Free T percentage

[mooseman109]

I think/do you mean "FT does (NOT) move with it...?

Correct, the two do not always correlate, of course I understand this is not a mathematical formula, things move around a lot. Again I have been at this 5 years

 

[mooseman109]

This is a tough one to find out among the typical recommendations and outlooks regarding optimal levels. I am really glad you found this out about yourself and shared it!

In retrospect I really wish when I went on injection I was started MUCH lower and increased until I felt well. Coming the other way, peaking and having to reduce dosage due to hematocrit absolutely sucks! In the process, I felt best with free T somewhere between 39 and 23 while it was a moving target during dosage reduction, though Free T may not have been the sole reason for feeling well. Reducing dose a lot farther for the last 8 months has been nightmarish. For me, to attempt to reach Free T of 10-12 just to find out seems like a recipe for disaster!

Really free t is all relative to how you feel. I have shbg in the 60-70 range and have been on trt well over 8 years and feel best with free to in the 10-12ng range with total t in the 6-700ng range. I’ve had free t as high as 45ng at one point and for me anything north of 18-20ng makes me feel like complete shit no matter what other labs are. I can tell you from years of mistakes that fixating on a certain lab value isn’t prudent. If you feel great with 1.5% free t then why on earth would you want higher.

The main reason to try to increase FT would be to improve erection quality. Probably 30% of the time I can not finish. Erection is lost or I stay hard and just do not orgasm. Typically if it is relaxed Saturday morning all is good. Weeknight is prone to failure. I do usually take 25 mg viagra or 10 cialis. Was in daily cialis but tore up stomach

 

[MarkM]

Mooseman,

Are you taking any other medications?

 

[sh1973]

I’m taking no other medications. Hcg and dhea are disastrous for me, I do better on t only. I was told from the beginning with my very high shbg I’d have to dose high. This for me was so far from the truth. I feel great at 60-70mg cypionate once weekly but that’s me.

 

[mooseman109]

Mooseman,

Are you taking any other medications?

I have been in hog 350 IU three times weekly. Fish oil, creatinine whey vitamins.
Nothing else

 

[DragonBits]

You are unaware of what your SHBG is? What type of TRT protocol are you on Dragon?

I was unaware of what my SHBG WAS.

I don't want to derail the thread, but to clarify this was 5 years ago, I was taking Nebido, and mostly self directed. With nebido you don't change dosing though you could slightly alter frequency of injections.

I stopped TRT for two years, currently i am with Defy medical.

The last three years I have blood tests that included SHBG, my SHBG tends to be around 35-42.