Thank you to any of the knowledgeable posters who comment on my blood test numbers. I’m very new at this and any advice is appreciated. I’m 48 years old, 174cm and 82kg, so slightly overweight but nothing drastic. I’d like to get back on T because I felt great on it. My blood test numbers: DHEAS…

[image] cog_dis: Are there any unusual numbers here I need to be aware of? High SHBG, not unusual, but noteworthy. [image] cog_dis: Is it OK for me to start TRT on these numbers? Yes. [image] cog_dis: What protocol would you recommend? Baseline PSA, Lipids, TSH, free T4, free …

Can I ask why you recommend dhea? Also should I take any estrogen blocker? And tyvm for your reply sir.

[image] cog_dis: Can I ask why you recommend dhea? You’re low, get you closer to the higher end of the range and support downstream hormones. [image] cog_dis: Also should I take any estrogen blocker? I would wait and see how you respond. You may not need it. Most on TRT do not use a…

thank you so much for your help, I do appreciate it.

Holy crap, so inhibiting estrogen seems like a terrible idea unless you want higher fat levels, poor memory, increased risk of heart disease, higher risk of diabetes and increased bone fragility.

Be careful about the estrogen. I have a former training partner who got a pacemaker at 27, attributed largely to overuse of AI’s when he was cycling. You LH is really high for that Total Test number by the way, your boys aren’t putting out like they ought to. You might want t give HCG a go first and…

Yeah after watching that vid I’m pretty worried about inhibiting estrogen and will avoid it unless the numbers get too high. Interesting about the high LH… I don’t understand how I can have both that and decently high levels of testosterone… I need to research it more.

How much AI was he using? Just curious. I think some people using grams a week run really high AIs.

He liked to quote some bodybuilder “Anything less than 6 grams is natural”. He never told me exactly what he was dosing. It was a solid 30 lbs every time he went on cycle and he was shooting for “zero” E2. 6’-5 and 300-310 lbs on cycle. Probably around 12% BF. He was almost skinny by Strongman stand…

High LH means your pituitary is yelling at your testes to produce more and they’re not keeping up.

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