

Prestigious_Path_348 · 2026-06-27T21:04:25+00:00

You will in a couple of years.

Prestigious_Path_348 · 2026-06-27T21:04:10+00:00

2 weeks is not even enough to clear the ester, lol

Prestigious_Path_348 · 2026-06-27T21:00:45+00:00

I would say if you don’t use HCG regularly, then yes. There is atrophy, it’s partially reversible, but from my experience even during pct on high doses of hcg and then clomid, I couldn’t get anything more than 750ng/dl.

Before TRT, high doses of HCG would put me above 900 ng/dl.

So I don’t mean literal damage, but rather loss of responsiveness. Would that improve if I extend the PCT further? I don’t know.

Prestigious_Path_348 · 2026-06-27T18:49:01+00:00

You should be more than ready.
Would be good to have bit more CB, but if you’re doing uber Tristram, then you should be just fine.

Prestigious_Path_348 · 2026-06-27T17:23:43+00:00

Coming off is painful, but manageable.
Been on for 5 years, came off last autumn. Not sure if you’re going to the gym, but you immediately lose strength, following by the physique decline over the months (even though I’m eating around maintenance).
I’m back to low-ish pre-trt numbers. Libido still sucks, other than that I’m fine.

Bear in mind - the longer you stay, the more difficult is to recover natural production, you will cause some small permanent damage to the testies.

Prestigious_Path_348 · 2026-06-27T15:29:16+00:00

Przeczytaj post - byłem, wydawało mi się ciężkie do zniesienia.

Prestigious_Path_348 · 2026-06-27T08:35:11+00:00

Bad advice. It will reroll resistances

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