First of all this is absolute untruth. Dr Gordon, one of the biggest names in TRT has many patients doing well within the 50-60mg range and an occasional 80mg per week. This post is what I’ve found that works for me and isn’t meant to diagnose any other members.No one has been lead to believe that that free t is what matters.....study the literature....it is well known that free t is important.
Free t is the active fraction and responsible for effects on the AR (androgen receptor).
If you feel you do well with levels in the lower range so be it.....and if because you have lowered your testosterone dose so much it was a dismal 6 than there is no point in wasting your time with trt as you are shutting down your hpta for nothing!
Very rare someone can experience any benefit from trt using a dose of 60mg/week or LESS as for the majority that dose of testosterone would do nothing to raise levels into the mid-normal to high-normal physiological range let alone relieve/improve symptoms of low t.
80-100mg/week is the common starting dose and even than 80mg would be too low for many.
Sure there are a small percentage of men who can maybe get away with 60mg/week but that is very rare to say the least!