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Testosterone Replacement, Low T, HCG, & Beyond
Testosterone Basics & Questions
Trt not working, low SHBG
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<blockquote data-quote="Jason Sypolt" data-source="post: 172454" data-attributes="member: 13328"><p>It's really an association between SHBG and IR and not bodyfat. I was not fat either, and I had perfectly normal glucose and A1c as well. Check your fasting insulin and thyroid (TSH, Free T3, Free T4, Reverse T3). You will probably be shocked. The normal range for insulin is BS just like with testosterone. Fasting insulin should be less than 8 mIU/L and the normal range goes up to 25. And the normal ranges for thyroid labs aren't very good either.</p><p></p><p>I had to get my thyroid working properly and that nearly tripled my SHBG to 25, but my insulin was still high. So I was put on additional anabolics and that along with continuing to improve diet has finally knocked down my insulin. It was an entirely invisible problem. I had to inject T every day (twice at one point), dosing, micro-dosing, creams all day, all kinds of other things and none of it felt good until I fixed the IR. Trying to work around low SHBG is just treating the symptom - the very same thing that infuriates people who came from traditional healthcare, and it rarely works.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jason Sypolt, post: 172454, member: 13328"] It's really an association between SHBG and IR and not bodyfat. I was not fat either, and I had perfectly normal glucose and A1c as well. Check your fasting insulin and thyroid (TSH, Free T3, Free T4, Reverse T3). You will probably be shocked. The normal range for insulin is BS just like with testosterone. Fasting insulin should be less than 8 mIU/L and the normal range goes up to 25. And the normal ranges for thyroid labs aren't very good either. I had to get my thyroid working properly and that nearly tripled my SHBG to 25, but my insulin was still high. So I was put on additional anabolics and that along with continuing to improve diet has finally knocked down my insulin. It was an entirely invisible problem. I had to inject T every day (twice at one point), dosing, micro-dosing, creams all day, all kinds of other things and none of it felt good until I fixed the IR. Trying to work around low SHBG is just treating the symptom - the very same thing that infuriates people who came from traditional healthcare, and it rarely works. [/QUOTE]
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