Hey everyone,
I wanted to make this post just to get some feedback and insight from you all. I am 31 years old (almost 32) and went to my doctor recently just for a routine physical and routine bloodwork. I also asked if he can order me a hormone panel, as over the last year or 2 I feel I've come down with some minor symptoms that "could" be due to some sort of imbalance and just wanted to know where my numbers are at. He was only willing to order total and free test, regardless of asking for estro and some others. Sucks, I know and is not really what I want in a dr. But for right now I took what I can get. My total test came back at 454 on a scale of 265-915 and my free test came in at 13.8 on a reference of 8.8-25. So his discussion with me was that i am in range and no need to have any concerns. I feel that I am at the lower end of the normal range based on the numbers and want to know of these numbers are ok or if it is worth a discussion regarding TRT. I feel many are going to say that TRT is only there to get you back to normal range, and that where my numbers are now are where a TRT dr. Would aim for me to be after treatment.
Really what I'm looking for is some feedback from you guys who are on TRT to tell me what your numbers were before you started and where they are now after being in treatment. Had you had numbers like mine mentioned ed above, would you have ever thought twice about TRT or would you see it as being perfectly within range?
I wanted to make this post just to get some feedback and insight from you all. I am 31 years old (almost 32) and went to my doctor recently just for a routine physical and routine bloodwork. I also asked if he can order me a hormone panel, as over the last year or 2 I feel I've come down with some minor symptoms that "could" be due to some sort of imbalance and just wanted to know where my numbers are at. He was only willing to order total and free test, regardless of asking for estro and some others. Sucks, I know and is not really what I want in a dr. But for right now I took what I can get. My total test came back at 454 on a scale of 265-915 and my free test came in at 13.8 on a reference of 8.8-25. So his discussion with me was that i am in range and no need to have any concerns. I feel that I am at the lower end of the normal range based on the numbers and want to know of these numbers are ok or if it is worth a discussion regarding TRT. I feel many are going to say that TRT is only there to get you back to normal range, and that where my numbers are now are where a TRT dr. Would aim for me to be after treatment.
Really what I'm looking for is some feedback from you guys who are on TRT to tell me what your numbers were before you started and where they are now after being in treatment. Had you had numbers like mine mentioned ed above, would you have ever thought twice about TRT or would you see it as being perfectly within range?