Recent content by Systemlord

Another clueless endo, very common! All my endo's are no different, all clueless as they receive NO training in this field of medicine! Most endo's are trained in diabetes and some do thyroid, but very few choose to focus on male sex hormones. In these cases, TRT is the occasional therapy...

I'm on Jatenzo, a newer oral testosterone which has a similar half-life to T cream, 6 hours, testosterone peaks in 2 hours from a trough level of 289 -> 1000 ng/dL. I'm supposed to test at 6 hours after my morning dosage. If I test at 24 hours, my levels no matter the dosage will always be low...

"Testosterone double the normal range will certainly will lower your lifespan!" This statement is bu**sh**, another unfounded blanket statement. Individual response to androgens and tolerance varies greatly. I'm not aware of any placebo controlled trials or studies looking at men with...

How many days per week do you use trimix?

Try to imagine, measuring the water height in the ocean as a set of waves are coming in, the water height would constantly change from one moment to the next. That’s how hormones work, not flat steady values, the hormone levels are always changing. Now throw in isolated changes in SHBG...

My hemoglobin is now 17.6 down from 19.3 and hematocrit 53% down from 58% three weeks after stopping the iron supplements. I got a phlebotomy today with hemoglobin at 17.6 and feel better afterwards. I imagine I'm somewhere in the 15 range. I feel better mentally, it feels good! My erections...

In the majority of cases, SHBG decreases on TRT, except for those with type two diabetes and metabolic disorders. Your SHBG increased one point, indicating a possible metabolic issue. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5835337/

There was a study out of Harvard, where there were three groups of men, one group with low normal testosterone another group with mid range testosterone, and the other group with high testosterone. They were all given aromatase inhibitors and quickly developed lots of body fat, especially in...

My oldest sister woke up with facial hair and her new husband didn’t like it. She was able to reverse it quickly. Two of my sisters are morbidly obese so maybe that was part of the problem. They gave up on hormone therapy. My two other sisters continue to eat unhealthily, eat large portions...

I’m a type 2 diabetic and I doubled my SHBG (11->24) by losing weight and achieving a normal A1C and fasting glucose.

Your hormone levels are normal and your estrogen levels are normal as well for a person with a total testosterone over 500. The normal ranges for estrogen were derived from men with a total testosterone under 500. If you’re having side effects from your TRT protocol, simply lower your dose and...

Kaiser used to give me a 12 week supply of Jatenzo, this is no longer case! I have to refill every 30 days. This FDA made testosterone a controlled substance to stop athletes from cheating, and not to protect the public!

All three of my sisters had the same negative experience. They waited to long and didn’t have access to knowledgeable doctors 25+ years ago.

Heavy metal toxicity will prevent one from feeling the effects of hormones, especially if you have low receptor density. I’m sure there are other medical conditions that will do the same.

If women wait too long after menopause to start hormone therapy, their body has already changed too much and adapted to the low hormone state, making hormone therapy more challenging.