Quantum (and others who wish to reply), I’ve been thinking of stopping TRT for a while, because it increases libido (as Quantum pointed out to me privately). And I think we all know what happens with POIS frequency when libido increases 
My past primary care physician (I have a brand new one now) said “there is no withdrawal from TRT”.
I’ve been on TRT-for-POIS for 10 years now and I’m curious whether my body, brain, mind and emotions have ‘normalized’ to the point where no-TRT will not necessarily plunge me into the same horror as 10 years ago.
Quantum, do you see a downside? (If the horrors come back, I assume that I could simply get back on TRT).
Thank you!
Hi Demo,
It would worth a try, in my opinion. Like I have said to you in private, TRT increases libido for sure, and this is no good for when we have POIS.
However, I do not agree with your MD that there is no withdrawal ( but, as you know, the opinions expressed here are not intended to replace medical advice and you will have to discuss it with a health professional). You have been taking TRT for 10 years, so you own, endogenous production of testosterone is shut down for years. If you stop at once, it will not revive instantly, and we need at least some testosterone in our body. A progressive tapering of the dose is much more preferable, and you should discuss this with your specialist or primary care physician.
See
https://www.nexelmedical.com/testosterone-therapy/can-you-stop-testosterone-replacement-therapy/ , it is a medical clinic suggesting progressive tapering to avoid emotional and physical sympoms.
The withdrawal for TRT is not as important as what someone may get from drigs acting on the central nervous system, like antidepressant, but they are to be considered as a possibility ( you will for sure read some horror stories on the net, but that's not the norm....).
Note that if someone stops could turkey, the possible emotional and physical symptoms can take some time to appear, when all T will have been eliminated from the body ( there is a delay).
A very slow tapering on several weeks or a few months would greatly help to manage any "surprise".
