Gents,
A while ago, when first researching my low T problem, I stumbled upon a blog entry from a clinic local to me that has alway stuck in my mind. In the wonderful world of n=1 this rule, as it transpires, does actually apply to me. I’m running 30mg per day that puts me at the upper end of TT and FT. Understand that for a lot of you this would be a train wreck but for me it works well. Presently feel great, not superman, just normal. So normal that apart from the daily injection I really don’t think about or analyse trt any further. Just for interest though and in the spirt of debate I would be interested in how your starting point relates to your ‘dialled’ position and if there is anecdotal evidence from the collective that this might be a useful point to aim for.
“Over the years, I have created a few general rules that have served me well in clinical practice by simplifying target testosterone goals. These “target T” rules are not based on a scientific paper. They are simply based on ten years of experience treating thousands of men with TDS.
In my practice, I take the normal range for testosterone (400-1,200 ng/dL) and divide it in half. We now have the lower half of normal (400-800 ng/dL) and the upper half of normal (800-1,200 ng/dL). In my experience, men with a baseline testosterone level below 200 ng/dL do quite well if corrected into the lower half of normal (400-800 ng/dL) during TRT. Men with a baseline testosterone level between 200-400 ng/dL do better when corrected into the upper half of normal (800-1,200 ng/dL). Simple, right?”
Full blog entry can be found here: http://www.obsidianmenshealth.com/optimal-testosterone-control
A while ago, when first researching my low T problem, I stumbled upon a blog entry from a clinic local to me that has alway stuck in my mind. In the wonderful world of n=1 this rule, as it transpires, does actually apply to me. I’m running 30mg per day that puts me at the upper end of TT and FT. Understand that for a lot of you this would be a train wreck but for me it works well. Presently feel great, not superman, just normal. So normal that apart from the daily injection I really don’t think about or analyse trt any further. Just for interest though and in the spirt of debate I would be interested in how your starting point relates to your ‘dialled’ position and if there is anecdotal evidence from the collective that this might be a useful point to aim for.
“Over the years, I have created a few general rules that have served me well in clinical practice by simplifying target testosterone goals. These “target T” rules are not based on a scientific paper. They are simply based on ten years of experience treating thousands of men with TDS.
In my practice, I take the normal range for testosterone (400-1,200 ng/dL) and divide it in half. We now have the lower half of normal (400-800 ng/dL) and the upper half of normal (800-1,200 ng/dL). In my experience, men with a baseline testosterone level below 200 ng/dL do quite well if corrected into the lower half of normal (400-800 ng/dL) during TRT. Men with a baseline testosterone level between 200-400 ng/dL do better when corrected into the upper half of normal (800-1,200 ng/dL). Simple, right?”
Full blog entry can be found here: http://www.obsidianmenshealth.com/optimal-testosterone-control
