Test level crashed

[zaarel2]

I have been using androgel since roughly January this year. I started with a total level of about 650 and free % of 9.5..........by May after a dosage increase to 3.75 grams a day I was around 450 total but 46% free!! and feeling good. My dose then increased to 5 gms total. Three weeks ago I had my followups to find my total was still around 450 but free had crashed to 15%!!! I feel like shit, no energy, totally bummed out, no libido. All other test results are normal (DHT running around222 but alway is high) Why would it crash after a dose increase?

I look forward to you comments until I can talk with Doc.

 

[mranak]

I've heard this many times before. No idea RE: the cause. That's great that you have a physician that knows to test DHT. Few do.

 

[pmgamer18]

I think I can help you out here your gels are upped and your free t crashes. Have your E2 Estradiol checked. The reason I say this is my free T was alwas low and I never felt a 100% until I had me E2 test a year and a half a go. Always my Dr.'s were giving more T meds to get my levels up and the more they gave me I feel knowing what I know now the higher my E2 went. When I got my E2 down my Free T went above the range along with my Total T.
Phil

 

[zaarel2]

Thanks guys for the reponses. I will post more of my blood test results later but my E2 is as low as it can get on the normal end of range. All other value are normal as well. Swale is my doc so I am confident he knows what to do. Just getting some feedback in the meantime. I cant believe how crappy I am feeling. IF this is what I felt like before I started damn its no reason I started LOL!!

 

[earthdog]

From being around the TRT boards for a while, this seems like a common problem among gel users: They start off great, but after several months they start feeling like crap. It doesn't happen to everybody though. Maybe you can try T cyp and see how you do on that?

 

[mranak]

If SWALE is your physician, then no worries! He'll eventually get you on a regimen that works for you.