Magnesium glycinate also lower my blood pressure. I also take daily Cialis. And that helps my dick and pressure. It’s a win win
This happens sometimes, it means your thyroid can’t keep pace with testosterone trying to restore metabolic rates.
Could be. The other numbers were fine, just TSH. It may be a temporary thing, I guess I’ll find out.
Quick update on my l-citrulline malate supplementation. Not sure if it has affected BP at all as I haven’t been checked as of yet but somethings I have noticed is I feel more energetic and clear headed lately. Overall just feeling better and I was feeling good before. It may be placebo but the feeling in my feet seemed to get better. In no way am I saying that my feet were numb before but I seem to feel my socks and shoes more than prior and wondering if possibly getting better blood flow to them now? Was sick for a little bit and work was keeping me out of the gym since I started so excited to see if I get any improvement in pumps when I get back in there. So far I am happy with the supplement though.
Just a little observation I made today. I’ve seen other guys that are also on cream saying they only need1-3 clicks to get good levels and it has made no sense to me. I could not figure out for the life of me how they could get good numbers with so little, as I need 8 with a 20%. My doctor doesn’t even start below 5 clicks. I figured the dispensing tubes would be similar from pharmacy to pharmacy, but watching a couple videos I was definitely mistaken. The amount that came out with one click looked to be a hell of a lot more than what would with mine. I guess they dispense .25 of a gram equivalent to 50mg of test with a 20% cream. I’m guessing mine is .1 grams equivalent to 20mg with a 20%. I asked the pharmacist once and I do believe that is what I remember him telling me. Kind of a stupid observation but maybe it will help someone on creams that may read my thread. On a side note though I am kind of glad that I have a more precise dosing dispenser so that I can fine tune better than what I believe someone with the other type of container could.
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Does it usually take the full 5-7 days for labs to post through discountedlabs?
Yes 3 days if you email them and ask if they are ready
5 for e2 sensitive
CBC With Differential/Platelet
WBC 7.2 X10E3/UL 3.4-10.8 01
RBC 5.63 X10E6/UL 4.14-5.80 01
HEMOGLOBIN 16.6 G/DL 13.0-17.7 01
HEMATOCRIT 49.1 % 37.5-51.0 01
MCV 87 FL 79-97 01
MCH 29.5 PG 26.6-33.0 01
MCHC 33.8 G/DL 31.5-35.7 01
RDW 13.8 % 12.3-15.4 01
PLATELETS 264 X10E3/UL 150-379 01
NEUTROPHILS 49 % NOT ESTAB. 01
LYMPHS 39 % NOT ESTAB. 01
MONOCYTES 8 % NOT ESTAB. 01
EOS 3 % NOT ESTAB. 01
BASOS 1 % NOT ESTAB. 01
IMMATURE CELLS 01
NEUTROPHILS (ABSOLUTE) 3.5 X10E3/UL 1.4-7.0 01
LYMPHS (ABSOLUTE) 2.8 X10E3/UL 0.7-3.1 01
MONOCYTES(ABSOLUTE) 0.6 X10E3/UL 0.1-0.9 01
EOS (ABSOLUTE) 0.2 X10E3/UL 0.0-0.4 01
BASO (ABSOLUTE) 0.0 X10E3/UL 0.0-0.2 01
IMMATURE GRANULOCYTES 0 % NOT ESTAB. 01
IMMATURE GRANS (ABS) 0.0 X10E3/UL 0.0-0.1 01
NRBC 01
Testosterone,Free and Total
TESTOSTERONE, SERUM 800 NG/DL 264-916 01
Testosterone,Free and Total
FREE TESTOSTERONE(DIRECT) 25.7 HIGH PG/ML 8.7-25.1 02
Dihydrotestosterone
DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE 260 HIGH NG/DL 03
Reference Range:
Adult Male: 30 - 85
Prostate-Specific Ag, Serum
PROSTATE SPECIFIC AG, SERUM 0.6 NG/ML 0.0-4.0 01
Roche ECLIA methodology.
Estradiol, Sensitive
ESTRADIOL, SENSITIVE 14.0 PG/ML 8.0-35.0 02
New labs from last week. Happy with my T levels. Not sure what to think about DHT. Will up my saw palmetto dose to two a day but don’t think it is going to affect it much with how high it is.
E2 is low so will be making an adjustment from .5mg a week (split to .25 and taken Wednesday and Sunday) to .25 a week.
Hematocrit looks good. Not sure how to read the other blood stuff but nothing flagged so believe I should be good.
Look at how they go NG and then PG and the DHT. The DHT is not high I’d you convert it to the same as free t. This is something they have pointed out in many videos and how men are being screwed. I had the same issue . Then look up
Old lab ranges for that measurement type and you’ll see (after conversion) it’s still low.
For example my free t showed as being super high some months ago. Doc told me
To do the conversion and see if I am in range. I was not.
These lab companies are nonsense and they continue to lower ranges as well.
I don’t trust ranges either but I’m not sure what your getting at. Majority of us on here see ng/dL for total and pg/mL for free. On the DHT if i converted to the same as free I would get 2600pg/mL Not sure what that is telling me as ranges in that measurement that i have found is at 650 for the top. That is still about 3X the range.
I did see one study that had the range of ng up to 600 or so but then i looked closer and that was ng/L not ng/dL. Converted that is 60.
Sorry I’m confusing you. Let me get an example and post a little later and clarify.
Anyone seen any correlation to E2 numbers with snoring? I have been battling with low E2 and AI dosing trying to get it right. I just recently adjusted dosing again to get my E2 raised and the wife made a comment that I haven’t seemed to be snoring, or at least not as much. Wondering if anyone has ever seen that. I can’t think of anything that has really changed so thinking it could be my E2 getting in a better area affecting it but not sure.
One word, optimal.
One word, not optimal. It’s obvious what your next step should be, you can get 0.050 anastrozole from Hallandale compounding pharmacy or .125 from Empower.
Yeah I know it isn’t optimal and AI dosage is adjusted now to try to get up higher. I have rebounded pretty far in the past so trying to avoid that again. I am currently taking close to .125 twice a week, was at .25 twice a week when labs were taken.
If you’re only on .5 mg a week, you should consider dropping it altogether and see what happens.
True, and I was at 1mg when i rebounded so may not be as big of an issue now. Just makes me nervous as I tend to lean towards making small systematic adjustments rather than larger swings. Its just part of my personality and it fights me all the time lol
These are pics of me about 8 years ago and 60lbs lighter. Leanest I have ever been and my goal is to get there again.
I’m not ready to share a shirtless as I am embarrased and ashamed lol but here is last night post workout.
I have not lost any weight since starting TRT, in fact I gained 15 lbs. I tell myself and see muscle but I may be kidding myself. Maybe after I am not as ashamed I will put up a true before.
I am hoping putting these up it will light a fire under my ass and get me working on my goal. I’m killing it in the gym but I can’t outwork a shitty diet and drinking too much on the weekends and shit needs to change.
Got back from a week vacation with the family and while relaxing decided to make the jump for sure to injections from creams. Scheduled to talk to the doc tomorrow. I know I will be doing at least 3 injections a week but not sure on dosage I am going to be started on yet.
I did try 2 a day applications of the cream for 2 weeks just to see, and did not feel any different. Maybe not long enough but did not feel any worse or any better so still not enough to persuade me that it is better and worth the hassle of slathering my balls twice a day.
After a week of drinking nightly during my vacation also decided I am going to give myself a 30 day challenge of not drinking at all. I usually only drink on the weekend but still feel it will be quite the challenge for me and I’m sure the liver will enjoy the break.
Also started counting calories today. Not sure what I was consuming before but going to guess 3000+ so am going to start at 2500 and see how that goes. Hopefully with the alcohol cut out and the monitoring of calories I can cut some of this weight. Weighed in this morning at 254.8 and want to get down to 210 to start with.
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Newbie questions on injections. I was prescribed .1ml daily of 200mg/ml test which is 20mg, correct? Insulin syringes given are 3/10 cc so no .1 shown instead has 5,10,15 etc. up to 30. I figured 10 is the .1 on a normal 1cc syringe. Am I correct on my understanding and math?