My HPTA recovery log: I have reversed my type 2 diabetes (SHBG 31/glucose 80) and may have never had hypogonadism!!

[FunkOdyssey]

I guess his FT peak is now in the normal range. No hypogonadism symptoms, then that should be fine.

I must have missed his post on that. The labs in this thread show a free T of 1.9 ng/dL. What were his most recent results?

 

[Seagal]

I must have missed his post on that. The labs in this thread show a free T of 1.9 ng/dL. What were his most recent results?

And I missed that one.

 

[Seagal]

And I missed that one.

@Systemlord Any new T labs taken in the morning?

 

[FunkOdyssey]

@Systemlord Any new T labs taken in the morning?

I would be interested as well to see if any recovery of HPTA has occurred. If not, my point stands: you can get away with short periods of severe hypogonadism without much issue. If you spend six months at that level, now the way you look and feel will be matched up with those labs.

 

[Seagal]

And I missed that one.

According to this table, 3.8 instead of 7 would be the low of the normal range. And he could belong to the 2.5% below 3.8 still being "normal" healthy.

 

[FunkOdyssey]

According to this table, 3.8 instead of 7 would be the low of the normal range.

The age-related declines only indicate that hypogonadism becomes more and more common with age, as people accumulate chronic illnesses,, obesity, etc. There's no evidence the need for testosterone declines with age though. For our purposes, we shouldn't really be paying any attention to the older age brackets.

 

[Seagal]

The age-related declines only indicate that hypogonadism becomes more and more common with age, as people accumulate chronic illnesses,, obesity, etc. There's no evidence the need for testosterone declines with age though. For our purposes, we shouldn't really be paying any attention to the older age brackets.

I'm not convinced of that. Maybe it's a homeostatic process and just upping T in otherwise healthy men is of not much benefit. Symptoms matter.

 

[Seagal]

Age-stratified reference ranges for directly measured serum free testosterone in healthy men | ECE2024 | 26th European Congress of Endocrinology | Endocrine Abstracts

www.endocrine-abstracts.org

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Serum samples were analyzed from healthy men participating in the SIBLOS/SIBEX and EMAS studies, both population-based cohort studies. Exclusion criteria were medications or conditions that affect sex steroid metabolism or a BMI larger than 35 kg/m2.
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Not sure how they defined healthy.

 

[Systemlord]

Have you considered the possibility that you might be enjoying a rebound effect of your hormonal axis re-activating after years on trt...probably a little premature to be declaring having found your sweet spot on the hypogonadal range at this point, also you took one afternoon snapshot of your t-levels.

I have no symptoms of low testosterone whatsoever and as I’ve lowered my vitamin D dose, my energy levels have gone up. My erections are getting better and my viens are getting bigger.

2000 IU D3 really taxes my body in strange ways. The need to urinate is excessive.

 

[Systemlord]

@Systemlord Any new T labs taken in the morning?

I will be doing more labs soon. The substantial increase in my SHBG should correlate with higher Total T, significantly higher than previously.