My testicles ache DAY 2 Diary

Dull ache in Testicles after stopping Testosterone

So I have sore balls huh, that’s a real ball ache .. It’s DAY 2 of stopping Testosterone Replacement Therapy and my nuts (or schnooks as my 10 year old call them) are starting to really ache. It started out as a gentle reminder of what things used to be like. You remember those teenage years? “Blue Balls” or “Lovers Balls” I seem to recollect from a dim and distant past.  My recall not really aided with my Low T brain fog that has really turned me into a memory cabbage. You can read my Day 1 diary entry for stopping TRT Here.

In some ways I’m feeling quite nostalgic about my bollocks and their new found growing pains. Of course if that is what these twinges are?

Having shrunken testicles already caused by taking TRT without any HCG doesn’t make it any more palateable to my ever increasingly anxious mind. Since I started on this shitty TRT road I have become a real wuss. Seriously, I didn’t used to worry about things so much.

Nowadays I get a small twinge or a pain and I think that it must be some kind of rare illness that only Quincy MD could diagnose  AFTER many long tortured hours spent locked away in his lab with Sam. But only long after my autopsy had already taken place.

Seriously I need to man up or MTFU as someone far cooler than I would post on up on facebook. It’s taken a toll on my marriage and I feel sorry for my long suffering wife, I really do.. I’m not sure that even I would want to be married to me anymore!

In fact I wasn’t feeling so hot today as my wife decided to come to bed at 2am and I was rudely awoken by her bashing about getting into bed. She then has the audacity to keep on snoring for the remainder of the night. I just lay there listening to her snore and then place the odd well intentioned nudge to try and stop the walrus like cacophony from carrying on.

Joint ache and pain was also present but nowhere near where I expected it to be. I guess that I should remain positive and just see what time brings me and just keep on struggling on waiting for my testicles to fire up into action.

What causes the Dull Ache in my Testicles ?

Aching testicles whether that’s both or left or right testicle can be caused by many things. Depending on whether you are in a normal healthy condition. On TRT, taking steroids for HRT /TRT. Or perhaps even body builders using anabolic-androgenic steroids.  Any form of testosterone therapy in a male will cause a shutdown of the HPTA axis. Basically meaning that your bollocks have stopped working due to outside interference. i.e You taking Testosterone !

It can take 3-4 weeks upwards to a year or so for your body to recover to pre TRT levels of natural T. If at all in a small amount of cases.

If you are not on TRT and you have low T this can also be a cause as your own Testes could be shutting down due to many different factors. High Prolactin being just one example. I am no Doctor or medical authority so please go and see your own Doc if things are getting too out of hand guys!!

Starting TRT can cause an ache in the Testicles.

I will certainly vouch for this. I remember my testes really started to get a dull ache once I had just started on the TRT therapy. I guess that this was the testicles going into some kind of shutdown. Let’s face it, it was 20 plus years where my own balls had give valiant service continuously without taking a single day off. They were bound to get just a little upset at being made redundant!

Stopping Testosterone will cause Testicular Aches and pains and they start to gear up to make Testosterone again.

Look at it this way, The Pituitary gland is pretty quick to see that the exogenous Testosterone (i.e. Gel, patches or Injections) the pituitary gland will start to increase LH and FSH hormones to kick start the Testicles into action. The testes after being shutdown will take a while to get back into full working order.

I am trying to feel positive about the dull ache  in my Testicles now, but I guess that it may well get worse before it gets better!