I've had a really hard time dialing in my TRT, and I've been on for years, I've been on 100-200mg, my most recent prescription was 150mg but I lowered it to 100mg as I feel my bloodwork is overall really good on 100mg. The issue has always been that my E2 is at a relatively normal dose, 32pg/dl (it stays at 32 from 100 to 200 on a sensitive test) and I feel no real benefits and have NO libido and ED. The times I have felt best and alleviated this, sometimes for months at a time, is when I take about 1/4 to 1/2 of an aromasin daily..... the problem is, this will drive me down as low as 8pg/dl, which I'm not sure is safe long-term
These are my bloods, all are on a trough, taken Thursday, my last injection being Monday morning.
on 100mg and 500iu HCG:
Total Test: 790ng/dl
Free Test: 21pg/dl
E2 (sensitive): 32
SHBG: 28.3 nmol/L
Everything stays almost the same on 200mg, my Total test goes up to 950 and free test 24 and I still feel no benefit so, being a "use the least amount possible" guy I think my numbers on 100mg per week look ok and for now am doing that. Thyroid panels are in normal range.
Any suggestions? Am I just one of those people that does better on lower e2? Some people said maybe 790 is too low for me, but I mean at 950 I still have no drive, no energy, ED etc. AND my RBC/Hematocrit starts to get a tad high so it's not like I can just keep pushing the test higher and higher.
These are my bloods, all are on a trough, taken Thursday, my last injection being Monday morning.
on 100mg and 500iu HCG:
Total Test: 790ng/dl
Free Test: 21pg/dl
E2 (sensitive): 32
SHBG: 28.3 nmol/L
Everything stays almost the same on 200mg, my Total test goes up to 950 and free test 24 and I still feel no benefit so, being a "use the least amount possible" guy I think my numbers on 100mg per week look ok and for now am doing that. Thyroid panels are in normal range.
Any suggestions? Am I just one of those people that does better on lower e2? Some people said maybe 790 is too low for me, but I mean at 950 I still have no drive, no energy, ED etc. AND my RBC/Hematocrit starts to get a tad high so it's not like I can just keep pushing the test higher and higher.
