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Quick background
35 male active male, 6ft 1 ~185 pounds.
Before treatment total T levels were 190, 5 years ago. Started on gel with mixed results. Recently I moved city's and changed doctors, also switched to injections.
We started with 100mg/week 1x a week. This is the first set of labs I've attached which shows a trough read of 225, so dose was upped to 150mg/week. As you will note i am also very low SHBG. I've read low shbg tend to manage better with more frequent injections. Doc had no problem with me splitting the 150/wk dose, so I've been splitting in 3 doses a week, mon/wed/fri.
Since switching to the new doc and starting injections, i have also been on HCG 350iu 3x a week. And an AI of .5 1x week. I have a tad bit of gyno that i've had my entire life, so new doc suggested to add in an the AI.
I will be discussing latest labs in 6 days with the doctor, but wanted to share my most recent lab results. This is where is gets interesting.
Total T is 800s, trough reading (labs were down on a wednesday before Wednesday's pin, so i pretty much pinned right after the lab draw).
Free T, so high the lab checked it twice to make sure it was accurate. Is this cause for concern?
Overall, i feel great, however i will say my resting pulse has risen on the latest protocal which has me a bit concerned. My previous resting pulse always around 60. I noticed i seemed higher, so i bought a fitness band it monitor it recently. When sleeping, it gets down to 55, however, when awake instead of the previous 60, it not hangs out between 80-85. Could the sky high free T be the driver for this? Is my body simply adjusting to the new dose and will this resolve itself eventually?
The off the charts Free T and increase in resting pulse has me raising my eyebrows and wanted to know what everyones thought were. Would maybe lowering the dose back to 100/wk, but splitting into EOD as opposed to 1x a week be a good idea?
Thanks in advance to anyone with any ideas. Again overall i currently feel great, but would like to know if off the chart free test and raise in resting pulse while awake, is cause for concern.
All CBC metrics are great.
35 male active male, 6ft 1 ~185 pounds.
Before treatment total T levels were 190, 5 years ago. Started on gel with mixed results. Recently I moved city's and changed doctors, also switched to injections.
We started with 100mg/week 1x a week. This is the first set of labs I've attached which shows a trough read of 225, so dose was upped to 150mg/week. As you will note i am also very low SHBG. I've read low shbg tend to manage better with more frequent injections. Doc had no problem with me splitting the 150/wk dose, so I've been splitting in 3 doses a week, mon/wed/fri.
Since switching to the new doc and starting injections, i have also been on HCG 350iu 3x a week. And an AI of .5 1x week. I have a tad bit of gyno that i've had my entire life, so new doc suggested to add in an the AI.
I will be discussing latest labs in 6 days with the doctor, but wanted to share my most recent lab results. This is where is gets interesting.
Total T is 800s, trough reading (labs were down on a wednesday before Wednesday's pin, so i pretty much pinned right after the lab draw).
Free T, so high the lab checked it twice to make sure it was accurate. Is this cause for concern?
Overall, i feel great, however i will say my resting pulse has risen on the latest protocal which has me a bit concerned. My previous resting pulse always around 60. I noticed i seemed higher, so i bought a fitness band it monitor it recently. When sleeping, it gets down to 55, however, when awake instead of the previous 60, it not hangs out between 80-85. Could the sky high free T be the driver for this? Is my body simply adjusting to the new dose and will this resolve itself eventually?
The off the charts Free T and increase in resting pulse has me raising my eyebrows and wanted to know what everyones thought were. Would maybe lowering the dose back to 100/wk, but splitting into EOD as opposed to 1x a week be a good idea?
Thanks in advance to anyone with any ideas. Again overall i currently feel great, but would like to know if off the chart free test and raise in resting pulse while awake, is cause for concern.
All CBC metrics are great.