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How can one increase SHBG when it is too low?
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<blockquote data-quote="Vince Carter" data-source="post: 24099" data-attributes="member: 2657"><p>I started off not having great labs, even with Low T Center for a few months it was hard to get them to divulge my numbers so I can't say where I started at with SHBG but I've never seen it over 17, which is my latest number two weeks ago. I've seen 15 and 12, too. </p><p>I was miserable on once a week shots at that clinic so I stopped going, for many reasons, but I'd say it wasn't working, not 100-105mg once per week and we know weekly doesnt even cover the half life of Cyp let alone one's SHBG. </p><p>Changing providers to self inject wasn't working for me either. IIRC 97mg E3.5D. I'd inject on Thurs and by Sunday I was just struggling to make it back to Monday. I was low T, again...unmotivated, tired, bored, mildly depressed, disinterested...miserable. I went to a M/W/F schedule @ 60mg per and I felt more balanced after 4 weeks...moods were up, moods were more stable and consistent and I felt quasi-normal. </p><p></p><p>In these times I really found that I do not like HCG. That is one that I will say I never felt a thing with it...205iu EOD, 400iu EOD, 100iu daily...never "felt" a thing. </p><p></p><p>I went round and round with Anastrozole... .25mg daily, .5mg 2x week, hell I was dissolving tabs in Vodka and reducing it down to where I could dose .15mg 2x week. I developed a real loathing for Anastrozole and E2. And there was monthly E2 testing I'd get on my own thru Discountlabs.</p><p></p><p>I did A LOT of my own TT/FT/E2 testing, monthly was typical, but I purposely drew blood at 24 post injection to see a "peak" number and then a 72 hr to get a trough, this let me see how wildly my TT fluctuated in that time. For the record I'd have a high of 1475 (24hrs) and a trough of 814 (72hrs).</p><p></p><p>This makes a wild ride of instability when over 3 days time you halve your TT. Makes your E2 a real bitch to control, too. </p><p></p><p>At that time I moved to Defy for cheaper meds and better care. Dr Saya consented to change me to 50mg EOD and .15mg Anastrozole, ONLY if I felt I needed it. We're doing 100iu HCG 2x week. I only use HCG for keeping my nuts alive; cosmetic appearance primarily.</p><p></p><p>But I tell ya, I've never felt "high", if that's an appropriate word, I know what low is like, but it's not a high or something I can "feel" in so many tangible ways, I just feel normal and balanced. But I know low and what that feels like and can recognize it. I think I have a high state of self awareness, I'm rather in tune with myself and I think that that helps me with TRT. </p><p></p><p>I just had my 3 month bloods for Defy and waiting on my consult. Since the EOD change, reducing the HCG and getting off Anastrozole, I no longer have felt I'm tweaking and tuning my doses and regimen. I need some work with my DHEA and welcome a little more energy after 12 noon, but ya...I'm pretty straight here. </p><p></p><p>Something else I bought in too, heavily, is Nelson's T:E ratio, which by my latest tests I could use MORE Estrogen...believe it or not. Studying and talking to Nelson about it got me off Anastrozole completely.</p><p></p><p>My low T days...were pretty bad. I was checking my insurance for mental health coverages, I was chronically fatigued, unmotivated, disinterested in most everything I used to enjoy, I was getting in to fights at work like I was on a hair trigger with anger and aggression. Making all sorts of silly little mistakes at work, being forgetful...I was NOT in a good place when I started on Androgel 1.62. </p><p></p><p>But now I'm nothing like that. I'm still a moody short-tempered *******, but that's just me, and that's NOTHING like I was ~18 months ago. </p><p></p><p>And this, too, Thyroid all those are normal/optimal and in-range, same with my cortisol which maybe needs a little tweak it's "normal". </p><p></p><p>I really wish itd work for you like it did me. Key was I went Rogue...I looked at like this, I only need you to prescribe the meds, I'll handle the rest, and I did. </p><p></p><p>Lucked out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vince Carter, post: 24099, member: 2657"] I started off not having great labs, even with Low T Center for a few months it was hard to get them to divulge my numbers so I can't say where I started at with SHBG but I've never seen it over 17, which is my latest number two weeks ago. I've seen 15 and 12, too. I was miserable on once a week shots at that clinic so I stopped going, for many reasons, but I'd say it wasn't working, not 100-105mg once per week and we know weekly doesnt even cover the half life of Cyp let alone one's SHBG. Changing providers to self inject wasn't working for me either. IIRC 97mg E3.5D. I'd inject on Thurs and by Sunday I was just struggling to make it back to Monday. I was low T, again...unmotivated, tired, bored, mildly depressed, disinterested...miserable. I went to a M/W/F schedule @ 60mg per and I felt more balanced after 4 weeks...moods were up, moods were more stable and consistent and I felt quasi-normal. In these times I really found that I do not like HCG. That is one that I will say I never felt a thing with it...205iu EOD, 400iu EOD, 100iu daily...never "felt" a thing. I went round and round with Anastrozole... .25mg daily, .5mg 2x week, hell I was dissolving tabs in Vodka and reducing it down to where I could dose .15mg 2x week. I developed a real loathing for Anastrozole and E2. And there was monthly E2 testing I'd get on my own thru Discountlabs. I did A LOT of my own TT/FT/E2 testing, monthly was typical, but I purposely drew blood at 24 post injection to see a "peak" number and then a 72 hr to get a trough, this let me see how wildly my TT fluctuated in that time. For the record I'd have a high of 1475 (24hrs) and a trough of 814 (72hrs). This makes a wild ride of instability when over 3 days time you halve your TT. Makes your E2 a real bitch to control, too. At that time I moved to Defy for cheaper meds and better care. Dr Saya consented to change me to 50mg EOD and .15mg Anastrozole, ONLY if I felt I needed it. We're doing 100iu HCG 2x week. I only use HCG for keeping my nuts alive; cosmetic appearance primarily. But I tell ya, I've never felt "high", if that's an appropriate word, I know what low is like, but it's not a high or something I can "feel" in so many tangible ways, I just feel normal and balanced. But I know low and what that feels like and can recognize it. I think I have a high state of self awareness, I'm rather in tune with myself and I think that that helps me with TRT. I just had my 3 month bloods for Defy and waiting on my consult. Since the EOD change, reducing the HCG and getting off Anastrozole, I no longer have felt I'm tweaking and tuning my doses and regimen. I need some work with my DHEA and welcome a little more energy after 12 noon, but ya...I'm pretty straight here. Something else I bought in too, heavily, is Nelson's T:E ratio, which by my latest tests I could use MORE Estrogen...believe it or not. Studying and talking to Nelson about it got me off Anastrozole completely. My low T days...were pretty bad. I was checking my insurance for mental health coverages, I was chronically fatigued, unmotivated, disinterested in most everything I used to enjoy, I was getting in to fights at work like I was on a hair trigger with anger and aggression. Making all sorts of silly little mistakes at work, being forgetful...I was NOT in a good place when I started on Androgel 1.62. But now I'm nothing like that. I'm still a moody short-tempered *******, but that's just me, and that's NOTHING like I was ~18 months ago. And this, too, Thyroid all those are normal/optimal and in-range, same with my cortisol which maybe needs a little tweak it's "normal". I really wish itd work for you like it did me. Key was I went Rogue...I looked at like this, I only need you to prescribe the meds, I'll handle the rest, and I did. Lucked out. [/QUOTE]
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