Blood work is back - Now what?

[Nelson Montana]

My bloodwork prior to this last one was 8 weeks after my cycle ended, with P C T consisting of H C G, and I G F, original Derma for 2 weeks and Sustain for 4 weeks... test came back at 178....F S H was normal, L H and Free Test were low.

My last bloodwork was one month later... during that time, I contined with Sustain and added MyogenX. So there was improvement, but I think this is the highest I'm gonna get.... this is close to the highest I've ever been in fact.

Well, this proved that the MyogenX increased LH which is exactly what it's designed to do. Had you added the UNLEASHED you free T would have been up as well.

 

[njmuscleguy]

Well, I don't have exact numbers yet, but I don't think my free test was low (at least according to my doctor). And my total test still is on the low side.

 

[Nelson Montana]

Well, I don't have exact numbers yet, but I don't think my free test was low (at least according to my doctor). And my total test still is on the low side.

Free T is all that matters so it would be in your best interest to increase that even if you can't get your total much higher.

 

[njmuscleguy]

Free T is all that matters so it would be in your best interest to increase that even if you can't get your total much higher.

Curious... I think you mentioned you're on HRT - what is your regimen like? And on top of that, what supplements do you take? Unleashed? etc?

 

[njmuscleguy]

So I just talked to my endo again - what a jerk - talked to me with an attitude the whole time. I asked him if he thought adrenal fatigue was a possibility - he said cortisol and DHEA came back perfectly normal - I asked him if it was better to test cortisol 4x's a day (saliva tests) and he said no, that AM test was best indicator and that there is alot of "hocus pocus" out there, so I need to be careful what I read.

I asked about hypothyroidism, etc. He said my thyroid panel came back normal, though I don't know exactly what he tested.

I asked if he tested estrogen levels and he said indignantly that if my test levels came back normal, there would be no need to test E levels.

He holds firm that my total test was normal at 397, he considers 300 "low", and HRT is not warranted for me. He also said he has no other thoughts as to why I have the same symptoms as "low test".

He's sending me another form for bloodwork - I'm gonna get tested tomorrow morning and see what happens. I'm gonna find another doctor, this guy is a dead-end.

 

[Nelson Montana]

Curious... I think you mentioned you're on HRT - what is your regimen like? And on top of that, what supplements do you take? Unleashed? etc?

I do 100 mgs of T a week along with 1/4 mg of dex twice a week alternating with "POST-CYCLE" on days I don't take the dex. I use UNLEASHED daily. Every other month I do a 3 day course of HC G -- 500 i.u.'s a day, to plump the boys up. On that week, I lower the T and increase the "POST-CYCLE" slightly.

Other than that, it's multi's and other supps for general health.

Once in a while I give myself a party for a month or so and up the T to 200mgs. If I had Primmo, I'd use a little of that as well. I'd add some BIG BLAST too. (I don't take that all the time because it's really for weight gain). Then I go back to the original protocol. No crash. Last time out I put on a couple of solid pounds.