Right now I am doing 90mg of Test C every 4 days for TRT. That puts me at around 600ng/dL of total and 200 pg/mL of free testosterone on the 4th day, pre pin. A few months ago I was doing closer to 110mg which had me around 800 and 270 on the 4th day pre-pin, but still had low libido then and my estradiol was a bit high (75pg/mL), which is why I dropped to 90mg.
At 90mg my Estradiol has still been a little high the last 2 blood works (51 and 64), but no signs besides the sex drive. No issues with boners, morning wood, or finishing; just no drive. I am planning to get another lab this week.
I have thinking of a few options to try and get everything back to normal:
I have always done the "Hormone Panel for Males" lab work from Private MD Labs, but I am wondering if there is a biomarker that I am missing from the panel that would show why my libido isn't what it used to be when I first started TRT.
Here is what the "Hormone Panel for Males" covers:
At 90mg my Estradiol has still been a little high the last 2 blood works (51 and 64), but no signs besides the sex drive. No issues with boners, morning wood, or finishing; just no drive. I am planning to get another lab this week.
I have thinking of a few options to try and get everything back to normal:
- take a low dose AI even at TRT dosages
- drop the dose to 40mg every 2 days
- try HCG, I have read that can significantly help with libido
I have always done the "Hormone Panel for Males" lab work from Private MD Labs, but I am wondering if there is a biomarker that I am missing from the panel that would show why my libido isn't what it used to be when I first started TRT.
Here is what the "Hormone Panel for Males" covers: