Why people are so enthusiastic for decreasing it then? It blows my mind.
Mine is below the range since i started TRT , i am not sure how to increase it.
Because people just see “high shbg means low free T” and that’s it. Some of the better docs say to not try to lower it.
Yeah sure but 18 shbg vs 35 shbg does not really affect FT too much… At least in my case it didn’t.
People should check tru-t calculator and play around with values a little and they will see it won’t matter too much unless they have extremely high shbg . I agree with those docs.
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FT starts to become negatively affected when SHBG reaches the 40’s. Too much of anything is bad for you, balance is key. I get what you are saying, high SHBG creating low FT can’t remotely be considered a good thing.
Damage your liver and SHBG will increase or pain medications will increase it. I doubt increasing SHBG will fix your problems. SHBG is one of those things you have little control over.