audiognostic
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I am on TRT.. currently taking Test Cyp 130/wk split twice and HCG 1000/wk split twice
so apparently my free T is WAY out of range high.. like 29 on a max 20 scale relative to my 700 total T.. this is NOT good
This is the result of low SHBG.. im going to get it checked how low it actually is, but for that ratio, surely in the single digits based on the nebido website calculator
they say that SHBG is the carrier hormone of testosterone to reach the target tissues, and you only get enough testosterone to target tissues as your SHBG can handle, and raising your T dose only lowers SHBG further ..
I couldnt figure out why after 3 months of TRT with total levels ranging from 700 to 900 i was not getting morning wood, not much body odor, and my libido was sporadically good, and basically nonexistant otherwise...
so i just got hit with this low SHBG thing.. apparently this is often the result of insulin resistance/ metabolic syndrome, i have gotten all the tests done to prove 100% definitively this is NOT the case for me..
heres the problem, i CAN NOT for the life of me have sex.. PERIOD... and with low SHBG i am basically very non responsive to TRT.. i feel a little better.. but not better enough to have good erections, consistent libido, energy, or all those "hey i feel good" type effects people on TRT have..
Also, it seems IMPOSSIBLE to raise SHBG.. like literally.. tehre is no way to do it .. ever.. period..
and its so hard to find anything about it and TRT because almost all the data on low SHBG people talk about insulin and metabolic syndrome issues
I jsut want to know if anyone else has dealt with this, and what they have done to have any degree of success with TRT??
I thought screw it just stop TRT, go back to Novladex/serms which raised my SHBG to normal levels, i got morning wood, i got body odor.. but on SERMS i got no libido again.. so its either no libido and ed.. or no libido and ed.. and this is an uncommon problem.. i can find no answers..
i feel fucking stuck..
what the hell man..
so apparently my free T is WAY out of range high.. like 29 on a max 20 scale relative to my 700 total T.. this is NOT good
This is the result of low SHBG.. im going to get it checked how low it actually is, but for that ratio, surely in the single digits based on the nebido website calculator
they say that SHBG is the carrier hormone of testosterone to reach the target tissues, and you only get enough testosterone to target tissues as your SHBG can handle, and raising your T dose only lowers SHBG further ..
I couldnt figure out why after 3 months of TRT with total levels ranging from 700 to 900 i was not getting morning wood, not much body odor, and my libido was sporadically good, and basically nonexistant otherwise...
so i just got hit with this low SHBG thing.. apparently this is often the result of insulin resistance/ metabolic syndrome, i have gotten all the tests done to prove 100% definitively this is NOT the case for me..
heres the problem, i CAN NOT for the life of me have sex.. PERIOD... and with low SHBG i am basically very non responsive to TRT.. i feel a little better.. but not better enough to have good erections, consistent libido, energy, or all those "hey i feel good" type effects people on TRT have..
Also, it seems IMPOSSIBLE to raise SHBG.. like literally.. tehre is no way to do it .. ever.. period..
and its so hard to find anything about it and TRT because almost all the data on low SHBG people talk about insulin and metabolic syndrome issues
I jsut want to know if anyone else has dealt with this, and what they have done to have any degree of success with TRT??
I thought screw it just stop TRT, go back to Novladex/serms which raised my SHBG to normal levels, i got morning wood, i got body odor.. but on SERMS i got no libido again.. so its either no libido and ed.. or no libido and ed.. and this is an uncommon problem.. i can find no answers..
i feel fucking stuck..
what the hell man..
