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Testosterone Side Effect Management
Large dose reduction
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<blockquote data-quote="wemmington" data-source="post: 200236" data-attributes="member: 13470"><p>So I really screwed up and reduced my dose from 15mg/dy to 8/mg day in one shot and now I’m really paying the price.</p><p></p><p>I’m 42 and have been on test for about five years and have low SHBG so I’ve gone to an every day protocol in the last couple years.</p><p></p><p>In January I started dieting and lost almost 20 pounds and at the end of the diet it got really fatigued so increased my dosage from 14 to 15 mg per day in hopes that that would help. After a few weeks of just crushing fatigue I got labs done and total testosterone was 1124 and free testosterone was 325 (lab range 35-155 pg/ml)with SHBG at 16 and us e2 was 40. I got really freaked out when I saw the free testosterone was over double the lab range and stopped testosterone completely for six days and then restarted at 8 mg per day. While dieting I also quit drinking any alcohol and really cleaned up my diet but then at the end with the fatigue stopped lifting weights and I think all of this increased my testosterone by quite a bit.</p><p></p><p>I realize now I should’ve made very small changes in my dose but I’m not sure what to do at this point. I have absolutely incredible anxiety and can barely function. I have obsessive thoughts muscle twitches and I am dizzy almost all the time. I’m at the point where I can barely function and I don’t think I can work anymore. I’ve been to the doctor and they prescribed me BuSpar and Clonopin as needed and they seem to help but I’m still miserable.</p><p></p><p>I wonder if at this point if I should just leave it alone or increase my dosage some and then slowly drop it down?</p><p></p><p>Also my hematocrit was it 50.8 so I donated blood to get that down and my LDL went up to 129 from 87.</p><p></p><p>It has been three weeks since I stopped testosterone for the six days and two weeks since the new 8 mg per day dose.</p><p></p><p>I saw my endocrinologist after I stopped six days and told him where I wanted to reduce the dosage and he seemed fine with it and didn’t suggest to go slow or I would have.</p><p></p><p>Prior to this I think my levels were total testosterone about 900 and SHBG was still 16. I’ve been through a couple different docs over the last couple years and they didn’t usually check free testosterone but with the low SHBG I think it was in the 200s.</p><p></p><p>This has been the hardest three weeks of my life and could really use some advice.</p><p></p><p>I would ultimately like to get to free testosterone in lab range and total testosterone around 600 and see how I feel with that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wemmington, post: 200236, member: 13470"] So I really screwed up and reduced my dose from 15mg/dy to 8/mg day in one shot and now I’m really paying the price. I’m 42 and have been on test for about five years and have low SHBG so I’ve gone to an every day protocol in the last couple years. In January I started dieting and lost almost 20 pounds and at the end of the diet it got really fatigued so increased my dosage from 14 to 15 mg per day in hopes that that would help. After a few weeks of just crushing fatigue I got labs done and total testosterone was 1124 and free testosterone was 325 (lab range 35-155 pg/ml)with SHBG at 16 and us e2 was 40. I got really freaked out when I saw the free testosterone was over double the lab range and stopped testosterone completely for six days and then restarted at 8 mg per day. While dieting I also quit drinking any alcohol and really cleaned up my diet but then at the end with the fatigue stopped lifting weights and I think all of this increased my testosterone by quite a bit. I realize now I should’ve made very small changes in my dose but I’m not sure what to do at this point. I have absolutely incredible anxiety and can barely function. I have obsessive thoughts muscle twitches and I am dizzy almost all the time. I’m at the point where I can barely function and I don’t think I can work anymore. I’ve been to the doctor and they prescribed me BuSpar and Clonopin as needed and they seem to help but I’m still miserable. I wonder if at this point if I should just leave it alone or increase my dosage some and then slowly drop it down? Also my hematocrit was it 50.8 so I donated blood to get that down and my LDL went up to 129 from 87. It has been three weeks since I stopped testosterone for the six days and two weeks since the new 8 mg per day dose. I saw my endocrinologist after I stopped six days and told him where I wanted to reduce the dosage and he seemed fine with it and didn’t suggest to go slow or I would have. Prior to this I think my levels were total testosterone about 900 and SHBG was still 16. I’ve been through a couple different docs over the last couple years and they didn’t usually check free testosterone but with the low SHBG I think it was in the 200s. This has been the hardest three weeks of my life and could really use some advice. I would ultimately like to get to free testosterone in lab range and total testosterone around 600 and see how I feel with that. [/QUOTE]
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