Yes, high cortisol is a primary reason for high SHBG. This happens as a result of short or long term stress and is a stress response whether physical or emotional.
There's no reason . I have suffered anxiety in the past and have been on antidepressants. I've had some stress at work in the past but things have settled down.
I can't think of anything but I get get chewed up with having no libido and at times just get anxiety
I noticed in your other post you are training 5 days a week and you were on a low carb diet. Is there a possibility that you are in a state of over-training? At age 50 this is easier to achieve that when we were 25! I would take a few weeks rest and see if things improve. Years ago, in my 30's when I trained hard with heavy weights 5 days a week, I realise now, I was in this state most of the time. If I train hard these days, my libido drops markedly, erections become more erratic and i just feel off. Finding the right balance for your body and its age is very important.
Well yes that's possible. I've dropped the days down and now I'm eating more with carbs included
Thats exactly what is happening here but might be more issues as well IMO. My SHBG is also high. My job is tough as nails psychologically where 99% fails so always battling with huge stress and been doing that for decades. Now underfed and overtrained is a really bad state and a lot of folks fall into this category. I'm always been high carb guy and got lean and shredded without much problems using test. Now 3 years training with lowT made it a lot harder and pretty much impossible for me to get into the shape i want without wrecking myself over. Mind you I still get leaner and more ripped then 95% of my gym but I wanted to see if I can get shredded doing what I know that works for me. So being overtrained and underfed wrecked my hormones badly and pretty much made them all tank below the range. Libido, brain health and bone health suffered, obviously. Now I'm 2 months in my offseason phase, eating freely, up 5kg and feeling waaaaay better. Libido, bone health and brain health all improved. Hormones went up, SHBG down but just a small fraction and I was still a legitimate candidate for TRT. Started 10 days ago fwiw.
Well Cal's going back up and carbs are now added . Only training four days a week now .. my sleep is shite. I wake at the same time every night or after going to bed for four hours .. that's sooo annoying
Yea thanks man.. yeah I might try them... My issue is my free T is too low and that's with low E2 ... High shbg.... Fed up with this ... So now I have reduced my injections to once a week and have increased from 100 mg to 150 mg
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I have GABA in .. didn't know if it would effect my sleep even more as ive read it might . . Muscle boosting is good since my free T is very lowgood luck. here is the study;
really solid evidence. I've been taking 200mg PS at night, but will add 2x300mg doses per day in addition. i did measure cortisol levels long time ago and they were normal, but i have not exercised that hard either.The effects of phosphatidylserine on endocrine response to moderate intensity exercise - PMC
Previous research has indicated that phosphatidylserine (PS) supplementation has the potential to attenuate the serum cortisol response to acute exercise stress. Equivocal findings suggest that this effect might be dose dependent. This study aimed ...
I can also recommend pharmaGABA at night-time if you exercise hard. there is also good evidence, it has calming effects but also boosts muscle gain
you can split the dose. it has a short half life i believe. i found that PS at 200mg improves sleep massively. i have no idea at higher doses you might be right.
I might try that mate thanks . Yeah I have some 5mg Cialis. Does Viagra have the same benefits as Cialis ? Just does it take longer to be effective.?
