26, Prolactinoma, TRT 4 Years, Try Restart?

Good Morning,

Sorry to bump this post but I would greatly appreciate a reply.

Also to ask another question. I am taking growth hormone but my levels of igf-1 are 47.3 (range 12.5 to 29.6)

My sex hormone binding globin is 12 (range 10-62)? Is this being suppressed by the igf-1? Should I lower my dose of growth hormone a bit?

I have also been given thyroid medication but I haven’t been taking it (I don’t know why), could this also raise my shbg?

I have heard many stories of people not taking well to testosterone the due to low shbg, so you can understand my concerns.

Thanks

Sonic

My concern with T gels is that the large skin areas involved generate a lot of E2 and you may be suffering from elevated E2. Are you moody/grouchy?
You need E2 lab work.

Can’t read your labs without ranges. You can exit them into your posts above.

Ping me on the KSman is here thread with a link back here when ready.

What dose of hGH? iu’s or mg’s
hCG will not mess with other hormones, you are restoring youthful levels.

Thyroid: Thyroid problems interfere with T-gel absorption. When T-gel does not absorb well, that is a symptom of low thyroid function.

Evaluate your overall thyroid function by checking oral body temperatures as per the thyroid basics sticky. Thyroid hormone fT3 is what gets the job done and it regulates mitochondrial activity, the source of ATP which is the universal currency of cellular energy. This is part of the body’s temperature control loop. This can get messed up if you are iodine deficient. In many countries, you need to be using iodized salt. Other countries add iodine to dairy or bread.

If your body temps are low, thyroid meds will recover body temps and body temps can be a guide to thyroid med dosing. At this point I do not know if you are getting thyroid hormones to treat an iodine deficiency.

You have not posted any thyroid labs: TSH, T3, T4, fT3, fT4

I have been using the 10g for aboit 5 months now and I’ve been on 5g for
about 5 years.

I had my e2 checked and it was about 40-50, I don’t feel grouchy and I have
been feeling a lot better the last few months.

I will keep with the testogel for now because I seem to be doing well, I
have changed where I put the gel on and have had my testosterone results
back at 22nmol and I am happy with that.

Thanks for your reply, they mean a lot, I will update with any information
I get.

E2=40-50
pg/ml?
pmol/L