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Old 11-29-2008, 07:52 PM
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Arrow Re: Difficult libido issue

Ask your physician to include DHT and SHBG in your next lab panel.

The fact that your free T is normal is not at all surprising. If you have low SHBG, as I suspect that you do, you will have normal free T levels and low total T levels.

Since SHBG binds testosterone in the blood, and you do not make enough of it, your body compensates by lowering the production of T. If the body were to increase production of T to a normal level, the free T would be off the charts. You'd have all sorts of problems relating to E2 and DHT as a result. The HPTA is primarily concerned with maintaing a proper bio-T level, not free T.

How long have you had this problem?

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