TRT Keeping Me Awake at Night?

That does not make any sense. hCG must be injected and has ~zero oral bio-availability.

Progesterone: In the adrenals progesterone–>cortisol.
It is known from women and HRT that some people freely convert progesterone–>cortisol and that keeps them awake. Others not affected.
Take progesterone during day on an empty stomach.

Clomid is a drug, foreign substance. Hormones are not drugs, just hormones.

If you used sleeping drugs before, there can be a “rebound effect” when stopped.

TRT typically makes snoring worse compared to prior low-T state.

Most progesterone lab tests do not resolve well at low male levels.

Transdermal T has high T–>E2 potential. Gels are worse than creams. Injected T has least T–>E2 potential - when done correctly. Self-injected T is least cost and you can use tiny insulin syringes.

150mg T cream if 10% absorbed is 15mg/day, decent if absorbed well.

Some TRT effects are transient.


Please read the stickies found here: About the T Replacement Category - #2 by KSman

  • advice for new guys - need more info about you
  • things that damage your hormones
  • protocol for injections
  • finding a TRT doc

Evaluate your overall thyroid function by checking oral body temperatures as per the thyroid basics sticky. Thyroid hormone fT3 is what gets the job done and it regulates mitochondrial activity, the source of ATP which is the universal currency of cellular energy. This is part of the body’s temperature control loop. This can get messed up if you are iodine deficient. In many countries, you need to be using iodized salt. Other countries add iodine to dairy or bread.

KSman is simply a regular member on this site. Nothing more other than highly active.

I can be a bit abrupt in my replies and recommendations. I have a lot of ground to cover as this forum has become much more active in the last two years. I can’t follow threads that go deep over time. You need to respond to all of my points and requests as soon as possible before you fall off of my radar. The worse problems are guys who ignore issues re thyroid, body temperatures, history of iodized salt. Please do not piss people off saying that lab results are normal, we need lab number and ranges.

The value that you get out of this process and forum depends on your effort and performance. The bulk of your learning is reading/studying the suggested stickies.