Ha Ha It’s Hard Livin. Like the song.
@rise80 yes I’m 67. Age is not this issue when deciding on using T for TRT or rec use. You need to be in pretty good health that is all. Hell there are guys here in their late 40’s early 50s with half dead bodies and wonder why they can’t get TRT to work. Their sex hormones are the least of their problems but they get it into their heads that is what they need to fix themselves. It’s quite sad really.
I totally thought it was hard lovin! Good song though
Hi Dex I wish there was some hard loving in my life. My ED issues just keep getting worse. For some reason after my last blast my E2 remained high only dropping from 125 to 48 on a 4 day trough. My Doc has doubled my weekly AI from .25/wk to .5/wk
Any idea why after the last blast you’re still having issues? I hope you get that figured out.
I don’t know it is really strange. This was my 5th blast and the first time my E2 did not return to the mid 20s once I went back to my AI and TRT dose. I am still holding water and can barely see my abs. I’ll do a mini E2 blood test in a month or so with the higher AI dose.
Hopefully it’s just one of those freak occurrences that fixes itself over time. I’ve had a few myself that didn’t make sense and took longer than I would have asked for but eventually went back to normal. If you figure it out definitely post about it.
Hi so if daily injections 7mg are the route whats your opnion on androgel 1% two pumps are mg.
Thoughts?
Seems more convenient
Your levels increased a little and is nothing more than a daily fluctuation and is now 322 ng/dL and isn’t much better, but if we are to assume SHBG remains at 20, FT is 11 ng/dL (16-31 ng/dL) which is still low.
The fact your levels are low at all indicates pituitary failure which is unfortunate because your testicles are functioning very well given the low LH value. It’s tough to make the call if zinc made any difference since a daily fluctuation is expected.
What are my options from here?
can i stimulate my pituitary at all or are there other tests?
So it looks like my issue is pituitary not making LH, would taking only HCG fix my problem?
My sleep quality is low i assume due to low T? or is the sleep causing this?
It’s possible HCG could work, it wouldn’t be the first time. Your testicles seem super sensitive to LH stimulation and don’t see too many cases like yours.
My LH was 3.6 and T 119 ng/dL or 4 nmol/L, poor in comparison.
would you say that HCG is s safer route over TRT?
i dont want side affects,.
i am going to my ENDO tomorrow after waiting 6 months, so any information or suggestions are greatly appreciated.
If someone were susceptible to gyno HCG is probably not the best choice, but other than that HCG is as safe as TRT. I’m not a big fan of endo’s, a lot of them are ignorant and specialize in other areas of medicine other than TRT and prescribe inappropriate TRT protocols.
If he isn’t willing to work with you and want you on 200mg every 2 weeks, you waited 6 months for nothing. TRT will decrease your SHBG and low SHBG men struggle on TRT when not injecting very frequently.
Would androgel or EOD or ED injections be best? And what dose ranges I can talk to him about.
Is low T the possible cause of my sleep issues?
Speaking from experience, daily injections would show more benefit and the least amount of side effects. Androgel is mostly garbage and comes with absorption issues, injectable T has no such limitation.
Ever since stopping TRT in April to correct IBS and iron deficiency, my sleep has deteriorated to the point where I need three benadryl tablets before bed, some nights it barely helps as my systems has adapted and built tolerance to the benadryl and now I need more.
You ask is low testosterone the cause of your sleep issues, absolutely freakin lutely. You should also get a sleep study done, sleep apnea even on TRT can wreak havoc with your life.
When I started my first 7mg daily protocol, within one week I was sleeping like a baby. It took me 2 years to finally try a daily protocol, I wish I had done it sooner!
Do you take anything else with that.
I learned keeping it simple is best, I tried AI’s before the daily protocol and always was on the losing end. HCG never was considered because I have enough problems controlling estrogen, besides if I need more testosterone, I’ll just inject more T.
My testicles are only slightly smaller on TRT, but when estrogen is high they pull up tight. TRT has made me dicent in other minerals, vitamin C which lead to an iron deficiency, potassium deficiency as well cause by IBS.
Now I’m unable to get potassium out of food and rely on supplements. The lack of vitamin C in my diet was the first domino to fall, so if your diet is crap, you better change it now.
