Hi, I'm brand new here. I was hoping to get an opinion on my saga from someone who has had a similar experience. I'm 58, I've suspected that I could have some hormonal problems for over 10 years, a few months ago I went to a local Dr. that works with male TRT. My tests came back as follows, followed by the labs referance range. Total testosterone 723 ng/dl (175-781 ng/dl) Free testosterone 77.9 pg/ml (27.0-183.0) SHBG 90.3 nmol/L (13.3-89.5) Estradiol 29 pg/ml (19-47) FSH 1.86 (1.27-19.26) vit D 21.1 ng/ml (32.0-100.0) DHEA 116ug/dl (70-495)
He put me on Stinging nettle 600mg twice a day,10mg DHEA per day, and 5000iu vit D per day. His goal was to get my free testosterone up and the SHBG down.
After three months we re-tested and found the following, Total testosterone 683, Free test 82.4, SHBG 76, Estradiol 34, DHEA 251, Vit D 60. After reveiwing these results he put me on .5 Mg of arimidex twice a week and told me to come back in six months.
After reading many posts on this site I feel like my test results aren't that bad, my Doc says that he would like to get my free test above 100. Could my free test being on the low side of norm cause me to feel the way I do?? (no drive to do anything, loss of muscle tone, absolutly dead for three days after hard exercise, loss of self confidence, ect.)
An interesting side note, after taking the arimidex for a couple of weeks I left town for two weeks, I forgot to take the arimidex with me, so when I got back I decided to take a whole pill, and three days later another whole pill to catch back up. A few days after taking the second pill I felt great, my toe was tapping and I was so busy I didn't want to stop to eat, like I used to be. It lasted about three days and then my body started aching, mostly my joints hurt. Thats when I got on the internet and researched arimidex, I'm sure it was the cause of all the pain which lasted only thu the afternoon and was gone the next morning. Could it also have been responsible for making me feel good for a couple of days? I'm back on .5 twice a week. I feel like my Doc should have discussed just how strong this drug is with me, maybe warn me of possible bad effects. Six months seems like a long time before he gets a chance to ask me how it's going.
Anyone had experience with getting there free T up just a little? With any results? Thanks
He put me on Stinging nettle 600mg twice a day,10mg DHEA per day, and 5000iu vit D per day. His goal was to get my free testosterone up and the SHBG down.
After three months we re-tested and found the following, Total testosterone 683, Free test 82.4, SHBG 76, Estradiol 34, DHEA 251, Vit D 60. After reveiwing these results he put me on .5 Mg of arimidex twice a week and told me to come back in six months.
After reading many posts on this site I feel like my test results aren't that bad, my Doc says that he would like to get my free test above 100. Could my free test being on the low side of norm cause me to feel the way I do?? (no drive to do anything, loss of muscle tone, absolutly dead for three days after hard exercise, loss of self confidence, ect.)
An interesting side note, after taking the arimidex for a couple of weeks I left town for two weeks, I forgot to take the arimidex with me, so when I got back I decided to take a whole pill, and three days later another whole pill to catch back up. A few days after taking the second pill I felt great, my toe was tapping and I was so busy I didn't want to stop to eat, like I used to be. It lasted about three days and then my body started aching, mostly my joints hurt. Thats when I got on the internet and researched arimidex, I'm sure it was the cause of all the pain which lasted only thu the afternoon and was gone the next morning. Could it also have been responsible for making me feel good for a couple of days? I'm back on .5 twice a week. I feel like my Doc should have discussed just how strong this drug is with me, maybe warn me of possible bad effects. Six months seems like a long time before he gets a chance to ask me how it's going.
Anyone had experience with getting there free T up just a little? With any results? Thanks
