Re: My Nwest Test Results at 200mg / wk of Depo-T taken before next inject.

[Guest guest]

You must be like me I only go to 650 on 150 mgs. of Depo T and my range is

higher then yours. My range is 262 to 1597 so try adding HCG and get some

Arimidex and take a real low dose if your still getting wood. Like .25 mgs. 2

x's a week. I you have a lot of stress my Dr. says it will eat up your T meds.

Hell if I get a infection my T levels drop. My Dr. would give me 200 mg. shots

every 2 weeks on top of the 10 grams of gel when I was to stress or had a

infection.

Do you have Z's Email I need to show him a link he was looking for

saying DIM lower DHT. Or send this to him.

http://tinyurl.com/7hnsa

Phil

asaxon67 <no_reply > wrote:

Everyone likes to look at numbers so here's the results of my last

blood test.

I am taking 200mg of Depo-T once a week and this blood draw was

right before my injection.

Total T: 451 (400 - 1080)

Bio-T: 335.6 (130.5 - 681.7)

Free-T: 115.4 (47 - 244)

T % Free: 2.6% (1.6 - 2.9)

SHBG: 14 (11 - 80)

E2: 56 (0 - 56)

TSH: 0.71 (0.4 - 4)

Free T3: 3.5 (1.8 - 4.2)

Free T4: 1.6 (0.8 - 1.9)

My impression?

Well, with my relatively high dose of Depo-T (200mg / wk) I did NOT

expect to have my T come back on the low end. Although my Bio-T and

Free-T are at about 1/3rd the reference range I did actually expect

it to be above the halfway mark. My SHBG is the highest it's ever

tested at which tells me that the feedback mechanisms for SHBG

related to Testosterone seem to be boosting my SHBG which is good

but since my T levels still look low it's no wonder my SHBG levels

aren't higher.

As I was warned about prior to switching from Gel's to Depo-T

injections, my E2 is becoming a problem. My libido and " wood " have

been okay, especially in the morning, so I didn't expect my E2 to

come back this high. And if this is at the end of a dosing period

it must be a bit higher during most of the week. I'll have to talk

to my doctor about this when I see him. Darn, I was really hoping

to avoid an E2 problem.

On a side note, my thyroid looks good! Have to count my

blessings. :-)

[Guest guest]

>

> Aloha!

>

> I'm a member of the Hypogonadism group and just read your

post. I'm doing exactly what you are doing except my injections are

100mg every OTHER week. You mentioned your Libido and " wood " <--Good

one!. Especially in the morning. I can definitely relate to that. I

haven't had those types of " woodies " since I first got married at

24! I can never keep it straight whether its the " free T " or

the " total T " that is tested for first. But the test came back as a

low, low number: 84! I've only just completed my 2nd injection of the

depo-t and already it has affected my libido, morning " rods " (as I

always call them) and I think my moods but it's hard to put my finger

on what effects, if any, I'm truly having. Should I be able to tell

by now, only 3 weeks into TRT and receiving 100mg every 2 weeks and

just had my 2nd injection last Friday???? To be totally honest with

you, I'm actually afraid of what may or may not happen now that the

doc is messing with my

> hormones...especially THE male hormone! May I ask how long you've

been doing TRT? Thanks,

> Aloha for now,

> Wayne

Hello, I am from Hawaii also. Did I just read correctly? You tested

at 84 ng/dl. That is below the reference range of 190 for DLS

Hawaii. I suppose you had no problem finding a doctor to help you.

I know I was in bad shape at a total T of 358 ng/dl. But doctors

here will not prescribe TRT unless you are below the reference

range. I am now being treated. Don't worry about what TRT will do

to you. It is mostly good. The worst that can happen is you will

accumulate estrogen, lose your hair, or develop a high red cell

count. Those side efffects can be managed in most cases. Living

with low T, on the other hand, can make death sound like a good

idea. I know, I have been there.

100 mg every other week is not what most guys here do. I know I

started with a 200 mg injection the first week and stayed on 100 mg

thereafter. I also do 2X250 IU HCG per week. Having had low T since

adolescence, that treatment allows me to experience what normal young

men go through. Difference is, at age 33, I am older, wiser and

responsible.

Aloha,

Rey