Recent content by CaptianCurious

Did you ever bring your ferritin up? The sluggishness could just be due to that.

Hey hombre. I've had a similar experience, plus the studies all suggest it'll vary. Personally, I don't even test anymore. Just my opinion, but I think much of the testing on these sites is a waste of time. Testing because the dose is too high or there are symptoms from undiscovered issues...

What's your story and how do you feel? Are you supplementing dhea and were you awake long before the test? You should do more tests. As madman mentioned, your T is very low. Given the high homocysteine, might want to test b12 and folate. TMG and/or lots of eggs can get that down. 2,000...

I take undecanoate and think it's massively superior. I skimmed over what you wrote, and just comparing your experience to mine: - Far too frequent. Undecanoate half-life is 15-35 days depending. T should be dosed at 1/2-1 of the half-life. I get away w/ once every 2 weeks, which happens...

I've seen correcting thyroid raise total T ~100-200 or so, but that's usually from 200-400 up to 400-500. Never seen anything higher. May depend on your age and anything else (aas use, etc.).

looks okay if you want all t3. that's still hardly any t4. Body makes 100 mcg/day, and absorbs 60-80% of oral t4, so that's a little over 20 mcg t4 hitting your system, or 20%.

Interesting about the intolerance. Have you check your glucose metabolism? fasting glucose, a1c, fasting insulin, perhaps a glucose tolerance test (w/ 4 insulin pulls)

I asked the same question myself. What would the optimal Testosterone be? I don't know, but I did find the following interesting. The most interesting things I have found: 1. from a study I pulled, they had a regression equation, which suggests the average Total T level is 8x the Cyp...

I'd check your b12 with your MCV that high. A good b vitamin supplement might be helpful. And as mentioned above, you probably need thyroid hormone. I'd shop doctors until you find one that'll allow a trial. It could help your energy.

Sure thing! Hope everything works out for you. You might also want to look into lipoic acid and/or chromium too. Both otc and might help. Probably harmless anyways.

Low shbg is a marker of high insulin, and, your blood glucose is on towards the high end. You might want to test a1c and fasting insulin next time you do a round of tests, just to double check glucose metabolism.

to go back to your original question - yes, blood levels can fluctuate on the same dose and the same day by a surprising amount. Consider this: 600 ng/dl = .006 mg/l 5 liters of blood in the body = 600 ng/dl * 5 = .03 mg total in blood. It turns over really fast it seems. 100 mg...

that's from Defy?? That doesn't look that great to me. -you should do more thorough thyroid testing - adding in some t4 might be a useful intervention. - why the initial high dose of T with an ai? 100-120 mg/week w/ no ai works for most... - that's a high dose of fish oil. Make sure you...

Just fyi. I've had half a dozen friends feel better from adding in some t4 with their Total T4 in the 5-7 range. Boosting it up to 8-10 often gives them some more energy.

A few other obvious things stick out in your labs: - you may have an issue with blood sugar. I would test your fasting insulin and keep an eye on your a1c (average blood sugar over time) and fasting glucose. An oral glucose tolerance test (with insulin tested) is the gold standard if you can...