Hello,
First time post. I’m not n 25mg 3 times a week for a total of 75mg a week.
Had my bloods taken yesterday. 48 hours after my last 25mg injection.
My levels were
Total Test 21.4 nmo/l
Estradiol 34.3 pg/ml
Progesterone <.05 this didn’t flag but was under the ref range of 0.139-0193
Is the ratio of test to E2 good?
Is the progesterone an issue?
I’m struggling with ED, not had an erection or morning wood for a month and accumulating belly fat
This ratio is spot on! However, your free testosterone wasn’t measured, so we have no idea how much of the active form of testosterone a circulating in your bloodstream.
How long have you been on TRT?
Many men have undetectable progesterone and no symptoms.
ED has many causes, vascular, psychological, and nervous system.
You’re leaving too much critical information out. I’m left guessing if you’ve just started TRT or you’ve been on TRT for a month.
I’ve been on about a year but have changed to smaller dosage and more frequent injections about 6/7 weeks ago.
So I need to get tested again and get the free test included? Anything else?
If came on or got severely worse after starting TRT you need to specify that or people here will tend to lead you on a long winded rabbit hole about everything except your hormones.
By the sound of that I assume yes.
That’s a narrowminded approach! As if every medical problem is hormonally related.
I am impressed, that’s an astute observation.
Well Doctor that’s why I want him to clarify. This is a hormonal website after all, people tend to come here for help when things go wrong with their hormonal treatment.
Your expertise in the medical field are much appreciate though. Maybe he can book an appointment at your practice? Maybe through Skype or zoom if he can’t go to your office physically.
Yes just a hunch but with some foundation, I mean it’s fairly recent after all and all of a sudden he is here on t nation. He needs to clarify non the less though, I could be wrong.
You’re making the assumption that something went wrong with the hormone therapy. You forget that hormonal problems are a symptom of something much larger going on. Something is lowering the hormones in the first place and then they go on the hormone therapy and they don’t address the cause of their low hormones state and then they wonder why the therapy doesn’t work.
There’s nothing to clarify, you take what he says at face value since you can’t disprove what he saying. If he says he’s having ED there should be no question in your head that he’s experiencing ED.
Your head is not right!
The estradiol number is my trough number. Does this mean it will be higher during the days before this? Would this be an issue in my belly fat/bloating/water retention?
You are way over complicating this Mr Online Forums Doctor.
That wall of text is just the icing on the cake.
I asked him to clarify the timeline of his ED, and by reading part of his post I made a small assumption, ultimately though the first thing I did ask him is to clarify if ED came along with and after TRT or prior. No final conclusion was made, the simple point was made “clarify if these problems came on with TRT”.
Do you even have some striations or some what of a respectable physique to go along with your imaginary doctorate?
No moron… I asked him to clarify if the ED came on AFTER starting TRT or was it there BEFORE. Nothing with if he actually has ED or not.
Here it is, it came on after this change. Coincidence? Or is it something other than hormones?
See here I would tend to think this hipster trend of smaller dose with super high frequency is not for this dude.
It’s always best to look at the bigger picture rather than focus on one thing.
Again, that’s a narrow-minded approach! You must look at the bigger picture. We all know that higher testosterone utilizes more iron, more so on injectable testosterone, especially when injecting frequently.
My ferritin levels pre-TRT was 120, now it’s <50 on TRT.
His hormonal values are not abnormal by any means, therefore it is unlikely to be his problem. The OP has not had any problem for nearly a year. It’s something else other than his hormones.
I would like to know what are his ferritin levels?
So I got my blood tests back with Shbg and free test.
These were done the day after the injection so my peak numbers?
Total test 9.88ng/ml
Free test 239(2.43%)pg/ml
Sensitive Estradiol 49.35pg/ml
SHBG 33 nmo/l
Would love advice on how to proceed and negate my symptoms of the ED and the body fat. I also notice that I bloat/am heavier on the afternoon of the injection through to the morning of the next injection?
I got massively bloated and had a lot of fluid retention when my ferritin levels were low.
I even had IBS.
Thanks for looking at it from that angle! I got my ferritin tested in the full blood work up I did (80 odd tests) and they were in range 353 ng/ml.
You could always try lowering your dosage.