Guidance from test results and symptoms

[frigger]

Greetings everyone, this is my first post on the forum. I'm a 31 year old male, 5'9", 150 lbs, moderately active.

For as long as I can remember I've had symptoms of low testosterone, such as very low libido, low physical stamina, difficulties putting on muscle with strength training, always some extra belly fat. But lately, it's been getting worse, so I decided to do some lab tests. I did my own research in choosing these labs, so I'm sure there are others I should get. They are copied below:

Total Testosterone......392.....348-1197
Free Testosterone ......6.0 ......8.7-25.1
DHEA-Sulfate ..............262.....160.0-449.0

LH ...........2.4........1.7-8.6
FSH ........2.9 ........1.5-12.4
SHBG ....43.5.......16.5-55.9

Estradiol ...............21.5 ......7.6-42.6
Progesterone ......0.5 ........0.2-1.4

TSH .....................2.370 ....0.450-4.500
Thyroxine (T4) ...5.9 ........4.5-12.0

The numbers that most jump out to me are total and free testosterone. I know something is up as my 67 year old father, over twice my age, has double the free and total t, and he is not on any hormones.

What do you learned members of the forum gather from all this? Would you recommend HRT? If so, what route exactly?

Thank you kindly everyone

 

[XMAN.]

did u try any otc drug supp. like d-aspartic acid or an AI like aromasin or letrozol to try to boost ur natural production and free up more endo test ?
u know hrt is for life and u may later regret it and try to recover when it'll be too late specially if ur planning on having kids, what r ur thoughts in this matter btw ?
i know ur in the lower end ur total and free test but lh and fsh looks fine and all others , u may try some things or supps b4 jumping into this decision, and i strongly recommend that u discuss it with ur doc in details and about all alternatives first and of course depending on ur lifestyle and situation.
in case u tried many things with no results and decided to go for hrt then we're here to help, but of course it starts by ur own practioner and his scripts.

 

[frigger]

Hi xman, thanks so much for the reply. I have tried many OTC sups, and, nothing has really worked. I will look into d-aspartic and letrozol. I'll also look into hCG and clomid. Any advice on those for someone in my position?

thanks again

 

[XMAN.]

Hi xman, thanks so much for the reply. I have tried many OTC sups, and, nothing has really worked. I will look into d-aspartic and letrozol. I'll also look into hCG and clomid. Any advice on those for someone in my position?

thanks again

yeah sure there's an advice first stay away from hcg or hmg for now at least, start with 0.25mg clomide (half tab) eod and 0.125mg letro (half tab) e3d or keep it twice a week if it's easier for u add 3 grams of d-aspartic acid (a modified amino L-aspartic acid) at night ed. keep it like this for a.while and do a check up in 3 months then at 6 months too and we'll see from there.

good luck.