TSH 2.040 0.450-4.500 uIU/mL Final MB
Thyroxine (T4) 7.7 4.5-12.0 ug/dL Final MB
T3 UPTAKE 28 24-39 % Final MB
FREE THYROXINE INDEX 2.2 1.2-4.9 Final MB
Testosterone, Serum 314 L 348-1197 ng/dL Final MB
Comment: Comment Final MB
Comment: Adult male reference interval is based on a population of lean males
up to 40 years old.
LH 6.2 1.7-8.6 mIU/mL Final MB
FSH 4.8 1.5-12.4 mIU/mL Final MB
PROLACTIN 8.3 4.0-15.2 ng/mL Final MB
DHEA-Sulfate 108.7 71.6-375.4 ug/dL Final MB
Sex Horm Binding Glob, Serum 19.9 16.5-55.9 nmol/L Final MB
Description Value H/L Reference
Range
Unit Status Lab
349203 ANDROGEN PROFILE (LC)
Insulin-Like Growth Factor I 246 H 67-205 ng/mL Final BN
TESTOSTERONE,FREE 6.56 5.00-21.00 ng/dL Final BN
% Free Testosterone 2.09 1.50-4.20 % Final BN
Little confused.
THey didn’t do estrogen, not sure why.
The LH and FSH are relatively high.
Test is low, but not as low as I thought it’d be.
Numbers are meaningless without symptoms! Your test is low. Treatment depends on your needs. What do you mean low enough? Symptoms do not appear at a magical number for T or E. People do not understand that when T is low for you, you are hypogonadal! It does not matter if you have 100 TT or 400ng/dl. Symptoms are mostly going to be same provided you’re low enough. That’s why getting someone up from low 200 TT to 400 is not useful for patients though you go from low to “normal”.
What he said^^^. This is why we need a little history with symptoms. And YES estradiol needs to be tested. Scares me when it’s not ordered by doc. Makes me go hmm.
I assume there was a reason you had your hormones tested. Please tell us…
Really need to see where your E2 levels are. Being fat causes more T->E2. I’m 54 and I had low libido, no morning wood, didn’t give a shit about anything. Couldn’t build any muscle, etc. TRT has turned that all around. Get some GOOD help.
Your doc NEEDS to be on board with self-injecting T cyp twice/week. Taking anastrozole to control E2 and possibly hcg injections. Run if he mentions topicals or if he’s not concerned about E2!
Are you referring to TRT? I’m 6 weeks in and have not felt much. It will build up and can take upto 3-5 months to have significant effects that can be felt. Other effects can take upto a year. You need to be patient. Looking for effects in a day is quite weird.
I had a test for primary/secondary hypogonadism and they injected me with LH or maybe it was HCG and measured my test output. This was years ago. The next few days my energy etc. were through the roof.
If you take a steroid cycle, you’ll notice it pretty quickly, so although the amounts are lower, it’s not strange to think you’d feel something relatively quickly from HRT.
Should test fT3, fT4 index and uptake are obsolete and predate fT3, fT4 labs
TSH=2.04 is too high, should be nearer to 1.0
Outer eyebrows sparse?
Generalized hair thinning?
Get cold easily?
Not been using iodized salt?
You can self inject T cyp, IM or SC with 0.5ml [not 1.0ml] #29 1/2" insulin syringes, ~$14/100 at Walmart/SAMs - Relion house brand, made by BD.
Definitely feel something, more energy , libido, better workouts, better mood. Feels like I can contract a little harder. Long workouts don’t wipe me out.
Training: Watch your form and methods. Muscle strength can improve rapidly for some guys. But connective tissue can take a months or years to respond as those tissues are not vascular. So you need to avoid tearing connective tissue.