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Had another CBC done here just a few days ago.. so around 9 weeks after my switch to 10mg a day. Hemo 17.1 Hemat 51.2 RBC 6.08 E2 sensitive 13 (I've been doing about .25mg Anastrozole every 3.5 days) Didn't test anything else, didn't really care. I'm stoked that my H&H is dropping. I still feel...

I was hesitant to change anything because I've been doing very well for a long time now on 200mg a week with 400iu of HCG every other day. The one complaint was constantly rising hematocrit. Donating every 2-3 months doesn't bother me but after one bad experience at the red cross I developed a...

Might, but probably not unless I develop some symptom thats warrants looking further. After my first year on TRT I'm so done with stressing over every little number and just happy to be feeling good.. and for a quite a long stretch now.

Probably late 2017.

Feeling great. No symptoms I'm aware of.

Was at 27 the one time I had it checked.. that was a couple years ago.

My doc (rather well known in TRT) said the same thing. Keep the HCT somewhat normal with the donations and don't worry about ferritin. If anything, lower ferritin can help keep HCT in cehck assuming your other blood markers are fine. Now I get the concern for very low ferritin, so if you think...

sorry, my bad. I knew she was about double the top of the range but forgot what the range was, its actually 125 ng/dl on the labcorp scale of 8-48 with a FT thats right at the top of the range -what the doc was shooting for. Pre treatment TT was above range but FT was low end. She's been on...

On her current protocol my wife runs a total t in the mid 300s - no issues and improvements in mood, overall body comp and energy for days.

PT-141 can be a lifesaver if the normal options and protocol tweaking isn't doing the trick.

.375 anastrozole per week day after weekly shot reduces my E2 from low 50 to low 30s. Previously I tried .50 per week and that had my E2 at 20.

I've been doing 200mg with 1000IU HCG a week and highest my E2 sensitive gets is 50. Total T peak around 1400, trough 1100. I'm in the camp that as long as Free T is high E2 can land where it wants to as long as I don't have any symptoms. All the info seems to say that high E2 is only a problem...

Could only be 100-200 other things. But obviously with the wealth of information/data you've provided, Dr. House will chime in and you'll be cured.

I have an excel version if interested. Not mine, something I downloaded from somewhere awhile back.

My doc prescribes 500 ever other day but up until recently have been keeping it at 1000IU a week in 4 shots. Now trying about 350 every other day just to see what effect if any it has on my libido. Dr. Saya has a thread on here that showed a study with the effects of 150 vs 500 and determined...

See if you can get some PT-141, its well worth a couple attempts with that for sure.

It works well for me. I struggled to find the right E2 level for me and could always count on it to get things going whether I was high or low. But for sure if you are close to dialed in and no other issues, wifey/partner better look out! ; ) Its super effective if I do a small amount before...

The wife started T cream along with a DHEA tablet daily about 6 weeks ago. Could either of these result in mildly red/itchy/dryish skin around the neck and cheeks or should we just look into other sources of irritation? It started about 3 weeks in.

I've had the finger prick at the red cross usually ready lower than what the CBC says until I'm near the upper limit for normal HCT, at that point the finger prick seemed to jump way higher than actual HCT from a CBC. The machines must be calibrated as such to allow a wide range but filter out...

Home sleep studies aren't priced to bad. $150 through my regular doc (1 night study) and about $350 through my TRT doc for a two night extravaganza.

Put more stock in the Free T than the total, if thats consistently borderline low then treatment may be for you.

Old thread, anyone have anything to report? Wife just received some and we're gunna give it a go. I can report back.

After a little reading sounds like if a woman is on the pill its normal for estrogen to test low as the test doesn't pick up on the synthetic hormones from the pill.

Just looking for some thoughts from all you amateur hormone docs out there ; ). Wife has been on birth control of some sort for 20 years. Was depo shot forever, now on pills. Low libido, sometimes low energy. Other than that perfectly healthy. Has always had slightly high TSH with normal T4/T3...

200mg week

Don't want to draw any unwarranted conclusions but sure looks like as E2 is coming down libido is improving and anxiety getting better?

Cortisol spikes after a good hard workout. Just read an article on T-Nation recommending that earlier in the day workouts are better so Cortisol doesn't remain high at night. Perhaps if you're doing intense workouts too regularly, too late in the day it all adds up and then you start to get...

The bottom line should just be do what works for best for YOU. Thats within what your doctor will allow OR considering any risks you're willing to take if you're on your own. There could be some trading of good days now for bad days later or knocking a few years off your life but I don't have a...

Doing about 325iu every other day here. used to do 1000 a week in whatever doses. My thinking is if you're close on your AI dose to keeping E2 where you want it, can maybe use the HCG dose to tweak the E2 number without messing with the AI since that can be difficult for some.

Do a little more research/thinkin' before taking melatonin regularly. I've seen sources say that if you use it too frequently your body will adapt and stop making less of its own plus it can screw up the balance of others substances in your body. Good for a little restlessness now and then but...

I've had to donate blood regardless of dose about every 3 months and I'm cool with that. My HCT usually tops out around 51. Lowest dose I've tried thus far is 100mg a week. Did the whole sleep study thing and results showed no Apnea.