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Testosterone Replacement, Low T, HCG, & Beyond
Testosterone Side Effect Management
Water Retention and Rapid Weight Gain Caused by Testosterone
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<blockquote data-quote="apsjiml" data-source="post: 148186" data-attributes="member: 12831"><p>Lh originally when it was tested it was low, indicated secondary (pituitary or hypothalamus) hypogonadism , so that is why he didn't retest it. Also testosterone will lower that further anyway. The igf-1-the doctor probably thinks that is fine. The problem here having secondary hypogonadism is that usually growth hormone is the first to go and to test that you need a glucagon stim test or insulin tolerance test to see what that is. IgF-1 is not growth hormone and is often normal with growth hormone deficiency. Your shbg may keep coming down and may have been high because of the low testosterone. SHBG increases the half life of testosterone, so that is still why your total testosterone is elevated now. That free testosterone level is just a direct measurement I am assuming but I do not know. It is not very accurate at all. It should be done with equilibrium Dialysis.Total should be done using LC-Ms/MS to be more accurate. The average male is around 30 shbg. If your shbg is coming down then that total testosterone will come down as well. My total testosterone was 1200 at 65 shbg now it is 700 at 44 shbg.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="apsjiml, post: 148186, member: 12831"] Lh originally when it was tested it was low, indicated secondary (pituitary or hypothalamus) hypogonadism , so that is why he didn't retest it. Also testosterone will lower that further anyway. The igf-1-the doctor probably thinks that is fine. The problem here having secondary hypogonadism is that usually growth hormone is the first to go and to test that you need a glucagon stim test or insulin tolerance test to see what that is. IgF-1 is not growth hormone and is often normal with growth hormone deficiency. Your shbg may keep coming down and may have been high because of the low testosterone. SHBG increases the half life of testosterone, so that is still why your total testosterone is elevated now. That free testosterone level is just a direct measurement I am assuming but I do not know. It is not very accurate at all. It should be done with equilibrium Dialysis.Total should be done using LC-Ms/MS to be more accurate. The average male is around 30 shbg. If your shbg is coming down then that total testosterone will come down as well. My total testosterone was 1200 at 65 shbg now it is 700 at 44 shbg. [/QUOTE]
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Water Retention and Rapid Weight Gain Caused by Testosterone
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