Life-update: I’ve been referred to an endocrinologist finally, and have had my first meeting there. I was met with respect and patience for the first time since having presented with my hormonal issues.
He seems pretty sharp. We’re going to attempt to discontinue my TRT by simply stopping treatment and observe if my anemia returns, T will naturally go down some in relation to my current levels as they are above average on Nebido. This is to exclude that my original readings weren’t caused by my eating disorder which hadn’t fully developed at the time and certainly did not predate my complete loss of libido that I had.
If the anemia returns we’ll resume Nebido treatment but unlike my urologist he offered that we can split up the injection.
If it doesn’t return, and I were to feel okay, there’s no argument to continuing TRT.
Hopefully, my fertility will return if the outcome were to be that positive.
This experiment is a really good motivator to continue pushing my bodyweight up. One factor I find hard to gauge though is, and I’d appreciate if people cared to share their opinion, is doing
- 4 days of lifting
- 2-3 days of climbing
- Avg. 10k steps per day
I feel as if my training volume now makes a lot more sense, it’s the main lift for 5 sets of 3, supplemental (also a compound) at 3x6-10, some back work 3x15, and 1-2 hypertrophy exercises. Before it’d be a whole lot more.
an excessive amount of activity and I should consider that it’s possible that I’m driving down my T simply by being too active.
I know you are fairly sedantary yourself, @Pinkylifting, but honestly it was a remark you made with regards to people overdieting and tanking their T values that led me to consider exploring that maybe I’ve been the one at fault here and underate my way into a hormonal disorder.
I will however add that while anemia and low T can be explained by bad nutrition I do have woefully undersized testes so it’s quite conceivable that this experiment will just make it clear that yes, TRT is warranted. But then it won’t be a question mark.