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I seem to be a candidate for TRT, doc is concerned w/ hematocrit. (30y/o - all symptoms - low free T)
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<blockquote data-quote="weakwrists" data-source="post: 146742" data-attributes="member: 38784"><p>Hello,</p><p>I am 30 y/o, have had symptoms my entire life, almost all of them.</p><p>My most recent labs with pertinent info:</p><p>Hematocrit - 49.7%</p><p>Prolactin - 19.6ng/ml</p><p>Estradiol 40.8 pg/ml</p><p>Total Testosterone - 569 ng/dl</p><p>SHBG - 41.2 nmol/l</p><p>Calculated Free T - 10.7</p><p></p><p>My previous lab which only tested total T and SHBG gave me a free T of 8.5</p><p>So, it seems like I have high prolactin, high estradiol, high SHBG and low free T. My doc explained to me that I can produce T no problem, but the high shbg is limiting the amount I can use. I also have high estrogen which he wants to see cut in half, and high prolactin which he thinks will go down as my free T increases.</p><p></p><p>The one concern he has is my hematocrit. He says that while on TRT, that will raise, and if it get's too high can increase risk for strokes. He says one cause of it is not getting enough oxygen while sleeping and that I might have sleep apnea. So before starting me on TRT he referred me to a sleep doctor to do a sleep study and see. My appt with the sleep doc is tomorrow morning. I don't think I have sleep apnea, I don't snore (I even recorded my sleep audio last two nights to see, no snoring at all), and I dont <em>think</em> that I stop breathing at times when sleeping.. but I guess that could be what's happening. I do sleep on my side, sometimes on my stomach and wonder if that has anything to do with it.</p><p></p><p>Anyways, I'm just wondering if anyone else here has been down this path with the hematocrit, and what info you have about it? If it's not something related to my sleep, what do you think could be causing the higher hematocrit? It's not that I have a very high amount right now, but that while on TRT it may become high. How much higher can I expect it to go while on TRT?</p><p></p><p>Obviously I should find out a lot more tomorrow, I just have a weird feeling about this sleep doctor place, the website just seems like it's trying to sell me something, and I searched the head doctors name and, while mostly good reviews, there were some that just said "scam". I feel like my goal tomorrow is to just portray to the guy that I really doubt I have sleep apnea and for him to let my TRT doctor know that he agrees so we can start exploring TRT more and other ways to manage the hematocrit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="weakwrists, post: 146742, member: 38784"] Hello, I am 30 y/o, have had symptoms my entire life, almost all of them. My most recent labs with pertinent info: Hematocrit - 49.7% Prolactin - 19.6ng/ml Estradiol 40.8 pg/ml Total Testosterone - 569 ng/dl SHBG - 41.2 nmol/l Calculated Free T - 10.7 My previous lab which only tested total T and SHBG gave me a free T of 8.5 So, it seems like I have high prolactin, high estradiol, high SHBG and low free T. My doc explained to me that I can produce T no problem, but the high shbg is limiting the amount I can use. I also have high estrogen which he wants to see cut in half, and high prolactin which he thinks will go down as my free T increases. The one concern he has is my hematocrit. He says that while on TRT, that will raise, and if it get's too high can increase risk for strokes. He says one cause of it is not getting enough oxygen while sleeping and that I might have sleep apnea. So before starting me on TRT he referred me to a sleep doctor to do a sleep study and see. My appt with the sleep doc is tomorrow morning. I don't think I have sleep apnea, I don't snore (I even recorded my sleep audio last two nights to see, no snoring at all), and I dont [I]think[/I] that I stop breathing at times when sleeping.. but I guess that could be what's happening. I do sleep on my side, sometimes on my stomach and wonder if that has anything to do with it. Anyways, I'm just wondering if anyone else here has been down this path with the hematocrit, and what info you have about it? If it's not something related to my sleep, what do you think could be causing the higher hematocrit? It's not that I have a very high amount right now, but that while on TRT it may become high. How much higher can I expect it to go while on TRT? Obviously I should find out a lot more tomorrow, I just have a weird feeling about this sleep doctor place, the website just seems like it's trying to sell me something, and I searched the head doctors name and, while mostly good reviews, there were some that just said "scam". I feel like my goal tomorrow is to just portray to the guy that I really doubt I have sleep apnea and for him to let my TRT doctor know that he agrees so we can start exploring TRT more and other ways to manage the hematocrit. [/QUOTE]
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