Blood Work, Need Guidance


I do want to note I had this taken at 12pm, my doc said my levels are still low even if I took them earlier it wouldn’t have made much of a difference. I’m currently 30 years old, and have fatty liver disease and they stated this can possibly help me with it. Im currently 170lbs 5’10. With 15% BF workout 3-5 days a weeks depending on time.

Honestly my only concern is the acne I might get as I have had terrible acne in highschool and needed accutane.

My symptoms are no motivation, tired all the time, libido is “ok”. So I don’t want to complain there.

Can I resolve this naturally?

I’m currently taking, fish oil, magnesium (as I suffer from a lot of headaches)

Zinc and Vit D.

Other then that I try to stay away from a lot of oral “vitamins”.

Also I want add, my diet. Which consists of eggs, steak, milk, protein powder. (Sometimes chicken) Carbs are mostly rice, oats, sweet potato.

I try to avoid all processed foods and hardly have any sugar.

Thanks,

I also don’t drink or smoke, or any drugs in general.

I had terrible acne as a teenager, on TRT, an oral formulation that produces the second highest DHT levels, I have zero acne.

So just because you had acne as a teen doesn’t mean you’ll get acne later in life.

Working out with low-T can present problems, elevations in cortisol (stress hormone) can hamper testosterone production and if cortisol is high long enough, it can kill the leydig cells in the testicles.

Are you a diabetic?

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Really wish you’d had your SHBG tested too.

Your levels are actually quite low… are you under significant stress? Hows your sleep?

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Given your levels, I seriously doubt it

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Agreed here. This seems a case of secondary hypogonadism. Your TT/FT/E2 all low and your FSH/LH are not signaling for more. You’re one of those cases that’s likely to benefit the fullest from TRT and I rarely advocate for that.

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I still currently have mild acne, on my back. I heard some say TRT even helped acne, and others the opposite. I know I won’t know for sure until I actually start myself. I’m guessing once my hormones are balanced to a normal level it will resolve it.

My Clinic is advising, 100mg a week split into two doses. Sub Q.

Correct me if I’m wrong, I’m still doing research up the ass on this before I start but I also heard people saying higher T protocol 150-200 mg cleaned up there skin vs a lower mg amount.

Also to answer your question, no Im not a diabetic.

Don’t have to much stress, sleep I been getting 6-7 hours a day

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That’s a good starting protocol, however SQ doesn’t work out well for everyone. I felt horrible injecting SQ.

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Yeah agree on 100mg but would do IM injections a couple times per week and go from there. Also would look into improving your lipids as well.

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