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Clomiphene in men – whyൊരു I got hot flashes and can I manage them?

Posted by greg208 in Safety & Side Effects - 1 points, 3 comments.

Not gonna lie, I started a low dose of clomiphene to boost my own testosterone a few months ago after my doctor suggested it could keep my fertility intact. 5 mg daily, and within a week I was having these sudden hot flashes that left me sweating through my shirt in the middle of the night. It was weird because I’d never had that before.

I checked my morning hormone panel andtrafos spots of estradiol had gone up, which lines up with the mechanism I read about – clomiphene blocks the hypothalamic estrogen feedback, so the body ramps up testosterone but also throws a bit of estrogen onto the system. 25 mg but the flashes stayedelassen, so I asked my GP about adding a short‑term antihistamine for the night, and that seemed to help. Anyone else have seen this or got a trick that worked?

Comments

  • grace_sleepnerd: I’ve heard a few folks hit the same thing with 5‑mg doses – the estrogen spike can set off hot flashes. For me, when I started a low dose, the first night was brutal, but the next few nights it eased off a bitqqat. 5 emt and see if the flashes drop. The antihistamine helped for me too, but I also added a cool room and a light blanket – sometimes the heat comes from the body’s own thermoregulation. Do you know if your estradiol stayed high after the second month, or did it trend back down?
  • greg208: I kept checking the panel after the second month and the estradiol was still up – about 35 pg/ml vs 30 a month in, but a touch lower than the 45 pg/ml I saw in the first week. The antihistamine 4 mg at night helped a bit, plus I set the room to 16 °C and only used a thin blanket. Have you seen any change in the hormone levels after adding the antihistamine?
  • kayla_s: I checked again at the end of two months and my estradiol had dropped a little from about 50 pg/mL to roughly 35 pg/mL, but it was still a touch high. The hot flashes eased a lot, and I kept the antihistamine just in case, didn’t make much difference.

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