Hi. 51 yr old male. Been on TRT for a few years now. Was doing every other day subq 30mg per injection MWF. Switch to E3D (Sunday evening and Thursday morning) with 50mg per injection. Doing HCG 250iu MWF. 2 grains of Armour and 12.5mg of iodine. Labs below are trough levels Thurs before injection.. Couple of questions: Surprised at my Total T and free T levels. When I was doing every other day injections without HCG they were higher (887 TT and FT of 259 (range 35-155). Why the reduction in levels? Because of less frequent injections and these are trough maybe? Also even though my TT and FT are well within range my DHT is high. Why? Is that because suqb and more conversion subq via skin? I dont have prior subq every other day DHT labs. CBC and Chem profile were fine, hematocrit is fine. I tanked my E with Aromasin which Ive stopped. I read that low E results in higher ferritin (maybe because of resulting inflammation). I will give some blood. My cortisol is always on the higher end. I was going to try some PS and Rhodiala (sp?) to bring down. Was thinking on going IM and increasing my T dosage. Any and all insight and opinions much appreciated. As for how I feel, little libido and poor erections, but getting better. Weak and tired. Probably becasue I tanked my E. Thanks.
Iron and TIBC
Iron Bind.Cap.(TIBC) 309 ug/dL 250 - 450
UIBC 224 ug/dL 150 - 375
Iron, Serum 85 ug/dL 40 - 155
Iron Saturation 28 % 15 - 55
Testosterone,Free and Total
Testosterone, Serum 501 ng/dL 348 - 1197
Free Testosterone(Direct) 13.7 pg/mL 7.2 - 24.0
Pregnenolone, MS
49 ng/dL
Reference Range:
Adults: <151
Dihydrotestosterone 87 High Reference Range:
Adult Male: 30 - 85
Thyroxine (T4) Free, Direct, S
1.31 ng/dL 0.82 - 1.77
DHEA-Sulfate 305.2 ug/dL 71.6 - 375
Cortisol 21.6 High ug/dL 2.3 - 19.4
TSH 0.009 Low uIU/mL 0.450 - 4.50
Prostate Specific Ag, Serum 2.1 ng/mL 0.0 - 4.0
Reverse T3, Serum 18.4 ng/dL 9.2 - 24.1
Vitamin D, 25-Hydroxy 55.0 ng/mL 30.0 - 100.0
Estradiol, Sensitive <3 Low
Progesterone 0.6 ng/mL 0.2 - 1.4
Ferritin, Serum 444 High
range ng/mL 30 - 400
Triiodothyronine,Free,Serum
3.3 pg/mL 2.0 - 4.4
Sex Horm Binding Glob, Serum
31.6 nmol/L 19.3 - 76.4
Iron and TIBC
Iron Bind.Cap.(TIBC) 309 ug/dL 250 - 450
UIBC 224 ug/dL 150 - 375
Iron, Serum 85 ug/dL 40 - 155
Iron Saturation 28 % 15 - 55
Testosterone,Free and Total
Testosterone, Serum 501 ng/dL 348 - 1197
Free Testosterone(Direct) 13.7 pg/mL 7.2 - 24.0
Pregnenolone, MS
49 ng/dL
Reference Range:
Adults: <151
Dihydrotestosterone 87 High Reference Range:
Adult Male: 30 - 85
Thyroxine (T4) Free, Direct, S
1.31 ng/dL 0.82 - 1.77
DHEA-Sulfate 305.2 ug/dL 71.6 - 375
Cortisol 21.6 High ug/dL 2.3 - 19.4
TSH 0.009 Low uIU/mL 0.450 - 4.50
Prostate Specific Ag, Serum 2.1 ng/mL 0.0 - 4.0
Reverse T3, Serum 18.4 ng/dL 9.2 - 24.1
Vitamin D, 25-Hydroxy 55.0 ng/mL 30.0 - 100.0
Estradiol, Sensitive <3 Low
Progesterone 0.6 ng/mL 0.2 - 1.4
Ferritin, Serum 444 High
range ng/mL 30 - 400
Triiodothyronine,Free,Serum
3.3 pg/mL 2.0 - 4.4
Sex Horm Binding Glob, Serum
31.6 nmol/L 19.3 - 76.4
