Here is my labs from last week.
Been on trt for one year
Pin .5cc every 5 days of 200mg cyp. These labs were taken on day 5 before my shot.
Also take half a pill of arimidex 1mg eod
What could be making my free T out of wack and do y’all notice anything else concerning or have any tips. Been a little tired lately and sleeping sucks I live on zzzquil.
Low SHBG, but I don’t see that test on there.
What hardartery said would be my guess also. I personally think you should lower your arimidex dosage to get your E a little higher with your free t being higher. That is just my opinion though.
Ok thanks what would you lower it to?
What’s normal range for SHBG? And is this something most docs would test for if asked?
You HAVE low SHBG most likely. It probably needs to be higher.
How do I raise it?
Possibly spacing the same dosage may help. You could try same dosage spaced 4-5 days vs every other day. It is a tricky line though being you more than likely have low SHBG. SHBG binds to the testosterone and makes it not as bio-available, you being low it doesn’t bind as much allowing you to have more bio-available free T. Which in turn allows more E2 so you would have to be careful. But in my opinion you are slightly lower than what I would like to see in relation to free-t.
Metformin raises it. More frequent smaller doses reduce the free T a little. How do you feel?
Thanks. So I went a year withought an Ai and man it was like a roller coaster, went to another doc who prescribed the Arimidex and since I’ve been taking that (2 months) I’ve felt pretty darn good. May just be placebo though lol Not sleeping good at all though but not sure if related. What is the normal ranges for SHBG ? I looked back at all my labs and my last doc Tested my HGB in December and it was at 15.2 is that the same as SHBG?
The ranges are on the sheet with the number, they vary from lab to lab.
If your feeling good then I wouldn’t worry about it too much then and your could ignore what I said. You had mentioned sleep though and it may or may not help. With low SHBG I would imagine it would be a roller coaster without, that is why I suggest just manipulating it a little and see how you feel. But like I said if you are feeling pretty good, may want to just ride it.
Perfect man thanks!
It’s looking like SHBG is on the lower end if Total T and Free T ratios have anything to say about it. An every 5 days protocol isn’t much better than once weekly protocol and even every 3.5 days would be better, but I recommend EOD injections at a minimum.
You may even find you need less anastrozole on more frequent dosing and may be able to eliminate it altogether on daily dosing. You’re also aromatising quite a bit making more frequent dosing a good idea.
Ok thanks System if I’m doing .5cc every 5 days what would seem sensible to do for a 3.5 day regime? And also what would that look like on a 3cc syringe ?
I have no clue how much testosterone you’re injecting, 5cc 200mg doesn’t compute. It sounds like too much T if your current labs have anything to say about it.
Reduce dosage 10% and split it up EOD.
I really wish everyone on this planet would understand cc’s are not a dosage. They’re a volume.
Taking half a dose of 200mg test cyp which on a 3cc syringe is .5 so I’m taking 100mg of cyp every 5 days. You think that’s to much? What would a good dose be for 3.5 days and what mark on the syringe would it be?
It would be too much if you took 100mg twice weekly. You need to keep your weekly total closer to 100mg. So reduce dosage 10% and inject EOD.
100 mg every 5 days is 140 mg a week.
