Hello friends, I'm a 24-year-old natty and I have experienced what I have thought are low testosterone symptoms (absolutely no energy, depression, weak boner, rare morning wood, almost a non-responder to training, puffy nipples idk if gyno, etc.) since about when puberty ended at 19-20 so I finally took some bloods after doing all I can naturally do to raise my test:
Total test: 800 ng/dl
SHBG: 64 nmol/l (17-66)
Free test, calc: 325 pmol/l (155-800)
Estradiol: 150 pmol/l (<150)
Liver, kidneys, blood pressure, thyroid, cholesterol, LH and all that stuff is stellar. Looking at some studies my total test seems to be a little over average for my age, my SHBG is average for a 85-100-year-old and my free test ends up being an average for 45-55-year-old.
There is no clear cause for high E2; I train, eat super healthy, bulk and cut never going over 15% bf, never drink alcohol, etc. I'm obsessed over perfecting anything fitness related. Training background is 3 years eating anorexia calories and 2 years eating seriously, though my results are abysmal.
Doctor says all the values are normal and fine because they're in the reference values, and I'm just depressed. Am I just crazy? They're offering me SSRI (depression drug).
Researching online I'm learning that E2 and SHBG are killing my free test which is what actually matters. What the fuck, fam? That's a huge jump from good total T to low free T, right? I'm not interested in pinning (yet) because my total test is completely fine and I'm only looking to normalize my levels, but I've been doing my AAS research. The problem seems to be too much aromatization.
From what I gather I could fix this by running just AI. That sound crazy to you? Has anyone dealt with high E2 and SHBG but highish total test? Has anyone run AI only cycles? Do I even need to cycle if I'm running just AI? Aromasin, arimidex?
Any tips and ideas are appreciated.
Total test: 800 ng/dl
SHBG: 64 nmol/l (17-66)
Free test, calc: 325 pmol/l (155-800)
Estradiol: 150 pmol/l (<150)
Liver, kidneys, blood pressure, thyroid, cholesterol, LH and all that stuff is stellar. Looking at some studies my total test seems to be a little over average for my age, my SHBG is average for a 85-100-year-old and my free test ends up being an average for 45-55-year-old.
There is no clear cause for high E2; I train, eat super healthy, bulk and cut never going over 15% bf, never drink alcohol, etc. I'm obsessed over perfecting anything fitness related. Training background is 3 years eating anorexia calories and 2 years eating seriously, though my results are abysmal.
Doctor says all the values are normal and fine because they're in the reference values, and I'm just depressed. Am I just crazy? They're offering me SSRI (depression drug).
Researching online I'm learning that E2 and SHBG are killing my free test which is what actually matters. What the fuck, fam? That's a huge jump from good total T to low free T, right? I'm not interested in pinning (yet) because my total test is completely fine and I'm only looking to normalize my levels, but I've been doing my AAS research. The problem seems to be too much aromatization.
From what I gather I could fix this by running just AI. That sound crazy to you? Has anyone dealt with high E2 and SHBG but highish total test? Has anyone run AI only cycles? Do I even need to cycle if I'm running just AI? Aromasin, arimidex?
Any tips and ideas are appreciated.
