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No testosterone on Lupron, can I build muscle strength by working out?

Posted by cliffordk @cliffordk, Sep 19, 2023

If I am on Lupron, can I build muscle strength by working out? I know I cannot build bulk without testosterone and that is okay. I want to regain my strength.
I lost strength and bulk and gained weight while on Lupron.

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gbear1953 | @gbear1953 | 6 days ago
In reply to @scottbeammeup "In a couple months, it will be one year since I stopped Orgovyx and my testosterone..." + (show)
@scottbeammeup

In a couple months, it will be one year since I stopped Orgovyx and my testosterone is dropping instead of going back up. My urologist is very cavalier about it, saying it happens sometimes and that I may have testicular failure but that TRT is 100% off the table. 3 months after stopping I was in the mid-300s which I thought was a good sign, six month test I'd dropped to high 200s, nine month test I'm in the low 200s.

I'm reaching the point where I'm starting to have some of the effects I had while on ADT and this is fueling unbelievable anxiety since I generally found the whole ADT experience to be extremely traumatic.

My pre-treatment T was in the 500s and now it's in the low 200s and falling. I, too, am thinking about going to an endocrinologist and not telling them of my PCA diagnosis either. But I am going to wait the full year to see what happens. My only fear is my cancer center will quickly figure out I'm doing this if my T jumps from the low 200s into the 500s and drop me.

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I am happy that you are thinking about advocating for yourself.
Look, I did not make this choice lightly but I just could not stand feeling like crap ALL the time!
I think I could open up to my clinic doctor and he would still prescribe but why risk it?
All my bloodwork is good and my PSA continues to drop.
When I first went to the clinic I told them my current prescriber was constantly cutting me off TRT every time my bloodwork numbers were "off" while that was not the whole truth it was actually true because he had stopped more then once because maybe estrogen level was "off"
Then I had to wait for a second test a month or so later.
My goal is to one day get a regular urologist to prescribe and the reason is cost.
I have to take a subway, a ferry then a bus to get to the clinic which in itself is a pain in the butt and secondly, it cost $100 for each injection. I did talk him into loading two syringes to take home due to the distance but I pay $100 for those (each has 300mg) So I spread it out so instead of 600mg per injection, I get the 600 in office then take 300 and after a couple of weeks take the other 300
Yeah not ideal but my levels are good at last bloodwork-850 which the doctor likes
He prescribes more by effect and mood then actual level which I believe in.
So it works out that $200 gets me treated for six to seven weeks.

Good luck

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