Hi, any criticism of myself is also fully welcome
I am 16y/o, pubertal and skeletal age of 14.6.
A blood test revealed T levels of 310ng/dl.
One of my parental units has an in-law who specializes in hormones for adolescents. They prescribed me a microdose of testosterone and said it wouldn’t be suppressive to me at this low dose and would bring me to around 550ng/dl, and then after 6months I could go off if natural puberty brought my levels up.
Nonetheless, as this is NOT a TRT, basic math shows that 550ng/dl - 310= 240ng/dl, so the mg i am prescribed will only boost 240. However, if the doc is mistaken about the suppressive properties of exogenous Test, this would have the result of bringing me DOWN to 240ng/dl instead of the original 310 ng/dl or the supposed 550.
Low testosterone during puberty can be extremely problematic as this is where crucial development regarding facial masculinity, shoulder width, voice depth, and penis size is all effected by hormonal levels and genetics.
What are the next steps I can take? I don’t want the effects stated above.
My own ideas:
A) GTFO test and start a PCT or something to try to salvage my T levels back to normal. Do not use any exogenous hormones until much older.
B) Don’t risk a halfass recovery and lose masculinity overall. I am in a blessed situation where my parents can afford to pay for my college and I am good at school/learning. Thus, making the financial commitment of TRT for life is slightly easier for me to make than an average person. In addition, if I wanted to I could very likely guilt trip my parental units into paying for TRT until age 22-25 or so, so it will not be a $ commitment during college. Finally, If I can TRT for life, blasting androgens during pubertal development seems like it could have many positive side effects, such as the opposite of what I stated for “low T during puberty”.
TLDR: 16y/o doc prescribed me T supplementation NOT trt. I think this will suppress me, need to get bloods to confirm. Wtf to do?
I would love any feedback on this. Thank you!!
I am 16y/o, pubertal and skeletal age of 14.6.
A blood test revealed T levels of 310ng/dl.
One of my parental units has an in-law who specializes in hormones for adolescents. They prescribed me a microdose of testosterone and said it wouldn’t be suppressive to me at this low dose and would bring me to around 550ng/dl, and then after 6months I could go off if natural puberty brought my levels up.
Nonetheless, as this is NOT a TRT, basic math shows that 550ng/dl - 310= 240ng/dl, so the mg i am prescribed will only boost 240. However, if the doc is mistaken about the suppressive properties of exogenous Test, this would have the result of bringing me DOWN to 240ng/dl instead of the original 310 ng/dl or the supposed 550.
Low testosterone during puberty can be extremely problematic as this is where crucial development regarding facial masculinity, shoulder width, voice depth, and penis size is all effected by hormonal levels and genetics.
What are the next steps I can take? I don’t want the effects stated above.
My own ideas:
A) GTFO test and start a PCT or something to try to salvage my T levels back to normal. Do not use any exogenous hormones until much older.
B) Don’t risk a halfass recovery and lose masculinity overall. I am in a blessed situation where my parents can afford to pay for my college and I am good at school/learning. Thus, making the financial commitment of TRT for life is slightly easier for me to make than an average person. In addition, if I wanted to I could very likely guilt trip my parental units into paying for TRT until age 22-25 or so, so it will not be a $ commitment during college. Finally, If I can TRT for life, blasting androgens during pubertal development seems like it could have many positive side effects, such as the opposite of what I stated for “low T during puberty”.
TLDR: 16y/o doc prescribed me T supplementation NOT trt. I think this will suppress me, need to get bloods to confirm. Wtf to do?
I would love any feedback on this. Thank you!!
