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Hallandale seems to have stepped up their game. I received my refills yesterday from Defy. I've always made sure I got my refills from Empower after I had a bad experience with Hallandale last year. I used the new online ordering site for Defy and my shipment came from Hallandale this time. The...

You can ask them to write a script to check for whatever you want. I've been monitoring my E2 and a couple other things with them. I just ask and they send me the order.

She's just taking testosterone cream, DHEA, and natural dessicated thyroid. Her testosterone cream is something like 15mg/Gram and she does three clicks. I have no idea what that works out to for a daily dose but she's settled on the three clicks as her sweet spot. Our Dr. Google searches...

My wife's free T3 was about that same number and her doctor thought it warranted treatment. She's with Defy and they like free T3 to be around 3.9 I believe.

What hormones are in her cream? Her testosterone at 13 is very low for a woman her age as well as DHEA. My wife had the same anxiety and was basically on edge all the time. She's on testosterone cream now and takes DHEA as well. She also had low free T3 and is taking thyroid meds for that...

Wouldn't hurt to go donate a pint of blood just to stay in front of this. You don't want it to get too high and then have to get on a frequent phlebotomy schedule. I don't feel anything up to a HCT of 51, but for me anything over that it becomes symptomatic and I don't like it at all.

I hope you are monitoring your hematocrit and lipids via regular blood work. These two things are very important to your overall health and not keeping on top of them can be detrimental to your longevity.

Your estradiol is very low. I had very similar numbers before TRT. My low LH/T/E2 numbers could be from a nasty concussion I had in 2012 but there's no way to know for sure. My E2 was around 15 and I had the fatigue, low libido, achy joints, as well as anxiety and depression. As soon as I...

Drink more water. Like a lot more water. I just dropped 10lbs of water weight by drinking at least a gallon or more of water a day with no change in diet. I literally went from 210lbs to 200lbs. There's no way I lost that much fat in two weeks. It was all just retained water. I went from looking...

I have good private insurance too but all my local doctors are apathetic insurance filers so I'd rather go the VA. I actually get better care from them than private which is kind of sad.

From what I've read both atenolol and amlodipine can cause ED but I started having some signs of dysfunction about the same time I had my head injury that led me to TRT. I was taking Lisinopril at the time so I'm not convinced it's the BP meds. I just had a lab draw to check my full TRT panel as...

Anyone on here take Losartan for BP? I've been taking amlodipine and atenolol for BP which would barely keep me at 145/90 on a good day. I'm not certain but I believe these two meds have likely contributed to ED. I used to take Benicar, which is an ARBII like Losartan, but stopped a long time...

Did Clomid actually raise your testosterone numbers or is this just based on how you feel. EDIT: Sorry, I didn't see in your OP that it actually did. I need to read better lol

You will have to pay Defy the initial consult fee of $250 up front before they will write you the lab order. They will also require a disclaimer on file with them stating you understand your bill from the lab could be much higher if your insurance happens to reject payment. Now that I'm an...

I've noticed my testicles don't swell as much and I have um....smaller loads....after the vial is aged and getting near the bottom. I keep mine in a mini fridge that only holds water bottles in my workout room. It stays nice and cold in there. I prefer the Empower over Hallandale though because...