So I met with an endo on Friday. It was awful!!! I originally tested for Low T in 2014 when I was 28. It came in at 199 total. My PCP put me on injections of 200 cyp once a month. It was great for the first 2 weeks but would seem to wear off. I got a total of 2 injections and finally started to do research on it. I went to a urologist who took me off TRT injections and told me to take take arimidex 1 time a week for 4 weeks. My number went up to 420ish and he said I was good to go. I told him I still feel awful and he said “well if you want babies you’re gonna have to deal with it.” So I switched urologist at the same office and have a urologist who is awesome but wouldn’t put me on TRT because of fertility. He put me on clomid 50mg ED and have been doing that since 2016. Well I got bad side effects with and the highest I tested was 520 on clomid. I did a test 3 weeks back and the numbers came out at 478 and retested at 520 again. I don’t feel any difference and still having fatigue, low libido, brain fog, and just don’t feel well. I lift weights and hurt for about a week at 30 years old. It’s awful.
So I went to the endo and she said I needed to have two low tests below 300 to even consider TRT. She said my testosterone levels are fine and that’s this is something I have to deal with. She wants to run tests to make sure there is nothing else going on. I was so mad because my co-pay is $70. Waste of money because I had blood work done in January and just had my yearly physical and everything was fine. I also asked her about my high SHGB which cam in at 65.5. She said it doesn’t matter. She wants me to go back in 6 months and said I’m perfectly fine. She also told me I’m too young to even be on TRT. I told her well I don’t feel fine. Anyway I’m not going to follow through with it but I’m really upset with this whole process. I have an appointment with a fertility urologist on Thursday and am basically losing hope. Any suggestions? Do I have to continue living exhausted and feeling like crap? I know I can go to defy or a low t clinic but those are so expensive that I can’t afford it. I’d like use hcg testosterone and clomid (when trying to get my wife pregnant.) I called around and target near me has testorone vials for 25$ without insurance. It’s just crazy how little that doctor knew. She also told me HCG has way too many complications to give me.
Also do you think maybe because she was a female doctor and really doesn’t understand what I’m going through? (Not meaning to come off sexist but am curious about that.)
Anyway here’s is my last labs:
(Note: I was taking Clomid 50mg daily for 3 months and stopped a week before the tests minus the albumin and TSH in January)
Testosterone Free: 520
SHBG: 65.5
Estraidol: 24.8
Hemoglobin: 17.0
PSA: 0.7
Albumin (in January): 4.4
TSH: 1.37
Any help would be appreciated!!!!
So I went to the endo and she said I needed to have two low tests below 300 to even consider TRT. She said my testosterone levels are fine and that’s this is something I have to deal with. She wants to run tests to make sure there is nothing else going on. I was so mad because my co-pay is $70. Waste of money because I had blood work done in January and just had my yearly physical and everything was fine. I also asked her about my high SHGB which cam in at 65.5. She said it doesn’t matter. She wants me to go back in 6 months and said I’m perfectly fine. She also told me I’m too young to even be on TRT. I told her well I don’t feel fine. Anyway I’m not going to follow through with it but I’m really upset with this whole process. I have an appointment with a fertility urologist on Thursday and am basically losing hope. Any suggestions? Do I have to continue living exhausted and feeling like crap? I know I can go to defy or a low t clinic but those are so expensive that I can’t afford it. I’d like use hcg testosterone and clomid (when trying to get my wife pregnant.) I called around and target near me has testorone vials for 25$ without insurance. It’s just crazy how little that doctor knew. She also told me HCG has way too many complications to give me.
Also do you think maybe because she was a female doctor and really doesn’t understand what I’m going through? (Not meaning to come off sexist but am curious about that.)
Anyway here’s is my last labs:
(Note: I was taking Clomid 50mg daily for 3 months and stopped a week before the tests minus the albumin and TSH in January)
Testosterone Free: 520
SHBG: 65.5
Estraidol: 24.8
Hemoglobin: 17.0
PSA: 0.7
Albumin (in January): 4.4
TSH: 1.37
Any help would be appreciated!!!!
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