Recent content by JYD21

Very curious about this. My ferritin dropped since I started TRT. Ferritin was 93 (38 - 330) Pre-TRT and has been between 37 and 41 since being on TRT the last 1.5 years. My TIBC has been normal all that time, but my total Iron and Saturation have been slightly elevated. I've felt good, to...

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Thanks everyone. I have access to HCG, Nolva/tamaxofin, and enclomaphine. My doc, Uro, and functional doc are all on board. My baseline FT just before TRT was low normal at 62, but 9 months before that it was 120 (out of 224). I know, still not awesome levels but when I wasn’t stressed...

Could use some sage guidance. I also am talking to my Uro who supports my thoughts of coming off. The short of it is I was started TRT too early. It was to help a non existent sex life in my 6 year relationship. We tried a lot of things, counseling, etc. Had a lot of work, financial, and...

How long were you on TRT?

Nice. What brand D (or D3?) are you taking?

How do you feel on that dose/protocol?

This is extraordinarily informative. Thank you, @Nelson. My T/E2 ratio is always 4.5-5%. Ultra sensitive E2 is always above range (55). The back and forth of manage E2 vs don’t even look at E2 has been a bit crazy. This was helpful. I think I need to try a lower dose, alright I tend to...

Labs after 8 weeks into 120mg split MWF and 6 months on TRT total.

My doc who is also on TRT and very knowledgeable switched to cream 7 months ago after years on injections and says he feels best on the cream. He said many of his patients also switched to cream and have felt as good on cream, if not better, and had less sides, with better management of CBC...

My provider is a Dr./uro who is on that channel. I take everything with some gains of salt, because, well… let’s just say the last two years the corruption and incompetence of science and Medicine have been just that. but I trust my doctor who backs up his assertions with peer reviewed...

So admittedly, I am still a little confused about the Ferritin/Iron thing. If I supplement, it seems I'll creep toward iron overload. If I don't supplement, it'll take a while for my ferritin to get back up to a better level, although while on TRT it could remain 'low' based on labs. I've...

I started at 120mg, yes. On a Cyp/prop blend. It was good in the beginning, overall. 6 weeks labs showed slightly elevated HCT of 50 so my then provider told me to dump, which was dumb, but I didn’t know better and he’s no longer my provider. I started off with bad management. Dumping...

How did you resolve it? Also, in case anyone is interested, here’s a recent video I watched on it:

Thanks for the feedback. ...Yes, the doc and I agreed to go slightly higher and he was aware of my CBC being slightly over range, and me not having any symptoms related to elevated H/H, RBC, etc., we went higher for symptom resolution and since I was just over 4 monts in and my body was still...