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Can anyone solve my Testosterone puzzle
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<blockquote data-quote="Keepfit1" data-source="post: 237857" data-attributes="member: 44282"><p><strong><u>Testosterone Puzzle?</u></strong></p><p></p><p>Ive been on Androgel 1.6 Since 10+ years for Hypogonadism. I am 59.</p><p></p><p>I took 40mg at 9am, then 20mg at 2pm and 10mg 6pm ie 3 times a day. Ie 70mg /day</p><p></p><p>If I take it all in the morning it doesnt work, by 2pm I feel I need more, poor word retrieval and cognitive function and generally hypogonadic. I tried 5% and 10% cream no effect at all.</p><p></p><p>The problem with the Androgel is it gives me BPH and hairloss but not very high T , I feel okayish if I take it 3 times a day but it has to be 3 times a day ie every 5 hours or so. If I take a higher dose I feel better but more hairloss and BPH.</p><p></p><p>So to in order to try to avoid the BPH and hairloss I tried daily shots of Cypionate 15 mg/day Subc ie 105mg/week. I tried it for a few weeks but didn’t feel anything , very hypogonadic, very poor word retrieval, anxiety, poor cognitive function. If I then take a pump of the Androgel all those symptoms are gone. When I tested bloods on 15mg Cyp daily my Testosterone was near max range and FT was in upper range, oestradoil mid range but still felt the symptoms above.</p><p></p><p>One doc suggested I stay on Gel and the Daily Subc shots for 8 weeks and then drop the gel, I tried that ie 15mg Cyp shots daily and Gel 3 times a day as per usual giving total weekly of about 170mg.</p><p></p><p>I felt good on that regime but hairloss was a lot worse and BPH worse and PSA rose from 3 to 3.88.</p><p></p><p>I then tried dropping the gel and doing shots only and it still didn’t work, my blood work showed near max Testosterone and 75% Free T.</p><p></p><p>If I drop the gel I feel hypogonadic, very poor word retrieval and cognitive function and increased anxiety. Despite my blood level of T being max.</p><p></p><p>My Prolactin is 448mU/L with Range 86-324.</p><p></p><p>Previously I tried 100mg weekly shots and felt okay as long as T was rising but by day 3 I feel rubbish again despite high T in bloods, I tried twice weekly 50mg shots and that also didn’t work.</p><p></p><p>Any ideas on what is going wrong that I cant survive on shots only , any ideas on how to fix it.Or does anyone know a doc who can advise. I have asked multiple Hormone docs and nobody has heard of it before or know how to fix it. The Gel sort of works but I trying to find a TRT with lower DHT that works. I considered adding Fin to lower DHT but concered about the Fin sides although I heard its only people who are not on TRT that get them??</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Keepfit1, post: 237857, member: 44282"] [B][U]Testosterone Puzzle?[/U][/B] Ive been on Androgel 1.6 Since 10+ years for Hypogonadism. I am 59. I took 40mg at 9am, then 20mg at 2pm and 10mg 6pm ie 3 times a day. Ie 70mg /day If I take it all in the morning it doesnt work, by 2pm I feel I need more, poor word retrieval and cognitive function and generally hypogonadic. I tried 5% and 10% cream no effect at all. The problem with the Androgel is it gives me BPH and hairloss but not very high T , I feel okayish if I take it 3 times a day but it has to be 3 times a day ie every 5 hours or so. If I take a higher dose I feel better but more hairloss and BPH. So to in order to try to avoid the BPH and hairloss I tried daily shots of Cypionate 15 mg/day Subc ie 105mg/week. I tried it for a few weeks but didn’t feel anything , very hypogonadic, very poor word retrieval, anxiety, poor cognitive function. If I then take a pump of the Androgel all those symptoms are gone. When I tested bloods on 15mg Cyp daily my Testosterone was near max range and FT was in upper range, oestradoil mid range but still felt the symptoms above. One doc suggested I stay on Gel and the Daily Subc shots for 8 weeks and then drop the gel, I tried that ie 15mg Cyp shots daily and Gel 3 times a day as per usual giving total weekly of about 170mg. I felt good on that regime but hairloss was a lot worse and BPH worse and PSA rose from 3 to 3.88. I then tried dropping the gel and doing shots only and it still didn’t work, my blood work showed near max Testosterone and 75% Free T. If I drop the gel I feel hypogonadic, very poor word retrieval and cognitive function and increased anxiety. Despite my blood level of T being max. My Prolactin is 448mU/L with Range 86-324. Previously I tried 100mg weekly shots and felt okay as long as T was rising but by day 3 I feel rubbish again despite high T in bloods, I tried twice weekly 50mg shots and that also didn’t work. Any ideas on what is going wrong that I cant survive on shots only , any ideas on how to fix it.Or does anyone know a doc who can advise. I have asked multiple Hormone docs and nobody has heard of it before or know how to fix it. The Gel sort of works but I trying to find a TRT with lower DHT that works. I considered adding Fin to lower DHT but concered about the Fin sides although I heard its only people who are not on TRT that get them?? [/QUOTE]
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