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Hey man, this is interesting! Perhaps an experiment on yourself could paint a picture. Go for your now lowered caffeine intake for 2 months and get labs done. After the labs, increase the intake back to the point you felt worse, run for 2 months then lab it out. Makes me curious if you found...

In my profile pic, I was a lean 170lbs at 5’6” and had absolutely floored SHBG. I had started losing weight at around 235lbs. I was a skinny kid before puberty, as puberty hit I gained weight, developed gynecomastia, and looked awful while not changing any habits; I ate the same and still raced...

If you’ll notice, the US is the world’s largest exporter of beef. It is my personal hypothesis that the World Health Organization (WHO) classifying red meat as a Class 1 carcinogen is an attempt to influence macroeconomics and impact US trade on an export whose value in 2022 was $9.3B. By and...

That was 100% my experience as well. Every time I see people with no frame of reference and no experience with any other dietary system (almost always the mindless fools of reddit) recommend WFPB I cringe…a lot. The gas, bloating, indigestion, gut wrenching pain, fatigue, weakness, and lethargy...

Hey Gman! My current diet (mass gaining phase) is 4500 calories per day. 303g protein, 434g carbs (I rarely reach this number. Any carb other than those in milk or fruit turn my guts to knots and give me horrible gas), 172g fat. The core of my diet each day is: -2 cups coffee with 25g heavy...

I’ve self experimented with various forms of diets over the years to affect change of various issues/systems. Without a doubt, the absolute BEST I’ve ever felt in my entire life was when I was strictly carnivore and 80% or so was nothing but red meat, the remainder was salmon or chicken. I damn...

While Omega 3s haven’t done a damn thing for any of my blood markers, taking them in tandem with a glucosamine, chondroitin, and MSM supplement has done WONDERS for my chondromalacic joints. I’ve recently run out of my Omega 3s two weeks ago and thought “the Tri-Flex has been doing the work for...

Sounds like a solid plan dude. I hope it all works out for you!

Thanks, I read the paper when you posted it earlier. My curiosity lies with the ratio between the hemoglobin and hematocrit *ratio* as an indicator of sleep apnea or dehydration. My provider discussed with me that I wasn’t necessarily dehydrated, but was getting close per some of my other...

So @Systemlord , my hematocrit and hemoglobin levels are extremely similar to @LiveX2 and just three weeks ago we’re: Hemoglobin: 17.5 g/dL Hematocrit: 53.8%. This is indicative of dehydration or sleep apnea? Any studies or data explaining these? You’ve piqued my interest sir. Looking at my...

I can’t say for certain if it was the hCG or not, but when I added it to my protocol I was enjoying the reinvigorated testicle size (they weren’t that large to begin with) but at least they weren’t ascended into my groin area. However, I had a wicked deep depression for 2 months straight during...

Same as many of the other guys. On 180mg/wk taking 2 .125mg anastrozole (this is due to a genetically extremely low SHBG even prior to TRT and teenage high test aromatization shut down my test production as a teen and I developed gyno as a result) and I have zero issues with ED. When I was...

Dude I hate to hear that :( I’ve never heard of melatonin having that effect, but I can believe it. Glad you’ve found a cause of it and can avoid it. You’re post on the mouthpiece without and with is awesome data! Thanks for sharing that. I’m going to try one out now since it seem to work so...

Good to know. Keep us in the loop!

I do have an Apple Watch that tracks this stuff but I’ve left it on charge while I’m sleeping. Perhaps I should wear it to bed. Good advice man. No sir, I haven’t tried progesterone. Don’t know much about it, but I’ll gladly go research it. Thanks for the tip.

TRT has been nothing short of a miracle for me for almost the entire time I’ve been on it. My brain fog lifted, my depression went into remission, my pre-diabetes went into remission, fat loss became a matter of CICO without complete zero carb as it was before, sex with the wife got better than...

It’s improved my blood glucose levels from ~99 to low 90s on average. No other factors have changed.

My personal advice, stay entirely off Reddit. It’s a cesspool of echo chamber nonsense with zero factual verification of user credentials or posted opinions. For the rest of your post that I’ve read through, I’ve felt great on TRT for almost 2 years but my sleep (and depression) have taken an...

Sorry you’re suffering brother. Have you considered seeking an endocrinologist as opposed to what seems to be your GP?

Sorry I’m delayed in responding! 27g 1/2”

We all have different preferences for sure. I think that I hit a nerve like 50% of my pins into the delts and I’ve got a horrible tendency to piston when I’m reaching over to them. I def wouldn’t have known without giving it some honest tries though. When I fatigue of stabbing the glutes, I’ll...

I wish I did know of a video that demo’d glute IM, but I’m not on the internet much anymore. Best thing I can tell you is find them on an anatomy chart, then press your fingers in that area while contracting your glutes then leaning back just a bit. That band of muscle running from tailbone to...

I had the same issue. Like others have said, try shallow IM and it will go away. I got hard lumps for weeks under my stomach skin and they went away when I switched injection sites. I now use ventroglutes pretty much constantly.

My guess is the insurance company “United HealthCare” ‍*shrug*

Old thread, but I was 35 with total T at 270 ng/dl. Free at 10.8 pg/ml. DHEA 490 ug/dl. LH 5.1 mUI/ml. IGF-1 285 ng/ml. E2 15.8 pg/ml. SHBG 23 nmol/ml.

Hey man, I have gotten my levels of Vit D up. I supplemented for the first week with 20000 IU per day and then 5000 IU per day since. Levels are now in the normal ranges around 50 I believe. I supplement with 400 mcg Vit K (half for breakfast, half at dinner) and take a magnesium citrate pill...

My wife and I just went through something similar with our insurance after her bilateral salpingectomy in the same year as the birth of our fourth son. Got hit with a surprise bill for over $2500 after having already met our $3000 deductible. Took us arguing with insurance several times over and...

One of the things I’ve enjoyed most about lurking here for the past several months is the research, science, and general effort of productive discussion; as compared to the likes of reddit (which I am not a fan of…too many opinions, too much dogma, and far too much like an echo chamber). Sharing...

This is super interesting. I’m going to see what I can learn regarding enclomiphene stimulating natural production and also do more research on nasal gels. I’m also entirely unfamiliar with kisspeptin and will research that as well. I’ve noticed that most guys seem to feel better doing smaller...

Amazing response there Cat; I VERY much appreciate the time you took to write that and the knowledge contained within. I’ll do more research on your recommendations. I have the consult with Defy soon as this lab draw was requested by them and I’ve gotten the physical completed as well. You...

Seems like I need to do more research then. My rudimentary understanding was that if your HP of the HPT axis were sending the correct levels of their respective chemicals, that the testes were the culprit as primary. Do my LH levels reflect a problem? I’m still very much in the learning process...