Yes, the same or possibly lower as you can’t escape age related decline. My original numbers were 120 ng/dL and 2 years later after stopping TRT 91 ng/dL.
I think anyone who is borderline goes through this.
Some people are so hypogonadial that they can’t wait to get treatment but where its a grey area it can ny psychologically hard commiting to the thought of shutting your hpta down and commiting to regular injections and costs etc.
I had really decent T numbers naturally but for some reason my SHBG was high and I had every symptom in the book.
I started last Sept.
Its not been all plain sailing. Got some gyno - I had signs of this after 2 weeks and got told on here that I was talking nonesense etc.
Positives
The injection is easy to do and really doesn’t take much time out of my busy work schedule and family life.
Its cured my migraines which were debilitating (didn’t even know TRT might do that).
I can exercise as much as I want without flattening myself for days/weeks on end and this is worth it for me for the mental health benefits.
Its improved my sex life somewhat- its not all perfect there and I still get periods where I’m clearly out of whack with e2 and I’m not sure without an ai I’ll ever cure that but I’m steering clear for now.
Negatives
It raised my hematocrit after about 5 months and I have blood- havent checked it since yet.
Cost £££
Bit of gyno. I don’t care- its really not that bad and walking round most blokes my age seem to have some - modern farming and water pollutants?
Overall would I do it again… absolutely. Im a funnier, more confident happier person. I dont have to sleep all the time. I can ride my bike more and enjoy it. I’m marginally better in bed. My face looks more rugged (stronger jaw line)… and I don’t have migraines that flatten me for days!
Unfortunatelly Your T is and was so low before T replacement. On the other hand i guess It made the decision easier.
In my case i´ve been floating between 210 and 380 since 4 years ago. Perhaps since even long ago? I suspect since at least 6 to 8 years (at least!) based on the way that I feel. I feel best when my Free T is close to 20 or 23 (the maximum I had, when compared to 8 - the minimum). I can tell the difference. Even though 23 is not the best, it is defenetely not the worst.
Anyway, this is the grey area. Sometimes i´m cool and think TRT is not (yet) for me. But there are times when I really feel the deficiency kicking in. And it usually happens if I´m having a harder time at work, usually mentally demanding and keeping with the family and house responsabilities ongoing.
I live so close to the water line level that if I breath it makes me feel everything is allright when in reality it is not. I´m just breathing.
My ability to recover is so low that I imediately go down below the line level and I feel OFF. I have no energy buffer and I´m finding managing it all the time to able to keep it going. Going to bed early is the best medicine.
Well…sooner or later, I know…