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Anyone have experience offsetting the HDL cholesterol supressive effects of LGD with the HDL cholesterol raising effects of GW 50 (cardarine)? I am 50 and on 200mg/ week test-c for TRT and HCG so not concerned about the suppression, just the HDL. Very low HDL is quite risky and from what I...

Lab results on 200/wk will be drawn 29 Nov

Did you still have symptoms with trough 800? How long have you been at 240? Hcg?

Thanks for the feedback guys. I actually feel much better at 200- hope my labs will support staying here. I'm surprised Rockmtn got bumped up to 220 with trough 800s. My goal would be trough 800s -- hope my doc would support this. Surprisingly my E2 went down aftet 5 weeks at 100mg.

Any updates? 100mg / week did not do it for me, either by lab work or symptoms. I was just increased to 200 mg/week. Hope things have improved for you but I suspect you'll need to come up quite a bit from 50 mg given your baseline levels

There is so much expertise on this forum. Just wondering what you think of my situation: I am 50 years old, baseline labs in Sept: total test: 430 ng/dl free test 4.7 pg/ml (7.2-24) Estradiol 12.9 (7.6-42.6) LH 4.0 (1.7-8.6) mIU/ml FSH 5.5 (1.5-12.4) mIu/ml Hct 38 Chol 189, HDL 68, LDL 111 I...

Thanks for the update Consider 250 mcg HCG twice weekly to maintain testicular size and fertility. There is an app called TRT analyzer that will help you track improvement in symptoms day by day and relative to medication dosage. This may help with your titration. Read a lot and be your own...

3K1W--Sounds like we are starting this journey together. Had my first injection on Monday. Felt better on Tues than I ever have (much more significant improvement than Adderall). Keep us posted on your progress.

I hear you. I have relatively high HDL (64-67), no risk factors. I was just trying to avoid cholesterol meds as I thought this would be more drastic than diet / exercise. As it turned out, I fixed my chol at the expense of my endocrine system and mental well being.

Cal did you get tested and or treated for ADHD? Its interesting that I got diagnosed with adult ADHD and while on an ADHD chat board saw that all the symptoms that resulted in my ADHD diagnosis were related to low T. Got tested and at least I have some concrete proof by lab work that I have...

I hear you. I have relatively high HDL (64-67), no risk factors. I was just trying to avoid cholesterol meds as I thought this would be more drastic than diet / exercise. As it turned out, I fixed my chol at the expense of my endocrine system and mental well being.

Hi B Doc -- I recommend getting checked by someone who does it all the time. Your primary care doc will likely look at one number -- the total testosterone with a strict cut off. A specialist (or TRT clinic) will likely consider the "big picture" -- symptoms, total testosterone, free...

I had not thought about my low protein diet messing with my testosterone but I just did a quick literature search and you are absolutely right 3J. I improved my cholesterol at the expense of basically developing hypogonadism. I will probably continue TRT for now (it feels good) but will have...

Not enough!! Probably 60- 80g /day max. Will have to make some changes as I have been very hungry and craving protein a lot more than usual. I have been eating protein bars / shakes between meals.

I actually love meat but gave it up in Aug 2014 due to cholesterol in 240's range and it dropped to 170's to low 180's with this single diet change.