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Finding a good HRT Doc is beyond frustrating to say the least.
Background:
Came off after extended use and tried to get my levels back up and could not. Felt like absolute shit during the time that i tried to get them back up. Only was able to get total test up to a level of 205.
Went through a few different docs, and during that time i settled in on 100mg per week. The doc that had me on that insisted that i have to come in and get the injections in the office, i tried to plead my case but finally had to leave and find another doc.
All of this was around 4 weeks worth of time from when i took my first shot. After this 4 week mark i started to feel like shit again, and was fairly sure it was estrogen related. I didnt want to mess up my new blood-work with this doc so i waited until i got the BW done ( which was today).
Well i was right and my estrogen was almost dbl normal ( Estrone, Serum).
I will attach the blood-work but here are the main things.
Total test: 766 ng/dl range -- 348-1197
Free Test: (high) 34.85 ng/dl range -- 5-21
Estradiol: 25.6 pg/ml range -- 7.6-42.6
Estrone, Serum (high) 124 pg/ml range -- 12-72
Vitamin B-12 (low) 188 pg/ml range -- 211-946
My thoughts on all this was to keep the test dosage at 100mg per week and add an anti estrogen to pull that back in line. I told him i like where my total test number is and i would like to keep that at or near that 700ish number. He said, " I dont care what the total test numbers are all i care about is the free test and your free test is too high as well as the estrogen. I am advising that we cut the test dosage in half to 50mg per week and aim to get your free test to 15ng/dl and the estrogen will come back in line."
Now all i really want to do is feel good again, been feeling like ass for way too long.
My question is, if you were me would you follow his advice of trying to aim for a free test of 15ng/dl and not worry at all what the total test comes in at? Backing down to 50mg a week will drastically lower my total test as i will be cutting that dosage in half from where i am at now.
Or would you stay at 100mg a week and add in some armidex or whatever to bring that estrogen back in the 20-30ish area?
I felt pretty good the first 4 weeks but after the estrogen started to build up is when i started feeling like shit again, so i am thinking since i felt good on 100mg per week before the estrogen built up then i am wanting to get back to that area of time when i felt good.
If i do what he wants to do it is going to be around 6 weeks of this until i see him again and i am not sure i want to risk feeling like ass for that long.
Also, he started me on B-12 injections once per month to get those levels up, and said that will probably help in making me feel better.
One last thing, he said that i have a Goiter Thyroid. Did an ultrasound and it was enlarged but he didn't see anything that looked to be of a concern as far as growths or anything. ( all my thyroid numbers are in the normal ranges)
I would appreciate anyone's advice on this one.
Thanks
Background:
Came off after extended use and tried to get my levels back up and could not. Felt like absolute shit during the time that i tried to get them back up. Only was able to get total test up to a level of 205.
Went through a few different docs, and during that time i settled in on 100mg per week. The doc that had me on that insisted that i have to come in and get the injections in the office, i tried to plead my case but finally had to leave and find another doc.
All of this was around 4 weeks worth of time from when i took my first shot. After this 4 week mark i started to feel like shit again, and was fairly sure it was estrogen related. I didnt want to mess up my new blood-work with this doc so i waited until i got the BW done ( which was today).
Well i was right and my estrogen was almost dbl normal ( Estrone, Serum).
I will attach the blood-work but here are the main things.
Total test: 766 ng/dl range -- 348-1197
Free Test: (high) 34.85 ng/dl range -- 5-21
Estradiol: 25.6 pg/ml range -- 7.6-42.6
Estrone, Serum (high) 124 pg/ml range -- 12-72
Vitamin B-12 (low) 188 pg/ml range -- 211-946
My thoughts on all this was to keep the test dosage at 100mg per week and add an anti estrogen to pull that back in line. I told him i like where my total test number is and i would like to keep that at or near that 700ish number. He said, " I dont care what the total test numbers are all i care about is the free test and your free test is too high as well as the estrogen. I am advising that we cut the test dosage in half to 50mg per week and aim to get your free test to 15ng/dl and the estrogen will come back in line."
Now all i really want to do is feel good again, been feeling like ass for way too long.
My question is, if you were me would you follow his advice of trying to aim for a free test of 15ng/dl and not worry at all what the total test comes in at? Backing down to 50mg a week will drastically lower my total test as i will be cutting that dosage in half from where i am at now.
Or would you stay at 100mg a week and add in some armidex or whatever to bring that estrogen back in the 20-30ish area?
I felt pretty good the first 4 weeks but after the estrogen started to build up is when i started feeling like shit again, so i am thinking since i felt good on 100mg per week before the estrogen built up then i am wanting to get back to that area of time when i felt good.
If i do what he wants to do it is going to be around 6 weeks of this until i see him again and i am not sure i want to risk feeling like ass for that long.
Also, he started me on B-12 injections once per month to get those levels up, and said that will probably help in making me feel better.
One last thing, he said that i have a Goiter Thyroid. Did an ultrasound and it was enlarged but he didn't see anything that looked to be of a concern as far as growths or anything. ( all my thyroid numbers are in the normal ranges)
I would appreciate anyone's advice on this one.
Thanks
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