Here are my levels from recent labs with me taking 15 mg EOD. which is around 52.5 mg/wk. I feel very good, workouts are much better, anxiety down to zero, and sleep is very good. A little goes a long way for me but is it a little? Labs drawn at trough before the next injection.
Free T (153.5) range 47-244
Total T (513.3) range 300-890
Estrodial (33) range 0 to 48
DHEA (119) range 80 to 560
Ferritin (113) range 11 to 336
Iron (80) range 53 to 167
Hemocrit 48 (down from over 50 when I was on 80 mg/wk
If you are asking me I use Defy. It is a little strange to think after a year at 80 mg/wk I had so many side effects and going down to 15 mg/EOD fixed everything. Straight test cyp only from Empower
Excellent! I was doing 100 mg 2X weekly. Within 2 1/2 weeks, experienced great improvements in depression, anxiety, stress tolerance, but by week 5, sleep became worse. Now, working with my urologist, trying to find a new dose and protocol. Never did sub 100 mg dosing but have to consider it.
So I ended up going to Dr. Kaplan. I really thank you for the suggestion, they are a very thorough place.
They requested a bunch of bloodwork to be done. I have my results I’m just waiting for my next appointment to go over the results.
It hasn’t been directly said to me yet by my provider but with my low testosterone levels along with low lh and fsh I suspect I have secondary hypogonadism. They are going to start me on clomid, which I’m not sure how I feel about that but I guess it’s a start.
Hopefully someone here can confirm from all of my lab results that secondary might be the case.
I have yet to start the clomid but probably will get a hold of it in the next week.
Your pituitary may have failed or your hypothalamus may not be producing gonadotropin releasing hormone. If FSH and LH increase, you’ll know the pituitary is capable of working. Once the underlying cause is determined, you’ll have your options. Good luck.
