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Testosterone, Hormones and General Men's Health / Re: Lab question
« on: March 10, 2022, 04:38:30 am »Afternoon readings have been inconsistent, thus the increased test granularity for future tests. I'll keep you advised.
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Afternoon readings have been inconsistent, thus the increased test granularity for future tests. I'll keep you advised.
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Testosterone, Hormones and General Men's Health / Re: Lab question
« on: March 09, 2022, 07:49:26 am »To billsman:
Cat said:
"When I was on EOD enanthate or cypionate I didn't really have noticeable peaks or troughs; measurements were about same when taken either just before an injection or the day after."
Ditto for me on 2x/wk Cypionate.
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Testosterone, Hormones and General Men's Health / Re: Lab question
« on: March 09, 2022, 07:44:23 am »Please note that I said "...seems to...", have not done enough testing over a very long period of time to say "definitely", more testing is required.
On test day, I inject at 600 am, test around 1000 am and again around 430 pm. Since this test regiman has produced some perplexing afternoon readings, the next time, I am going to test at 10, 115, and 430. Or maybe 10, 12, 2, and 4.
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Testosterone, Hormones and General Men's Health / Re: Pfizer is not producing Depo Testosterone (T cyp)
« on: March 09, 2022, 07:38:18 am »The tailored daily dose, besides keeping LH and FSH in the normal range, keeps me in the 550 to 650 total T circadian range which is what it was all my younger life. Numbers that keep everything working right.
Do I feel better on a higher dose (800 or 900), yes, but it is artificial, not me, not what I have always been.
I think a lot of guys believe that HRT is going to make them feel and think great all the time and when it doesn't, they think they need to increase the dose. When really, they forgot that they didn't feel and think great all the time when they were young(er). A lot of life and body factors affect how we think and feel.
I also think that if a guy is 550 or 600 in younger life and then later with HRT, gets into the 900 or 1000 range, it has a negative effect on his heart and other body systems.
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Testosterone, Hormones and General Men's Health / Re: Lab question
« on: March 08, 2022, 07:58:13 am »Daily SQ Propionate seems to peak about 4 hours after inject.
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Testosterone, Hormones and General Men's Health / Re: Pfizer is not producing Depo Testosterone (T cyp)
« on: March 08, 2022, 07:54:09 am »Daily low-dose Propionate SQ works for me. And tuned it so I still make LH snd FSH.
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Testosterone, Hormones and General Men's Health / Re: fb group? no thanks [How to clear your arteries?]
« on: March 08, 2022, 07:46:13 am »Vitamin K2 !
Life Extension "Super K" is my choice.
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Testosterone, Hormones and General Men's Health / Re: Switching From T Cyp to T Prop
« on: March 06, 2021, 01:49:39 am »One of those studies also said that high SHBG was an independent risk factor for osteoporosis. Maybe not so independent
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Testosterone, Hormones and General Men's Health / Re: Switching From T Cyp to T Prop
« on: March 06, 2021, 01:41:48 am »
Yes interesting. Older men with low bone density without diurnal variation also had about twice as much SHBG. Maybe the higher SHBG was sucking up enough E2 that the variation got lost in the low levels (methodology sensitivity etc.).
My BMD is down although my E2 levels are most always good at about 18 to 28. Although I have never done a diurnal study on E2. My SHBG levels are consistently high, maybe that is the issue.
My BMD is down although my E2 levels are most always good at about 18 to 28. Although I have never done a diurnal study on E2. My SHBG levels are consistently high, maybe that is the issue.
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Testosterone, Hormones and General Men's Health / Re: Beware of DHT
« on: March 05, 2021, 06:51:02 am »And the amounts are not trivial, they are significant. You will see with a web search.
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Testosterone, Hormones and General Men's Health / Re: Beware of DHT
« on: March 05, 2021, 06:39:36 am »You should know that pomegranate seeds have higher E1 and E2 levels than any other plant. Most of tbe commercial juice includes the seeds.
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Testosterone, Hormones and General Men's Health / Re: Switching From T Cyp to T Prop
« on: March 05, 2021, 06:06:12 am »Some interesting articles on diurnal variation and E2 measurement methodologies:
Diurnal E2 And measurment methodology
https://bmcendocrdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1472-6823-8-10
T and E etc.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19088162/
And bone BMD
https://clinical-and-molecular-endocrinology.imedpub.com/circadian-rhythm-of-oestradiol-impact-on-the-bone-metabolism-of-adultmales.php?aid=17571
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Testosterone, Hormones and General Men's Health / Re: Switching From T Cyp to T Prop
« on: March 02, 2021, 10:14:03 pm »
Cat,
If you wanted the MOST accurate Total T and T Free test result, would you choose LC/MS/MS or Equalibrium Dialysis ?
Thanks
If you wanted the MOST accurate Total T and T Free test result, would you choose LC/MS/MS or Equalibrium Dialysis ?
Thanks
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Testosterone, Hormones and General Men's Health / Re: Gonadorelin alternative to hCG - Kisspeptin a peptide that is not approved
« on: February 09, 2021, 03:05:41 am »The article references Inhibin A in which I am intensely interested. If anyone has any info on male (only male) disease states involving Inhibin A, I would appreciate the sharing of the info.
Thanks
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