I have recently got my blood work done after feeling like shit for many years after using steriods to young. I had a testosterone NG/DL level of 158.84 and free testosterone of 34.46. My primary doctor sent me to the hormone replacement doctor soon after and when i went to him he didnt want to put me on replacement therapy because he said my free tesosterone was okay and because my age of 29 he didnt want me to have firtility issues down the road. can someone on here help me accurately figure out the mg per week i need of test cyp to get to a more average level of around 500 ng/dl or does anyone on here have any advise about a next step?
Your Free T is absurdly low! This has everything to do with your age, which is really shortsighted. The are health risks at these Total and Free T levels, which your “hormone specialist” clearly doesn’t understand.
As far as targeting a specific lab value, there is so much more going on under the surface, the actual hormonal value is only part of the bigger picture.
If you have a very heavy door, the androgen receptor, which differs in individuals in sensitivity level, it will take a lot of androgens to push that door open, to force gene transcription to occur.
So don’t target a specific level, treat the symptoms not the number.
what do you mean? i thought if i got my levels looked at and i went to a hormone doctor they would give me better guidance but he didnt see at as a big deal… is there anything you recommend doing next?
It will be a challenged to find a doctor that truly specializes and is good at hormone replacement therapy, because none of this is extensively taught in traditional medical schools and residency.
It’s difficult to specialize in an area of medicine when medical schools really don’t pay the attention needed for sex hormones. Even the Endocrine Society is decades behind the science, they aren’t even considering androgen receptor sensitivity, receptor density and endocrine disrupting, forever chemicals in our bodies, when evaluating a patient.
Many experts consider the lower end of the Free T ranges to be a sign of hypogonadism.
You can continue playing the doctor lottery, hoping you find a doctor knowledgeable enough to treat you, or you can pay out-of-pocket for care.
im just looking for guidance from someone who is well educated in this field and i guess i am not going to find it from a legit doctor. is there any chance you could point me in the right direction or do you know of anyone knowledgable?
I can’t recommend anyone local, as I don’t know of any reputable TRT doctors in New Jersey. Off the top of my head, Defy Medical. I use them and I’m perfectly happy with them. Been using them for years for non TRT needs.
Defy Medical services patients remotely and in person visits.