I had a blood test 4 weeks ago that came back with my T levels at 4.6mol/l… Doc thought it was odd, and said do the test again in 4 weeks, and take the test in the morning. The second test 4 weeks later came back at a 6.6nmol/l. Doc prescribed me 50mg of cypionate per week, with a follow up check in 6 weeks. He advised that he wants my T levels to be at 14nmol/l, and refused to test my estrogen or my free test. I’d go to a private clinic, but those arent covered and will cost me $250 per visit. What can I do to get the dosage up, higher target TT, and proper tests done?
Also, I’m 5’7, 140, 27 years old. Pretty small guy. (14nmol/l is ~400ng/dl)
Your doctor probably that it was ood that a 27 year old would be that low, he was probably thinking that can’t be. 50mg weekly simply won’t work, your doctor is an idiot. We have guys coming in here higher than that with symptoms of low testosterone, you need to find another doctor, any doctor has got to be better than this one. The standard weekly dose for guys is 100mg. Hopefully one day he becomes low T ans his doctor puts him on 50 mg and see how he feels! He can’t be the only doctor that takes your insurance.
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.
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I can be a bit abrupt in my replies and recommendations. I have a lot of ground to cover as this forum has become much more active in the last two years. I can’t follow threads that go deep over time. You need to respond to all of my points and requests as soon as possible before you fall off of my radar. The worse problems are guys who ignore issues re thyroid, body temperatures, history of iodized salt. Please do not piss people off saying that lab results are normal, we need lab number and ranges.
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