Before starting
TRT 10 months ago, my average total T was 220 ng/dl.
I'm currently on 250 mg T enathate every 10 days. I take 0,25 mg
Arimidex every 3 days. I do 250IU
HCG the day before and two days before my T shots because I had some severe testicular atrophy. My balls hung very close and tight to my body, my testicles had the size of raizins and they crawled inside my body. I have been hypogonadal all my life. I'm 32 now. I look like a teenager.
After my 10th month of treatment, here are my labs:
total T: 553 ng/dl (280-1100) -> lowish, given my age (32) and the amount of T I inject, don't you think?
T binding Globuline 9 nmol/l (13-71) -> too low. It has always been this way... I think this is one of the causes why my total T has always been this low, correct???
Free T calculated: 179,6 pg/ml (50-280) -> warning: this value is "overestimated" because of an extremely low THBG!
Androstandediol Gluceronide: 293 nd/dl (34-220)
E2: 23 ng/l (10 - 44) -> exellent
LH: < 0,2IU/l (1,1 - 8,8) -> shouldn't
HCG get this number higher???
DHEA-S: 355 mcg/dL (120 - 520) -> what does this tell me???
=> Since I don't have normal facial hair, I consider my
TRT to be succesfull as soon as my body starts to show signs of virilisation (getting a normal muscular system and normal hair distribution). Up to know, nothing has happened.
My doc doesn't dare to give me more T because "I'm at the maximum that is medically allowed". He was satisfied with the rise of my total T from 220 ng/dl to 553 ng/dl while all other hormones stayed within the range. He would like to keep the treatment at this regimen. However, I do believe that a total T in the normal range of about 650 ng/dl might help me.
Any comments are very welcome!