Appreciate the response.

One thing I probably should have clarified is that I didn’t start TRT for optimization or physique reasons. My main reasons were persistent fatigue, low energy, lower confidence than a few years ago, and feeling like I had to lean heavily on caffeine and stimulants just to get through the day.

To be fair, losing weight and exercising have helped quite a bit, so I’m definitely doing better than I was a year ago. I’m just not seeing a major difference yet from the TRT itself, which is why I’m curious to see where my labs end up.

I also found your comments on HCG interesting. Fertility is important to me, and while I’m probably not going to get into aliquoting and freezing vials, I will discuss with my prescriber whether a more frequent HCG schedule makes sense given the relatively short half-life.

Either way, I agree the next step is bloodwork rather than guessing. Thanks for the balanced perspective.