I just got my Total T checked, before I tell all let me say I've been actively riding bikes at the beach, doing normal everyday things as if my life has meaning. I am tired at times but do not let it get me down. When I lay in bed my bones do hurt if I lay down in one position too long, I sleep on a tempur pedic so it's not like the bed is uncomfortable.
My Total T is 97 ng/dL and SHBG 14. If more than likely the insulin resistance is lowering my SHBG which means pre-TRT my SHBG was lower, not higher. The daily 7mg protocol brought my SHBG to 22. I can only imagine where my estrogen sits!
Lately I have been feeling like I'm in excess iron, the last 3 days I have felt terrible and decreased iron today and started feeling a little better, iron as of today is 118 (59-158), Ferritin 101 (25-336) and felt way better when iron was 81 and ferritin 80.
My skin is taking on a reddish bronze tone, tingling burning sensation in the skin at times. CBC is low, HCT 44%, hemoglobin 14.
I cut the iron and ferritin supplements in half, I'm unsure if I should have only cut the iron in half and keep the ferritin the same. When I started the ferritin, I felt much better than just on the iron.
Is there a normal iron to ferritin ratio?
