Hi guys!
1st post have been reading for a while. Here goes....
I went the route of many. I was told I was low normal mid 30's and basically ignored it. I am over weight 30 bmi, used to be a heavy drinker and have a very irregular sleep schedule because of my career. My thinking at the time was I'll just lose some weight and all will be well.
Fast forward 7 years. I'm 43, still over weight, same career issues, but less drinking. I went for my 1st exam after 7 years and was told I was low T and had sleep apnea. I had been tired, fatigued , had brain fog, emotional issues, poor workout recovery and a tad lower libido. My equipment still worked and often just not as well.
I got a cpap for sleep apnea hoping it would correct issues, but no go.
So my gp starts me on trt. Started at about 230 serum test. Nothing else was checked. I didn't know any better at the time? Figured my Doc knew what he was doing? 100mg test cypt 1x per week for 8 weeks. New labs numbers close to 500. Backed off to 100mg 1x every 2 weeks. That's when thing started going south. Sore nips, extreme emotions and a couple anxiety attacks out of the blue. Had never experienced that before?
So I start doing my own research on here and other places. Bought a few books. Gained some knowledge . Figure my estrogen had spiked? (FYI if that was what it is like to be a women I take back anything and everything I have every said about any woman ever. Including my 2 ex wives lol.)
So I plead with my doc for additional labs and a AI. No go he keep up his protocol and tells me after more labs he wants to scale back to once a month!
At this point I break out all my own research and books. He throws his hand in the air and says either I take the anti depressents he keeps trying to shove down my throat or he is going to refer me to someone else. I say refer me I'm not depressed, something is wrong!
The referral process takes 2 months. During that time I'm off trt. I get past the Roller coaster and am back where I started.
The new anti aging doc is a little more knowledgeable but still doesn't do all the labs recommended on here. What I did learn after two months off trt...250 serum test, 11ng free, E2 23 and prostate numbers 1.0.
So I now realize I don't have the complete picture. My question is how is my serum low, but my free is in the "normal" range? Doc said I was one of the best converters of natural test he had every seen?
He agreed I should should shoot for 800-1000 serum for now. Three months then retest. Started me on 100mg test cypt, 1mg armidex and hcg per week?
Is this a good starting point? Seems like this doc is willing to work with me?
1st post have been reading for a while. Here goes....
I went the route of many. I was told I was low normal mid 30's and basically ignored it. I am over weight 30 bmi, used to be a heavy drinker and have a very irregular sleep schedule because of my career. My thinking at the time was I'll just lose some weight and all will be well.
Fast forward 7 years. I'm 43, still over weight, same career issues, but less drinking. I went for my 1st exam after 7 years and was told I was low T and had sleep apnea. I had been tired, fatigued , had brain fog, emotional issues, poor workout recovery and a tad lower libido. My equipment still worked and often just not as well.
I got a cpap for sleep apnea hoping it would correct issues, but no go.
So my gp starts me on trt. Started at about 230 serum test. Nothing else was checked. I didn't know any better at the time? Figured my Doc knew what he was doing? 100mg test cypt 1x per week for 8 weeks. New labs numbers close to 500. Backed off to 100mg 1x every 2 weeks. That's when thing started going south. Sore nips, extreme emotions and a couple anxiety attacks out of the blue. Had never experienced that before?
So I start doing my own research on here and other places. Bought a few books. Gained some knowledge . Figure my estrogen had spiked? (FYI if that was what it is like to be a women I take back anything and everything I have every said about any woman ever. Including my 2 ex wives lol.)
So I plead with my doc for additional labs and a AI. No go he keep up his protocol and tells me after more labs he wants to scale back to once a month!
At this point I break out all my own research and books. He throws his hand in the air and says either I take the anti depressents he keeps trying to shove down my throat or he is going to refer me to someone else. I say refer me I'm not depressed, something is wrong!
The referral process takes 2 months. During that time I'm off trt. I get past the Roller coaster and am back where I started.
The new anti aging doc is a little more knowledgeable but still doesn't do all the labs recommended on here. What I did learn after two months off trt...250 serum test, 11ng free, E2 23 and prostate numbers 1.0.
So I now realize I don't have the complete picture. My question is how is my serum low, but my free is in the "normal" range? Doc said I was one of the best converters of natural test he had every seen?
He agreed I should should shoot for 800-1000 serum for now. Three months then retest. Started me on 100mg test cypt, 1mg armidex and hcg per week?
Is this a good starting point? Seems like this doc is willing to work with me?
