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Testosterone Replacement, Low T, HCG, & Beyond
Blood Test Discussion
ED my whole life - ready for TRT?
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<blockquote data-quote="Systemlord" data-source="post: 159302" data-attributes="member: 15832"><p>Normally T declines after age 30 and usually begins a gradual decline, but in modern civilization in the passed ten years we are seeing a sharper decline in men of all ages. Your levels are normal, but for an old man, in fact your levels closely match up with 75-84 year old men, none of your doctors consider you age when looking at your testosterone.</p><p></p><p>It's fairly common for doctors to tell the patient there testosterone levels are normal, the problem with this is doctors are taught in medical school in range is normal, only with testosterone that is not the case and a lot of doctors don't make to correct diagnosis because they lack knowledge in sex hormones.</p><p></p><p>Testosterone is not that complicated, TT is the inactive portion of testosterone, SHBG binds testosterone and weakly binds estrogen, so if one were to have SHBG on the high end of the range, you would expect to see the free portion of testosterone on the lower end which is actually what we see in your case.</p><p></p><p>If you were to take me for example, my SHBG is low (14) which means if I have the same TT levels as you do, with SHBG low my free portion of testosterone would be sufficiently elevated, in fact on TRT at your TT level I am thriving and my FT would be almost at the top end of the ranges.</p><p></p><p>Your TSH is actually a little elevated, most doctors use reference ranges to determine normal status, only now we know the ranges are not normal, the normal healthy adult has a TSH between 1-1.5. You need to test "thyroid hormones" T4, fT3, rT3 and both antibody testing.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4480274/" target="_blank">Reference ranges for TSH and thyroid hormones</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.restartmed.com/normal-thyroid-levels/" target="_blank">Optimal vs Normal Thyroid Levels for All Lab Tests & Ages</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Systemlord, post: 159302, member: 15832"] Normally T declines after age 30 and usually begins a gradual decline, but in modern civilization in the passed ten years we are seeing a sharper decline in men of all ages. Your levels are normal, but for an old man, in fact your levels closely match up with 75-84 year old men, none of your doctors consider you age when looking at your testosterone. It's fairly common for doctors to tell the patient there testosterone levels are normal, the problem with this is doctors are taught in medical school in range is normal, only with testosterone that is not the case and a lot of doctors don't make to correct diagnosis because they lack knowledge in sex hormones. Testosterone is not that complicated, TT is the inactive portion of testosterone, SHBG binds testosterone and weakly binds estrogen, so if one were to have SHBG on the high end of the range, you would expect to see the free portion of testosterone on the lower end which is actually what we see in your case. If you were to take me for example, my SHBG is low (14) which means if I have the same TT levels as you do, with SHBG low my free portion of testosterone would be sufficiently elevated, in fact on TRT at your TT level I am thriving and my FT would be almost at the top end of the ranges. Your TSH is actually a little elevated, most doctors use reference ranges to determine normal status, only now we know the ranges are not normal, the normal healthy adult has a TSH between 1-1.5. You need to test "thyroid hormones" T4, fT3, rT3 and both antibody testing. [URL='https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4480274/']Reference ranges for TSH and thyroid hormones[/URL] [URL='https://www.restartmed.com/normal-thyroid-levels/']Optimal vs Normal Thyroid Levels for All Lab Tests & Ages[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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ED my whole life - ready for TRT?
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