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Low Libido, Low SHBG Protocol HELP - LABS x3
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<blockquote data-quote="Robotics" data-source="post: 178997" data-attributes="member: 38164"><p>Has anyone dealt with something similar? Libido seems to be illusive and hard to find. I am a low SHBG and struggle with libido/erections. daily injector IM (9mg x 7 = 63 mg week)</p><p></p><p>The only time I have felt normal in that sense (libido) is usually when I am coming off TRT (for a week or two). Or randomly when off TRT for a select week or so. </p><p></p><p>I theorize that my E2 on TRT is too high even though my T is sufficient. I also feel anxiety and loss of Penis sensitivity and orgasm quality on TRT.</p><p></p><p>I am thinking of adding in 0.125mg 2x a week of arimidex, then 3x depending on how i feel/labs. To get my estradiol and free e2 down to match that set of labs where i felt some libido and decent erections(green column) to reach my Target (blue column). </p><p></p><p>Any Advice?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Estradiol is non-sensitive - sensitive is not available in my province.</p><table class='post-table ' style='width: 100%'><tr><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)">Some Libido/ Decent Erections (off TRT)</span></strong></p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">Bad libido/Erections (off TRT)</span></strong></p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">Bad libido/so so Erections (on TRT)</span></strong></p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201)"><strong>Target</strong></span></p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"><strong>Range</strong></p></p></td></tr><tr><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"><strong>TT</strong></p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center">297</p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center">320</p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center">536</p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201)">536</span></p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center">(230-835) ng/dl</p></p></td></tr><tr><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"><strong>FT</strong></p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"><strong>301</strong></p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"><strong>276</strong></p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center">592</p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201)">592</span></p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center">(175-700) pmol/L</p></p></td></tr><tr><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"><strong>Estradiol</strong></p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"><strong>23.43</strong></p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center">22.06</p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"><strong>39</strong></p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201)"><strong>23.43</strong></span></p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center">(0-44) pg/ml</p></p></td></tr><tr><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"><strong>SHBG</strong></p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center">16</p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center">20</p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center">16</p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201)">16</span></p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center">(10-55) nmol/L</p></p></td></tr><tr><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p></td></tr><tr><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"><strong>Calculated Free E2</strong></p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"><strong>0.67</strong></p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"><strong>0.58</strong></p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center">1.14</p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201)"><strong>0.68</strong></span></p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p></td></tr><tr><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"><strong>Calculated TT/E2 Ratio</strong></p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center">12.7</p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center">14.5</p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center">13.7</p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201)">22.9</span></p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p></td></tr><tr><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"><strong>Calculated FT/E2 Ratio</strong></p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center">12.8</p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center">12.5</p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center">15.2</p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201)">25.3</span></p></p></td><td ><p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p></td></tr></table> </p><p>Free E2 Calculator came from:</p><p><a href="https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/spreadsheet-for-calculating-free-t-e2.17216/" target="_blank">Spreadsheet for Calculating Free T & E2</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Robotics, post: 178997, member: 38164"] Has anyone dealt with something similar? Libido seems to be illusive and hard to find. I am a low SHBG and struggle with libido/erections. daily injector IM (9mg x 7 = 63 mg week) The only time I have felt normal in that sense (libido) is usually when I am coming off TRT (for a week or two). Or randomly when off TRT for a select week or so. I theorize that my E2 on TRT is too high even though my T is sufficient. I also feel anxiety and loss of Penis sensitivity and orgasm quality on TRT. I am thinking of adding in 0.125mg 2x a week of arimidex, then 3x depending on how i feel/labs. To get my estradiol and free e2 down to match that set of labs where i felt some libido and decent erections(green column) to reach my Target (blue column). Any Advice? Estradiol is non-sensitive - sensitive is not available in my province. [TABLE][TR][TD] [CENTER][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD] [CENTER][B][COLOR=rgb(97, 189, 109)]Some Libido/ Decent Erections (off TRT)[/COLOR][/B][/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER][B][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Bad libido/Erections (off TRT)[/COLOR][/B][/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER][B][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Bad libido/so so Erections (on TRT)[/COLOR][/B][/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER][COLOR=rgb(44, 130, 201)][B]Target[/B][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER][B]Range[/B][/CENTER] [/TD][/TR] [TR][TD] [CENTER][B]TT[/B][/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER]297[/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER]320[/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER]536[/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER][COLOR=rgb(44, 130, 201)]536[/COLOR][/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER](230-835) ng/dl[/CENTER] [/TD][/TR] [TR][TD] [CENTER][B]FT[/B][/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER][B]301[/B][/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER][B]276[/B][/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER]592[/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER][COLOR=rgb(44, 130, 201)]592[/COLOR][/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER](175-700) pmol/L[/CENTER] [/TD][/TR] [TR][TD] [CENTER][B]Estradiol[/B][/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER][B]23.43[/B][/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER]22.06[/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER][B]39[/B][/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER][COLOR=rgb(44, 130, 201)][B]23.43[/B][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER](0-44) pg/ml[/CENTER] [/TD][/TR] [TR][TD] [CENTER][B]SHBG[/B][/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER]16[/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER]20[/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER]16[/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER][COLOR=rgb(44, 130, 201)]16[/COLOR][/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER](10-55) nmol/L[/CENTER] [/TD][/TR] [TR][TD] [CENTER][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD] [CENTER][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD] [CENTER][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD] [CENTER][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD] [CENTER][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD] [CENTER][/CENTER] [/TD][/TR] [TR][TD] [CENTER][B]Calculated Free E2[/B][/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER][B]0.67[/B][/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER][B]0.58[/B][/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER]1.14[/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER][COLOR=rgb(44, 130, 201)][B]0.68[/B][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER][/CENTER] [/TD][/TR] [TR][TD] [CENTER][B]Calculated TT/E2 Ratio[/B][/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER]12.7[/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER]14.5[/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER]13.7[/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER][COLOR=rgb(44, 130, 201)]22.9[/COLOR][/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER][/CENTER] [/TD][/TR] [TR][TD] [CENTER][B]Calculated FT/E2 Ratio[/B][/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER]12.8[/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER]12.5[/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER]15.2[/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER][COLOR=rgb(44, 130, 201)]25.3[/COLOR][/CENTER] [/TD][TD] [CENTER][/CENTER] [/TD][/TR][/TABLE] Free E2 Calculator came from: [URL="https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/spreadsheet-for-calculating-free-t-e2.17216/"]Spreadsheet for Calculating Free T & E2[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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