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I am 29. Am 6'1 about 215 pounds, in pretty good muscular shape.....I started TRT about a month ago with a T clinic because I couldn't get in to see an endocrinologist until today. My numbers upon testing go as follows:
Total test: 291 (264-916) Not low by labcorp but low by endocrine society under 300
LH: 2.2 (1.7-8.6) on the low side
Prolactin: 5.1 (4.0-15.2)
Estradiol: 6.4 (7.6- 42.6) low
SHBG: 32 (16.5-55.9)
free test: 5.8 (9-30) very low
TSH: .472 (.450- 4.500)
Bioavailable Test: 137 ng/DL
I had a variety of lipids, CBC, CMP....everything else came back pretty well within range.
Besides this, I had taken multiple other tests where my testosterone came back at 379, 421 and 282. She claimed that since these scores were "within range," They were normal and that the low scores were barely under the minimal amount needed. She also said taking arimidex and HCG were completely wrong and that if you are on TRT, you should ONLY be taking testosterone. I am kind of at a loss right now because the T clinic doctor who is apparently trying to take money from me, seems way more knowledgeable and forthright about everything, whereas someone that went to medical school seems like a quack.
I just don't know who to trust? She wouldn't even test me for estradiol and so on because she didn't want to be responsible for interpreting the test results.....I am seeing a urologist in a week to see what he thinks but I'm just so confused about everything. I definitely have definite signs of low T, my scores are low but someone who is supposedly a specialist on the matter thinks things look good and that I never should have started therapy.....
Total test: 291 (264-916) Not low by labcorp but low by endocrine society under 300
LH: 2.2 (1.7-8.6) on the low side
Prolactin: 5.1 (4.0-15.2)
Estradiol: 6.4 (7.6- 42.6) low
SHBG: 32 (16.5-55.9)
free test: 5.8 (9-30) very low
TSH: .472 (.450- 4.500)
Bioavailable Test: 137 ng/DL
I had a variety of lipids, CBC, CMP....everything else came back pretty well within range.
Besides this, I had taken multiple other tests where my testosterone came back at 379, 421 and 282. She claimed that since these scores were "within range," They were normal and that the low scores were barely under the minimal amount needed. She also said taking arimidex and HCG were completely wrong and that if you are on TRT, you should ONLY be taking testosterone. I am kind of at a loss right now because the T clinic doctor who is apparently trying to take money from me, seems way more knowledgeable and forthright about everything, whereas someone that went to medical school seems like a quack.
I just don't know who to trust? She wouldn't even test me for estradiol and so on because she didn't want to be responsible for interpreting the test results.....I am seeing a urologist in a week to see what he thinks but I'm just so confused about everything. I definitely have definite signs of low T, my scores are low but someone who is supposedly a specialist on the matter thinks things look good and that I never should have started therapy.....
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