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Testosterone Replacement, Low T, HCG, & Beyond
Testosterone Basics & Questions
low SHBG guy, free T high, too much medication or SHBG creates imbalances?
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<blockquote data-quote="AbsoluteZ3R0" data-source="post: 65828" data-attributes="member: 15174"><p>Just an fyi, free testosterone is not the only bioavailable testosterone. Testosterone bound to shbg is unavailable, but testosterone bound to albumin is "lightly bound" and still usable. This constitutes approximately 30-40% of your total in most men, which is why total testosterone matters. There are some tests that will show you your total, bioavailable, and free testosterone, but the reason many doctors don't test bioavailable is because free alone is a pretty good indicator of your overall bioavailable testosterone. </p><p></p><p>Interestingly, I have very low shbg, so when I took clomid (notorious for raising shbg), my shbg stayed quite low. The result was that my bioavailable testosterone was 601 ng/dL, a whopping 60% of my total of 1012 ng/dL. Nonetheless, I still felt like garbage. Those tests were done via Quest</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AbsoluteZ3R0, post: 65828, member: 15174"] Just an fyi, free testosterone is not the only bioavailable testosterone. Testosterone bound to shbg is unavailable, but testosterone bound to albumin is "lightly bound" and still usable. This constitutes approximately 30-40% of your total in most men, which is why total testosterone matters. There are some tests that will show you your total, bioavailable, and free testosterone, but the reason many doctors don't test bioavailable is because free alone is a pretty good indicator of your overall bioavailable testosterone. Interestingly, I have very low shbg, so when I took clomid (notorious for raising shbg), my shbg stayed quite low. The result was that my bioavailable testosterone was 601 ng/dL, a whopping 60% of my total of 1012 ng/dL. Nonetheless, I still felt like garbage. Those tests were done via Quest [/QUOTE]
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