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Patients with symptoms of metabolic syndrome were given Cialis 5mg daily. Their testosterone increased from 328 to 546 ng/dl! (11.3 - 19 nmol/l) I have heard of a minor increase in T from cialis but this is quite major and I am thinking that is due to their specific cause of hypogonadism which...

30. my hair has thinned considerable in the 1 year of trt. I was taken off TRT temporarily because of my PSA rising out of range. So i am running post cycle therapy right now. I didn't really shed, hair just miniaturized and thinned over the year.

Does he mention testosterone at all?

Was it metformin you started on? Did you get any lab work post diabetes meds to check your LH, total T etc? Still feeling good? I am really curious about the diabetes angle on secondary hypogonadism, that would make sense to me and would explain a lot including my low shbg. Heard of anyone...

Depends on your shbg level, If you have low SHBG you will have more free floating DHT = more hairloss. Mine was out of range and I was only at a total T of about 600. It will most certainly increase the rate of hairloss, but with low shbg it will increase it a lot faster

still might be a bit early, takes a few weeks for that bad isomer to build up.

no didn't do anything on that front

This is one of the reasons i am considering natesto. The body natural has those daily variations, and perhaps that is what helps libido, natesto might be able to mimick that.

How did your libido change? Did it improve with just natesto itself or only when you added the cream? I am feeling a blunted libido and sensation on test + HCG. It is there, but not nearly like it was back in the day.

it seems like after a dose increase i get my levels balanced (t4,t3) but then slowly my levels fall again. I am guessing that it is because endogenous production reduces due to a negative feedback loop similar to that of testosterone? Does my endogenous production have to be completely shutdown...

am interested in natesto as well. there appears to be much less estrogen conversion and dht conversion (mine is high) because of the half life. I am considering getting off trt, doing some pct and trying it. I am low shbg and a daily injector anyway. My only concern is, since the half life is so...

I have a vial of 5000 usp hcg and some bacteriostatic water. How much water should i be putting in there? what is my resulting concentration? and how many ml will give me 250 IU? Appreciate the help.

what is your shbg? i am guessing it is on the higher side which is why you can tolerate higher e2..

your right, now that i think about it i don't quite feel the buzz like i used to on the first few weeks on t3. So it probably wont be an issue for me.

very interesting thread. any updates?

So if you take your T3 in the morning, you should take it later that day if you have bloodwork the next morning to fit within that 12-17hour range? That would be in the evening, which would make it tough to sleep. interesting, what is the thought process? 5 days of vitamin D, selenium and...

so then the solution for them i guess is dose adjustment, since switching between synthyroid and generic is not predictable based on what you posted there. Tirosint is interesting. Wonder if anyone has used that here. it is levo in liquid gel form. Very few ingredients/fillers. Levothyroxine...

how do you get the Testosterone prescription for a year period?

Very useful info. Thanks. once i get my FT3 and FT4 to reasonable levles will push for RT3 testing.

did you mean generic? strange. isn't it all just levothyroxine with different fillers that affect absorption? are their FT4 levels going up with the generic? perhaps they are just not absorbing it well.

I think this is an important discussion point that is not talked about when trying to dial in our thyroids. What are your thoughts/discoveries on this? How reliable are free thyroid and total T3 hormone assays? "Measurement of T3, FT3, and FT4 by the immunoassay methods commonly used by the...

@Vince @Gman86 I got Rt3 done just before my last set of labs. hard to get done in my province so can't get it often. I added in cytomel and slightly increased my synthyroid dose so I don't think it will be an issue right now. on 25mcg synthyroid and 200mcg selenium only (Prior to T3 cytomel...

I wonder if doing a microdose of t scrotum cream on top of injections would be just enough for a libido boost? has anyone tried that?

OP here. Good news. Saw my GP, he is the best. Recap:last labs on 5mcg cytomel, 25mcg synthyroid Tsh 3.97 mIu/L (0.24-4) Free T4 10.7 pmol/L (10-25) Free T3 3.97 pmol/L (3.5-6.5) I now have 50mcg synthyroid and 10mcg cytomel. I am also starting to take my synthyroid at night because I am...

I have tried Iodine replacement, with high doses. I have supplemented b12 , and my iron/ferratin was good. Both my parents have hypothyroidism and I also have symptoms. I have hypothyroidism, which is an underactive thyroid.

By doing that you found a dose at which you had consistent libido that you didn't before?

What is your shbg? is it perhaps low?

Thanks. That makes sense in general, but what explains that temporary libido/erection boost consistently in week 2 or 3, where my E2 should be consistently getting lower with a dosage decrease?

I only seem to get libido and good/random erections during a protocol change, I have reduced my dosage several times and each time I get good libido in week 2 or 3 and then it dissapears. I am a daily low shbg injector. Has anyone dealt with this and how did you rectify it? Theory #1. it was...

i use 29 gauge half inch IM in the thigh. i might go even smaller to 30 or 31 since i do daily low dose. for guys that have broken needles, couldn't you just squeez that sucker out?

OP here. Just got my lab work back. This explains why i am not feeling great. T3 and T4 both dropped and my tsh is up. ramadan might be playing a factor here since i can't take my synthyroid or cytomel on an empty stomach, perhaps absorption issues? where should i go from here? Current labs...