New Thyroid Blood Results Coming Soon...Need Advice On Old Results

[DaytonaJonah]

My trt journey has been all over the map, high doses, low doses, different esters, injections ed, eod, e3d, hcg, etc., etc. And I have been pretty diligent to start a protocol and stick with it for at least 8 weeks or so to see if benefits manifest before changing. Yet that sweet spot never seems to materialize for me. I'm generally fatigued regardless of weekly dosage or injection frequency. If I dose anything more than 100mg a week, my sleep really suffers and I'm amped up yet without that deep feeling of strong calm, which I used to have when younger. Currently doing approximately 80mg a week on a daily blended test-E + test-P 60/40.

So, I thinking it may be something else. I'm planning to have my thyroid checked again with a blood panel this Monday and see where I am. Going back over my old blood tests from a couple of years ago, I found where I did check my thyroid and here are those results:

1. TSH: 0.91 UI/ml, Range: 0.27 - 4.30
2. T4 Free: 1.2 ng/dL, Range: 1.0 - 1.7
3. T3 Free: 3.63 pg/ml, Range: 2.0 - 4.4

Asking those who are more knowledgeable about thyroid testing and optimization, have I been overlooking my thyroid as a potential hindrance to my overall trt benefits?

 

[Systemlord]

And I have been pretty diligent to start a protocol and stick with it for at least 8 weeks or so to see if benefits manifest before changing. Yet that sweet spot never seems to materialize for me.

These thyroid levels don’t rise to the level of concern or would these levels be expected to cause the severity of symptoms you describe.

As far as never staying in the sweat spot on TRT, I had the same problem on TRT as you, never could stay in that sweet spot very long. I do remember the best sweet spot I ever felt was when I was on 12 mg every other day, my libido was absolutely insane!

Back then my T levels were around 300.

Now that I’m off TRT and I’m in that sweet spot all the time (<300) because I corrected my original medical condition, which is type two diabetes, and not testosterone related.

I wonder how many other men are using TRT to treat another medical condition for which they are unaware of or treating directly rather than trying to circumvent a disease process.

 

[DaytonaJonah]

Thanks Systemlord for your feedback. I didn't realize you're now off trt and your problems were unrelated to testosterone. Interesting that your sweet spot is such a low-ish number compared to so many others that complain of low T symptoms with such.

Perhaps many of us are chasing well-being with not really knowing the underlying causes of what is making us unwell.

 

[Systemlord]

Interesting that your sweet spot is such a low-ish number compared to so many others that complain of low T symptoms with such.

I found out my father and brother have similar T levels and are asymptomatic. My father is 90 years old and years ago he had similar levels and his doctor did nothing because he was asymptomatic.