For the 6 years I've been on an
HCG only protocol, I've been injecting
HCG at bedtime per Dr. Shippen's instructions. He says that it best duplicates the body's circadian rhythm.
After a long dialogue with Swale about a year ago about HCG injection timing, I started experimenting. I tried morning injections for a couple of days and started to feel tired, like I was beginning to crash, so I immediately went back to bedtime injections.
OTOH, Swale recommended injecting once a day, instead of twice a week, which I tried and liked. I've been injecting nightly ever since.
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Originally Posted by T Man When coming off a steroid cycle or TRT.... HCG will certainly keep your HTPA axis suppressed. Its just like being on TRT or a cycle. The feedback loop is being satisfied so GNRH is slowed down and thusly LH and FSH are too. I don't know where you got the info that your Pituitary will come back in 2 weeks. You will be very lucky to have this happen. I have spoken to one of the foremost Pituitary research doctors in the country and this is what he had to say. "Depending on how long and how much the Pituitary was suppressed it could take years to recover and some people will never fully recover to there pre-steroid/ TRT state. We have seen it take up to 7 years for recovery in some cases that we have followed." He was stating the unlucky worst case scenario. Of course some people do recover within a year.
He also said HCG alone had no benefit in HTPA axis recovery. It only serves to further suppress. |
During my 6 years of HCG only, my HCG dosage slowly declined but eventually levelled off. At first I was convinced that my HPTA was recovering, but now I don't think so.