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<blockquote data-quote="S1W" data-source="post: 90125" data-attributes="member: 16947"><p>I just got my results back after my first two months on TRT, and things are not perfect, which doesn't exactly surprise me based on the way I've been feeling.</p><p></p><p>Background: 39 year old male, fit/athletic, no other health issues prior to starting TRT (aside from those associated with low T - I had most of those issues).</p><p></p><p><u><strong>Pre-TRT</strong>:</u></p><p><u></u></p><p><u></u>TOTAL T: 333 ng/dl (250-1100)</p><p>FREE T: 51.3 pg/dl (35-155)</p><p>FSH: 3.3 mIU/ml (1.7-8.6)</p><p>LH: 2.8 mIU/ml (1.5-12.4)</p><p></p><p>Those were all of the tests done before starting TRT, including several more total T tests, all of which came back on the low end of normal. I was prescribed 200mg/g (20%) compounded cream, and I have been applying 1/2g daily. No HCG, no AI.</p><p></p><p><strong><u>Post-TRT</u>:</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong>TOTAL T: 795 ng/dl (264-916)</p><p>FREE T (DIRECT): 25.2 pg/ml (8.7-25.1) <strong>High</strong></p><p>ESTRADIOL, SENSITIVE: 38.4 pg/ml (8-35) <strong>High</strong></p><p><strong></strong>HEMOGLOBIN: 17.3 g/dl (13-17.7)</p><p>HEMATOCRIT: 50.5 % (37.5-51) <strong>(not flagged as high but close)</strong></p><p><strong></strong>SHBG: 26.9 nmol/L (16.5-55.9)</p><p>TOTAL CHOLESTEROL: 203 mg/dl (100-199) <strong>High</strong></p><p>HDL: 56 mg/dl (>39)</p><p>LDL: 122 mg/dl (0-99) <strong>High</strong> </p><p>PSA: 0.9 ng/ml (0-4)</p><p>LH: 0.1 mIU/ml (1.7-8.6) <strong>Low</strong></p><p><strong></strong>DHEA: 337.3 ug/dl (102.6-416.3)</p><p>TSH: 2.080 uIU/ml (0.45-4.5)</p><p></p><p>Happy to provide more numbers for the various other tests that were run, but those are the highlights. My concerns are with hematocrit, estradiol, and cholesterol.</p><p></p><p><u><strong>Experience:</strong></u></p><p><u><strong></strong></u></p><p><u><strong></strong></u>I started out feeling amazing for the first few weeks. I have since heard this referred to on this board and elsewhere as the "honeymoon phase", and that sounds right to me. The next several weeks I would say that I felt moderately better than before TRT, but not as good as first few weeks. The last several weeks through present, I feel ok but hard saying if any better than pre-TRT. I noticed some fogginess, occasional low moods, mild discomfort around nipples that weren't there in the first few weeks - all of which I guessed even before seeing this may have been due to high E2.</p><p></p><p>My thoughts: as T levels increased, E2 increased and effectively offset any of the benefits I might have been feeling.</p><p></p><p>What thoughts or advice to you guys have on where to go from here? I'm in the process of switching to a more knowledgable TRT doc, but until then, I'd really appreciate any thoughts you guys might have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="S1W, post: 90125, member: 16947"] I just got my results back after my first two months on TRT, and things are not perfect, which doesn't exactly surprise me based on the way I've been feeling. Background: 39 year old male, fit/athletic, no other health issues prior to starting TRT (aside from those associated with low T - I had most of those issues). [U][B]Pre-TRT[/B]: [/U]TOTAL T: 333 ng/dl (250-1100) FREE T: 51.3 pg/dl (35-155) FSH: 3.3 mIU/ml (1.7-8.6) LH: 2.8 mIU/ml (1.5-12.4) Those were all of the tests done before starting TRT, including several more total T tests, all of which came back on the low end of normal. I was prescribed 200mg/g (20%) compounded cream, and I have been applying 1/2g daily. No HCG, no AI. [B][U]Post-TRT[/U]: [/B]TOTAL T: 795 ng/dl (264-916) FREE T (DIRECT): 25.2 pg/ml (8.7-25.1) [B]High[/B] ESTRADIOL, SENSITIVE: 38.4 pg/ml (8-35) [B]High [/B]HEMOGLOBIN: 17.3 g/dl (13-17.7) HEMATOCRIT: 50.5 % (37.5-51) [B](not flagged as high but close) [/B]SHBG: 26.9 nmol/L (16.5-55.9) TOTAL CHOLESTEROL: 203 mg/dl (100-199) [B]High[/B] HDL: 56 mg/dl (>39) LDL: 122 mg/dl (0-99) [B]High[/B] PSA: 0.9 ng/ml (0-4) LH: 0.1 mIU/ml (1.7-8.6) [B]Low [/B]DHEA: 337.3 ug/dl (102.6-416.3) TSH: 2.080 uIU/ml (0.45-4.5) Happy to provide more numbers for the various other tests that were run, but those are the highlights. My concerns are with hematocrit, estradiol, and cholesterol. [U][B]Experience: [/B][/U]I started out feeling amazing for the first few weeks. I have since heard this referred to on this board and elsewhere as the "honeymoon phase", and that sounds right to me. The next several weeks I would say that I felt moderately better than before TRT, but not as good as first few weeks. The last several weeks through present, I feel ok but hard saying if any better than pre-TRT. I noticed some fogginess, occasional low moods, mild discomfort around nipples that weren't there in the first few weeks - all of which I guessed even before seeing this may have been due to high E2. My thoughts: as T levels increased, E2 increased and effectively offset any of the benefits I might have been feeling. What thoughts or advice to you guys have on where to go from here? I'm in the process of switching to a more knowledgable TRT doc, but until then, I'd really appreciate any thoughts you guys might have. [/QUOTE]
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