What a wile ride, and a terrible week I have had.
I started my journey at 120mg 2x a week sub q. Primary driver for starting TRT at 48 was low free T, always below 5.
120mgs my numbers were -
Total T - over 1500
Estradiol - 60
Free T - 17.3
SHBG - 67
Sensitive estradiol - 53
Hemoglobin - 16.6
Hematocrit - 49
So after 8 weeks I lowered my dose to100mg because I wasn't sleeping well and felt I was retaining a lot of fluid. I tested and my labs where and was surprised to see E going up! At this point I was a week into going down to 80mg.
Total T - 1245
Estradiol - 77!
Free T - 14
SHBG - 60
Sensitive estradiol - 68
Hemoglobin - 17.7
Hematocrit - 52
80mg - 10 days in
Started having the absolute worst headache on the planet. I think the lowering the dose exacerbated the hormone rebalance, and estrogen clearance, but I don't know for sure. I asked Chat for help and it told me to support with TUDCA and NAC and could be a rough week and it was. I tried everything in my power to not use an AI but I gave in and took .5 and I am hoping its a 1 time thing. I was taking some headache meds and got a shot of Toradol too. I am feeling some relief today, a week later.
I just didn't want to run my T that high personally. I would like to optimize not go crazy. I am remembering when I was on enclo my T was 900-1100 and free T `14-17ish and my estradiol was 40 or under. I just didn't love the feeling and it was inconsistent and I was getting eye flutters so I stopped and eventually moved to TRT. I am hoping I can dial in with TRT to similar numbers but its still up in the air. I'm thinking on 100mg if I was around 1245 I can be under 1000 on 80mg and get my estrogen in check and sleep!
Any thoughts on the uptick in numbers, and when can I expect for these to level out....because after 7 weeks on 100mg things surely didn't, they were quite the opposite.
This is a strange game I'm learning, the TRT game!
Any advise is surely appreciated!!!
I started my journey at 120mg 2x a week sub q. Primary driver for starting TRT at 48 was low free T, always below 5.
120mgs my numbers were -
Total T - over 1500
Estradiol - 60
Free T - 17.3
SHBG - 67
Sensitive estradiol - 53
Hemoglobin - 16.6
Hematocrit - 49
So after 8 weeks I lowered my dose to100mg because I wasn't sleeping well and felt I was retaining a lot of fluid. I tested and my labs where and was surprised to see E going up! At this point I was a week into going down to 80mg.
Total T - 1245
Estradiol - 77!
Free T - 14
SHBG - 60
Sensitive estradiol - 68
Hemoglobin - 17.7
Hematocrit - 52
80mg - 10 days in
Started having the absolute worst headache on the planet. I think the lowering the dose exacerbated the hormone rebalance, and estrogen clearance, but I don't know for sure. I asked Chat for help and it told me to support with TUDCA and NAC and could be a rough week and it was. I tried everything in my power to not use an AI but I gave in and took .5 and I am hoping its a 1 time thing. I was taking some headache meds and got a shot of Toradol too. I am feeling some relief today, a week later.
I just didn't want to run my T that high personally. I would like to optimize not go crazy. I am remembering when I was on enclo my T was 900-1100 and free T `14-17ish and my estradiol was 40 or under. I just didn't love the feeling and it was inconsistent and I was getting eye flutters so I stopped and eventually moved to TRT. I am hoping I can dial in with TRT to similar numbers but its still up in the air. I'm thinking on 100mg if I was around 1245 I can be under 1000 on 80mg and get my estrogen in check and sleep!
Any thoughts on the uptick in numbers, and when can I expect for these to level out....because after 7 weeks on 100mg things surely didn't, they were quite the opposite.
This is a strange game I'm learning, the TRT game!
Any advise is surely appreciated!!!
