LowT or not?

[Mojo76]

I had my bloodwork done a couple mornings ago and it came back total test 514, free test 9.6. My questions is are these low numbers? I feel like I have a lot of the symptoms of low t. I'm 40 male. Thanks for any advice.

 

[Vince]

Free T levels should be at least 2 percent of total T. As total T goes up, so will free T. 514 x 2% = 10.32

 

[Sean Mosher]

Echo what Vince said.
I wouldn't say your numbers are optimal by any means, but they aren't exactly low either.
What symptoms do you have?
Thyroid checked?
Any other labwork numbers you can post?

 

[Vince Carter]

I can think of one maybe Dr that will treat symptoms over numbers but I agree with Vince and Sean that the numbers themselves aren't in the range for TRT. Id do another test early in the morning in a few weeks or so and see if there's a downward trend, or if it stays steady.

 

[johndoesmith]

I agree with everyone else, based on these tests TRT doesn't look like it's needed.

That being said, they're limited tests, I'd get LH, FSH, and sensitive E2 at a minimum. TSH, FT3 and FT4 would be helpful. Hypothyroidism can have a lot of similar symptoms to low test. E2 being low will give you basically all of the symptoms of low test.

 

[Gee]

Try some natural supplements and have a panel test done to see if they could be your answer. There are some over the counter supplements that aid in maintaining elevated free testosterone levels. Avena Sative, copper tartrate, magnesium aspartate, zinc aspartate, and vitamin-B-6. There are products that contains Muira puama (potency wood) zinc, magnesium, and Vitamin B-6 in highly biologically active forms that have clinical studies supporting elevation of free testosterone by about 30%.
There is total, bound and free testosterone plasma levels. Bound testosterone, or any androgen/AAS, is inactive and bound by SHBG (Sex hormone binding globulin) and has no effect because it cannot merge with receptor sites. Free testosterone is the only active form and accounts for about 1-3% of total testosterone /Androgen plasma levels. So a total testosterone threshold of 100 MG would only provide 1-3 MG, approximately, of free and active testosterone.
This is quite a bit when you think normal endogenous total plasma levels are around 7MG (.07 MG of free testosterone per day).

 

[trt4me]

That's one lab, you should do more maybe a week or two apart.
This may be your"high" and other times or days you are like 350-400 total test.