40yo, with a long history of sub 300ng/dl TT values. I finally hopped on trt 6 weeks ago and just got back first set of bloods.
It’s prescribed by my primary care doc. He’s old school and he started me on test cyp given as an 1ml injection of 200mg/ml every 2 weeks. So dose is 100mg/week.
I have been taking 0.5ml once weekly instead because I’m worried about the high peaks from only injecting twice a month.
Pre-TRT values:
TT: 222 Ng/dl
FT: 69: pg/ml
SHBG: 11 (yes I am 30-40 lbs overweight)
Estradiol (ultrasenstitive) - 18
6 weeks on TRT values (trough values-
bloods taken at exactly 7days post injection and before next injection):
TT: 450 Ng/dl
FT: 125 pg/ml
Estradiol (standard test) - 30
From a symptomatic standpoint, I’m fairly happy but not in a honeymoon phase: energy levels, libido and sleep have all been better.
But blood pressure has gone up, appetite has skyrocketed (not great when I’d love to lose weight), and I have been getting random headaches (maybe blood pressure related, maybe shifting hormone related )
Finally all my CBC values were good for now but hemocrit went up from about 41% pre-TRT to 43% on these bloods. Will this stabilize, and what’s a value where it starts getting concerning ?
Thanks for any thoughts !
It’s prescribed by my primary care doc. He’s old school and he started me on test cyp given as an 1ml injection of 200mg/ml every 2 weeks. So dose is 100mg/week.
I have been taking 0.5ml once weekly instead because I’m worried about the high peaks from only injecting twice a month.
Pre-TRT values:
TT: 222 Ng/dl
FT: 69: pg/ml
SHBG: 11 (yes I am 30-40 lbs overweight)
Estradiol (ultrasenstitive) - 18
6 weeks on TRT values (trough values-
bloods taken at exactly 7days post injection and before next injection):
TT: 450 Ng/dl
FT: 125 pg/ml
Estradiol (standard test) - 30
From a symptomatic standpoint, I’m fairly happy but not in a honeymoon phase: energy levels, libido and sleep have all been better.
But blood pressure has gone up, appetite has skyrocketed (not great when I’d love to lose weight), and I have been getting random headaches (maybe blood pressure related, maybe shifting hormone related )
- How do these new numbers look?
- Is my trough TT/FT reasonable and can you determine peak from these?
- Also is E2 gonna be much higher than 30 at my peak and if so, is this a problem?
Finally all my CBC values were good for now but hemocrit went up from about 41% pre-TRT to 43% on these bloods. Will this stabilize, and what’s a value where it starts getting concerning ?
Thanks for any thoughts !
