r/Testosterone • u/space_structure • 5h ago

Blood work Reduced Testosterone Levels after taking Clomid

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Hi All, I had been taking clomid for 3 months and got the lab work done. Unfortunately the levels have been reduced after taking the clomid as in the screenshot so like in August I actually started taking the medication.

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u/Hormonesforme-com 4h ago

I own a TRT clinic. I have been in this industry for over 2 decades. From a vast amount of experience, do not take Clomid. Clomid is made up of two isomers zuclomiohene and enclomiphene. Zuclomiphene is now known to be toxic. No doctor should be prescribing Clomid.

Don’t take SERMs in general. Their mechanism of action is to block estrogen receptors and trick your hypothalamus into thinking you don’t have enough estradiol, so you initiate production of more testosterone to convert to estradiol. Estradiol is very important, it is neuro-protective, builds dendritic spines for dopamine receptors, and controls phasic spikes in serotonin. By blocking this function, testosterone increases but you don’t receive the necessary neurological benefits of estradiol. From experience, most people either do not to feel good immediately, or they feel ok initially but feel poorly after a few months of use.

Take testosterone and HCG if you want to help maintain fertility.

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u/space_structure 4h ago

I had the compound medication not the clomid alone that is as :

Compounded Clomiphene 40mg / Anastrozole 0.25mg capsules. Take one capsule by mouth three times weekly.

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u/Dense-Volume-9897 4h ago

what a rollercoaster of numbers, and not the fun kind

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u/space_structure 4h ago

What do you mean?

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u/Infamous_Ad1440 4h ago

How do you reduce estrogen if it’s above 50 with test being around 700s?

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u/BonnetCoach 4h ago

that's backwards, clomid lifts T in most guys whose low T starts upstream. what did your LH do? LH up but T down points at the balls, not the brain signal.

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u/space_structure 4h ago

Hi my LH gone up from 2 to 3.7

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u/space_structure 4h ago

And what do you mean points to balls meaning there is some problem with the testicles ?

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u/BonnetCoach 4h ago

not a sure problem, just the trail. LH rose from 2 to 3.7, so the signal went up a bit, and T still fell. if a morning repeat shows the same, the balls are the next thing a doc checks. were both draws early morning?

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u/space_structure 4h ago

Nah in the afternoon.

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u/BonnetCoach 13m ago

afternoon draws aren't the test. it only counts fasting, 7 to 10am. repeat T and LH that way before reading the drop as the clomid's fault.

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u/AlternativePizza3391 3h ago

Why are you taking clomid?

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u/space_structure 3h ago

For us to have baby as my semen analysis had some issues and then doctor got me tested for these and then he prescribed clomid

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u/AlternativePizza3391 3h ago

I would stop that and switch to HCG, have they not mentioned HCG?

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u/space_structure 3h ago

I have to meet doctor by next week so will see that what he says

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u/AlternativePizza3391 2h ago

I would take HCG and give the wife clomid 😂