Labs for 45 male

[AndShane]

any insight.
Natural
Test = 848
Shbg = 81 (16-55)
Free Test % = 1.15 (1.60-2.90)
Free test = 97 (47-244)
Test bioavaliable= 259 (131-682)


I am 45 year old male. I don’t want to do trt because body produces great at my age. Lh=8.1 fsh=8.86.

Only thing was progesterone was .31 which was high. No clue why

What do you suggest perhaps. My symptoms are strength loss in gym and little tired

 

[Hyde]

Take a natural supplement that will help lower SHBG some, raising free/available test levels. Something like stinging nettle extract, tongkat ali/longjavk, or boron, just for example. Or you could cycle through these even.

 

[zaareleq]

A far better test than free test is bioavailable test if you can get your Dr to order it. Testosterone is basically in 3 buckets , bound unusable, weakly bound to albumin and useable and completely free. Bioavailable measures the the weakly and unbound. I assume you have your E2 numbers as well?

 

[AndShane]

E2 was 24 great and albumin was in range higher end

 

[AndShane]

See bioavailable above

 

[Smont]

Take a natural supplement that will help lower SHBG some, raising free/available test levels. Something like stinging nettle extract, tongkat ali/longjavk, or boron, just for example. Or you could cycle through these even.

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[Smont]

any insight.
Natural
Test = 848
Shbg = 81 (16-55)
Free Test % = 1.15 (1.60-2.90)
Free test = 97 (47-244)
Test bioavaliable= 259 (131-682)


I am 45 year old male. I don’t want to do trt because body produces great at my age. Lh=8.1 fsh=8.86.

Only thing was progesterone was .31 which was high. No clue why

What do you suggest perhaps. My symptoms are strength loss in gym and little tired

.31 progesterone isint high, it could be low actually, The range is 0.1-1.0 for ng/ml or 1.0-3.2 nmol. (What's your reference range measured in)

If progesterone is being measured on something else I'm not aware of, and it is a little bit high it's not something to worry about because it fluctuates a bit.

If your progesterone is low, and you're in a situation here where you have high testosterone but lower end free and bioavailable and low progesterone, I'd look at shbg and my thyroid function.