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Originally Posted by muscleslab At the end of every cycle, I ran clomid 100mg/day for two weeks and 50mg/day for the next two weeks or three weeks.
I seemed to recover fairly well from the first two cycles, but the I crashed hard after the third. This led me to go see a doctor for help at the age of 25. Here are my blood test results for the last two/three years.
Blood Sample1
Total Test. 212ng/dl
LH 6.2 mIU/ml
Free Test. 12ng/dl
Blood Sample2
Total Test. 360ng/dl
LH 9.2 mIU/ml
Free Test. 14ng/dl
Blood Sample3
Total Test. 550ng/dl
LH 9.3 mIU/ml
Free Test. 16ng/dl |
I would suggest that your PCT was to short, did not include
Nolvadex and there was also no mention of a taper, which seems to be extremely important for a successfull recovery.
Clomid can have an intial stimulatory effect on the Hypothalamus and the Pituitary but used just on its own for 4-5 weeks might cause the HPTA to stall once its stopped. It also has the abilty to desensitise the pituitary to GHRH. So if
Nolvadex was not used perhaps this may have occured to some degree.
You are recovering, but at a very slow rate. The HPTA can from what I have read, get stuck in "low gear", and possibly thats what has happened to you.
Run another PCT course with perhaps just Nolvadex with a minimum of 6 weeks before you start to taper. I think dropping the dosage by just 2.5mgs a week is the appropriate taper. Its also important to get labs done at the right intervals.
Contact Van Man, as he has had some experience using Nolva successfully and has posted some usefull information in regard to this.