Consistently low test results

[T_L]

Hi guys,
Just seeing if anyone with more experience or knowledge can help out and give some guidance to my particular problem here.

I've been on TRT for just over a year now, and things haven't been going as well as I'd hoped. Actually it's been very hard going. I've used testogel, sustanon250, and Nebido (test undecanoate).

My problem is I cant seem to raise my testosterone levels very high (total and free). They're higher than before I started, but still feeling pre-trt 80-90% of the time.


Pre TRT: Secondary Hypo.
Total T 4.9 nmol/L(10-35)
Free T 80pmol/L (225-99999)
SHBG 20nmol/L (10-70)

6 months of sustanon 250mg/ml every 14 days left my trough level at:
Total T 10.4nmol (10-35)
Free T 270pmol (225-99999)
SHGB 20nmol (10-70)

Then I started on Nebido(undecanoate) 1000mg/4ml. So I had 1000mg at week zero. Another 1000mg at week 6, then a blood test 4 weeks after that
Total T 12.3nmol (10-35)
Free T 309pmol (225-99999)
SHBG 21 (10-70)

Had another 1000mg 5 weeks after that test, then 4 weeks after the shot my results are
Total T 13.6nmol (10-35)
Free T 329pmol (225-99999)
SHGB 25nmol (10-70)

Maybe and hopefully it's just a case of using a higher/more frequent dose, but are there any typical reasons why someone can't absorb or metabolize testosterone properly? Is the 'non responder' myth actually in action here,or are there logical reasons why this might be happening?

Thanks in advance for any advice or help.

 

[foreveryoung]

umm. you are thinking this all wrong... your dosing is infrequent and you are testing at a low point and thinking you arent absorbing the test.... try doing a blood test 2 days after your injection and you will see very high test levels

 

[T_L]

umm. you are thinking this all wrong... your dosing is infrequent and you are testing at a low point and thinking you arent absorbing the test.... try doing a blood test 2 days after your injection and you will see very high test levels

Yeh I will have to do that at some point, I see my endo in a couple of weeks, I'll try get that done.
So what about the undecanoate results? That's a test 4 weeks after injections, when the trough is meant to be measured at 10-14 weeks?

As a guideline over here, the endos are supposed to keep our total test levels above 15nmol/L at it's lowest point.........As things stand, I'm expected to carry on under recommended range for 6-10 extra weeks.

 

[T_L]

I should've added in the original post "are there any typical reasons why someone can't absorb properly,or metabolize testosterone too fast?"