Ha! Nice to meet you too lol! I did a poll in my group asking about the men who were ‘dialed in’ and what their free T was. The vast majority had it over 25. There were very few under that. I imagined that either they truly were dialed in at that level for them or didn’t know what dialed in actually felt like
That 500mg a week causing breast pain/gyno… you never suspected it could be due to the high androgens itself, DHT, IGF-1, etc. etc. etc.? Everyone goes straight to E2. There are so many factors at play for gyno. I got gyno from low androgens and low E2 of 12. Raised E2 to 60 (by raising testosterone) and gyno shrunk.
Honestly I went straight to E2 in my mindset. I was under the assumption that it was the receptors in the breast tissue’s reaction to the high E2. I don’t really like using AIs as I had so many problems with my protocol before settling on a reasonable TRT dose with NO AI. AIs make me feel like shit and I have labs to show their determent to my HDL. However, the main thing is just lowering my dose to a reasonable level for symptom resolution on both ends.
I did my ‘experiments’ solely in the pursuit of muscle via my little man syndrome / adonis complex. Now that I’ve tried a few things I’m pretty much just going to stick to TRT. I am concerned mostly with my cardiac health (thanks for the frequent scares @readalot LOL). Any insight to long term heart health on higher end TRT dose @dbossa?
Yeah after 4 years of playing around I had a CAC done. I’m approaching 40 and my father had his first heart attack at the young age of 41. I thankfully scored a zero for what that’s worth.
We know that serum levels were significantly higher back in the day than they are now. Just google beach photos from the forties, fifties, sixties etc. Where is all the obesity? The men looked like men back then. That’s how things are supposed to be in my opinion and not the féminisation of men we see today. Cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes etc all run rampant now. I doubt very much that my current levels surpassed the natty guys from back then. I’m never sick… It’s been almost five years. My bodyfat is around 11%. No meds of any sort. If that’s not healthy I don’t know what is. If I see any sort of issue starting to creep up in the future I’ll address it at that time. Everything I do today is with health in mind. I’ll be 47 in February. When I hit 50 I plan to do a full workup, top to bottom, to assess the true health of my fifty year old self.
Amazing how we can can all have a nice, normal discussion, sharing different points of view, when certain members are not around? Why don’t I ever give @unreal24278 a hard time, or @readalot, or @spinup when they have a different point of view? Then dixie whatever and equel come in and just bitch, whine, and complain about every little detail that does not align with their confirmation bias.
That’s Dr. Keith Nichols as everyone knows by now. I used to promote the hell out of him on the YT channel. Unfortunately, that’s the kind of attitude that I simply can’t promote. Funny thing is he’s only 5’6. Can you say Napoleon syndrome? On my latest return back here this week, I couldn’t believe that there were more flagged posts written by a physician than some regular 22 year old noob just looking for the ‘gainz’. He still can’t let things go after all this time.
All people above 5’5 have a growth hormone secreting pituitary tumour… that’s what I always tell myself. I’m nOt ShOrT, EvErYoNe eLsE hAs GiGaNtIsM.
Really? Those statements came from a doctor? Judging by his attitude towards others who disagree with him I’d think he probably has a terrible bedside manner.
This entire post is idiotic. I don’t have time to break it down because it won’t matter to your simple mind and I have a life, but the funniest thing is that you believe you are 11% bf. If anyone needed more proof that your fragile ego was inflated with diarrhea, they need look no further.
I’m the thread starter. You came into my thread and polluted it with your menstrual. But you truly have more time than me to do this so go for it. What you should be doing is spending time with your wife.
