Please read the stickies found here: About the T Replacement Category - #2 by KSman
- advice for new guys
- things that damage your hormones
- protocol for injections
- finding a TRT doc
At your age, TRT before some more diagnostics is incompetent.
Labs needed:
TT
FT
E2
LH/FSH - essential that this be tested before TRT, cannot be done afterwards.
prolactin
CBC
TSH
fT3
fT4 [please not T3, T4]
CBC
AST/ALT
Many here have low thyroid function, often from not using iodized salt to support production of thyroid hormones that are mission critical for energy, mood and libido. However low T has the same effects.
You can self eval overall thyroid function by checking oral body temps as per the thyroid basics sticky. If good, you can skip labs TSH, fT3, fT4.
Testim has very high cost and unsuitable if training, sweating, showering. Not safe around kids as it can transfer. Self injected T is least cost, least E2 potential. Transdermals have highest E2 potential. Transdermals are typically very poorly absorbed if there are thyroid problems and non-absorption is a symptom of thyroid issues.