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My levels have always been ~1.5 ng/ml and I think it is the reason that TRT has not improved my libido.

It is just a urinary catecholamine test, dont know anything much more than that at this point. Please let me know what your progesterone levels comes back to.

Source : https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/wf/lab/wf-lab-bulletin-falsely-elevated-progesterone-results-due-to-cross-reactivity-with-dhea-s.pdf That is where I read about the cross reactivity of DHEAs and progesterone.

DHEA sulfate can skew the result towards the higher end in Progesterone assay.

Thanks for the feedback everyone, I will implement the changes in protocol advised by @Nelson Vergel and @Cataceous. On progesterone, is it fine or is it high enough to cause problems ?

For the first 3 months, I was on low dose trt and no hcg. Anxiety wasnt that bad, libido and erections were weaker than pre trt. Since then to test the high progesterone hypothesis I went on the higher try dose, 50mg eod. Libido improved and erections but not still better than pre trt. At this...

I feel even worse on low dose, I started with 30mg EOD, no libido, joint pain and acne.

Thanks for the reply. The progesterone test is from when I haven't started taking HCG, I started HCG to increase Estradiol such that the Prog to E2 could improve in favor of E2. The only source of my excess progesterone is adrenals because when the test was taken my HPTA was suppressed for more...

@StepbyStep I also have slightly high levels of DHEA SO4 (500 ug/dl) with Progesterone 1.5ng/ml, it is due to my adrenals being overactive. I also have a fast resting heart rate, and though I am fit and have been soccor for many years I could never develop adequate amounts of endurance and If I...

Hi All, this is my second post here and it is going to be a long one so please bear with me. I am amazed at the quality and depth of information available here, and grateful for the advice and help that experienced men on TRT provide here. Bloodwork : (After 3 months on TRT) Total...

First of all, thank you for such a detailed response. Do you think that If someone were to decrease their SHBG then only their Total Testosterone (TT) will decrease and Free Testosterone (FT) remain unchanged? If that is the case, then SHBG should not have any effect symptom resolution or is it...

Isnt it weird since the free Test is suppose to be ~2% of total Test ?

Shouldnt the unit for Free Testosterone be ng/dL ?

Hello all, I have seen this idea thrown around on trt and steroids forums that low SHBG causes high free E2 and that the use of DHT derivatives like Proviron, Anavar can cause gyno by lowering shbg = > high free Test => more aromatization. But as per this study SHBG preferentially binds to DHT...