Low T

SEs are very individual. If you are supplementing to just normal levels, you shouldn't experience any. They're all reversible anyway. Give it a try and see.

Richp14,

I've been on T supplementation for four months or so now and I am fairly happy with the results. So far I have noticed the following:

1) It has improved my impostor syndrome at work. (See brilliant Gary Larson cartoon "I can't smell a danm thing"* for what it's like to lead a team on a complex technical project.) Brain fog may have lifted a bit.

2) The weights at the gym seem suddenly too light. This actually surprised me. I wasn't expecting a noticeable change. I've been doing the same workout for years and suddenly I noticed that the settings I'd been using on the machines didn't seem like enough.

3) the ladies. I'm noticing the ladies again. I'm fairly sure there must have been young women exercising at the gym all along and I just didn't see them. Huh. Who knew?

mspt98,

You might ask your endocrinologist to check you DHT level. I had to add some Finasteride (pills) to my T supplementation to get a decent free- and total- T score. The theory is that I was converting too much T to DHT.

* To make the link work click it and ignore the error message. On the web address field at the top of your browser find the words "a-darn-thing" and replace the "rn" with "mn" and press enter. Or just use Google images to search for for the cartoon.

Free T? I'll have you know that I pay for the stuff. Although $63 a month is almost free given the price of the brand name formulations.

Actually, I dunno. My oncologist moved to a different group two and a half years ago and since then I get Total T and DHT by default but only get Free T if I remember to ask for it. Here are the numbers I have (units are ng/dL for Total and free T and pg/mL for DHT)

1/8/18 Total T 172, DHT 137, started T supplementation
2/21/18 Total T 208, DHT 645, increased T dose 50%
2/28/18 Total T 320, DHT 780, free T 7.04, added Finasteride
4/19/18 Total T 410, DHT 661, no action

So, my Total T is getting there. I was shooting for 500 (I was around 700 before I started ADT) but I seem to be doing OK where I am now. DHT is still higher than I expected with the finasteride.

I see the doctor again in October. We'll see how I am doing then and maybe adjust again.

My doctor checked the dht a couple of times and it didn’t change so he won’t check it anymore. I think he’s afraid to give me higher level because when I was taking 10 mg/day it went off the scale, my total T went to 1100! I think he believes I was getting steroids from someplace else, which I wasn’t.
Just to let everybody know there are generic formsof testosterone gel now. I was taking Perrigo from Israel and now the pharmacy has switched me to Upsher-Smith made in Canada. I only pay $35/month with my insurance, they wanted $300/month for androgen! Ugh

I go to a urologist at Emory who's considered an expert in male hormones, sexual reproduction, etc. etc.

I was low T prior to cancer and my PCP put me on a shot replacement therapy. Then I got the diagnose because my PSA doubled on a year. So.....two years after my HDR and when my PSA stabilized my urologist put me back on T therapy, as mine was about 180 or so (>250 is normal I think). I take it through a pump and I put it in my armpit every day.

I've been doing it a year and my PSA hasn't gone up, so that's the best news. It makes me feel better, work out better, and have sex with my wife of 27 years....better.

Like was said above, I can tell a difference in my bench press for sure. I'd recommend it. Mine checks in now at 450 or so, which is in the normal range so I haven't noticed bigger tits or smaller testiculs at all....

Again thanks for encouragement & great advice. But as it is, my numbers shot up to 445 last blood draw so doc says its a no go as of now.