Thanks you answered my next question! Finished one week ago and I have to say I've been feeling very tired this week and libibo has really fallen away to zero. I think for the first time I even had trouble reaching climax. Not sure what all this means but will wait for bloods.
Hi, Vince, I have found that Harvard Health is about as reliable as Harvard politics... both corrupt... both STINKO... JMHO!
When my wife had cancer for six years, I got used to talking to doctors. I became very comfortable discussing medical issues with them. Now my blood pressure is usually lower in the doctors office, then it is at home.Hi, Vince, I have found that Harvard Health is about as reliable as Harvard politics... both corrupt... both STINKO... JMHO!
I had a Doc appt just a few days ago... 160/80. This has happened a few times before, my normal Doc visits come in at 120/80 or better, so it is not any stress over seeing a Doc... I am not uptight about those visits... here is an alternative take, as my UroDoc told me... if you get walked back to the room you will see the Doc in, by his assistant... and she takes your BP immediately... you have a great chance of coming in high... while if you have a chance to sit still for awhile before taking... chances are, your result will be far more accurate. Ditto if you come in high in the first scenario, then ask your Doc to take your BP again at end of appointment... and I have done this... it comes in much lower. You are not supposed to take BP after even walking around for awhile... for accurate results, you need to be sitting down quietly for at least a few minutes. Test it out at home if you have a monitor!
I don’t know... that article was about a meta-analysis on this consisting of 27 studies and over 25,000 subjects.Hi, Vince, I have found that Harvard Health is about as reliable as Harvard politics... both corrupt... both STINKO... JMHO!
I had a Doc appt just a few days ago... 160/80. This has happened a few times before, my normal Doc visits come in at 120/80 or better, so it is not any stress over seeing a Doc... I am not uptight about those visits... here is an alternative take, as my UroDoc told me... if you get walked back to the room you will see the Doc in, by his assistant... and she takes your BP immediately... you have a great chance of coming in high... while if you have a chance to sit still for awhile before taking... chances are, your result will be far more accurate. Ditto if you come in high in the first scenario, then ask your Doc to take your BP again at end of appointment... and I have done this... it comes in much lower. You are not supposed to take BP after even walking around for awhile... for accurate results, you need to be sitting down quietly for at least a few minutes. Test it out at home if you have a monitor!
Me too, Vince... but I still get OCCASIONAL high readings if the BP is taken too quickly... at home, relaxing, I almost never get anything above 130/80, and usually around 115/70.
I do supplement with pregnenolone 10 mg, 25 mg of dhea, just to keep my dhea in a good range. Other than that I have no opinion
I’m 65. I never had my pregnenolone levels checked. I don’t “think” pregnenolone labs are very accurate?Ah... so your DHEA is way higher than range? Interesting! I think many of the blood test ranges are laughable... even dangerous to one's health... Sonora Quest says a 3.5ng Free T reading is "normal"... Jeeze!! Maybe for a guy who is 105 with testicle cancer and an overbite?
I will have my Pregnenolone and DHEA levels tested next labs... but you think that 400ish is the level to shoot for, on DHEA? I am almost 64... How about desirable pregnenolone levels? thx!
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I thought in your post you said "DHEA-Sulfate 424.8 Reference Range: 30.9-295.6 ug/dL (age adjusted) "... thought that was YOUR level... no?
Yes, my dhea level, not pregnenolone level. right
From personal experience doing a a restart - my post Clomid Test level was 900. I thought it was a huge success. A month later I was tested at 400 - so back on TRT and never looked back.
I'll post up my one month post clomid results when they are done. I felt the best when I was on HCG for the first week. Libido definitely improved significantly. I will say I don't feel dramatically different when my T is high or low. Was very surprised when I started TRT and my first blood tests showed that I was high.
How many times/wk were you injecting? Dose? Maybe if you only pinned once/wk, or your dosage was too high... your estrogen spiked and tht killed off your libido? And also spiked your Hematocrit a bit? Was your estradiol checked last blood work?
I'd ask for an estradiol blood test... that may be causing your low libido...
