Anyone else with super low T? 107 low?

[Brian963]

Anyone else diagnosed with testosterone level of 107 like me? The doctor said my level, including free-t was that of an 80 year old man and I'm 44. I know it takes time for results to be noticed and I'm only on week 2 of TRT injections, but I'm curious to know how your experience was if your T was as low as mine is. You can reply or private message me. Thanks guys!

 

[Nelson Vergel]

At your low level, I would have also checked prolactin. Did your doctor check prolactin? Can he check it now?

I am assuming that you have not used anabolic steroids or opiates in the recent past. Right?

 

[Vettester Chris]

I've said this before with guys having serum levels that low ... In many cases (not all), usually tends to be a testicular issue involved when baseline serum is < 150ng/dl, meaning primary hypogonadism. Safe to say most members here would like to know your LH & FSH values, along with other lab results if you have them?

 

[Brian963]

I haven't used those and from what I can see on my lab results, that wasn't a part of the test. I'm going to contact Dr. Saya with Defy tomorrow and ask about that. Thank you for asking.

 

[Brian963]

Also, my LH is low at 1.3. And I was mistaken, my T is 109 and not 107, but that is still very low. My Free Testosterone(direct) is 3.4 which is low as well. I'm using Dr. Saya at Defy Medical to treat my low T. I'll ask about this as well. Thank you both for responding to my question.

 

[Vettester Chris]

Brian, if your LH is 1.3, then that would in most cases present secondary hypo. Like I mentioned, from an observational standpoint it seems like men with primary hypo tend to have the real low baseline serum numbers, but "not always", as your numbers apparently can attest to. It would be good to have the doctor review that with you so that you are up to speed with your diagnosis and treatment ...

On the Free Testosterone ... No worries on that, the percentage will stay relevant to your serum level. You're currently a little over 3%. So, if you were to get your serum up "say" in the 600ng/dl area, your Free Test will probably come in around the 18 to 19 range, +/- depending on factors like SHBG and a little bit on albumin, which 'shouldn't' deviate tremendously.

So, if anything, keep the free testosterone thought in mind as your therapy program develops. I also have around 3.2% on free test, so it doesn't take a lot of total serum to achieve optimal results. You will see the majority of guys focusing on that total serum number, really not knowing the free & bio available side of it. You will have a much easier time managing your program if you pay attention to that aspect of it, plus of course managing/addressing other factors like E2, adrenals, thyroid, D3, etc..