u/bumblebanana

I've been feeling great on daily 1mg T Prop injections for the past 3 weeks. Before starting T, I optimized E & P (post menopausal). I added T because, even though E & P were a huge benefit to my life, I still felt so sluggish at 3pm every day and it was hard to keep a steady work-out routine. My total T was about 20 and my free T ranged from 0.8-1.8 before T.

I went ahead and got preliminary labs done at the 2 week point and everything came back looking pretty reasonable. Most importantly, my Total T at trough (24 hours post injection) was 86ng/dL and free T(direct) was 1.2pg/mL. SHBG was 72 nmol/L (same over the past year and a half). My hematocrit went from 46 to 49 - but I do live at high altitude (9,000+ ft). I should keep an eye on that. The weirdest thing I saw was that my estradiol level came back higher than I've ever seen the past year and a half at 249pg/mL. This is weird because I am only using 0.0875mg estradiol patches changed twice weekly (I use a 0.05 + 0.0375 patch together). In the past, the highest I had seen my estradiol was 123 and lowest about 60 or 70. ChatGPT (I know, its AI, but I asked) said that maybe the assay that was used counted some of the T into the estradiol reading. I used Lab Corp test 004515 for Estradiol and Lab Corp test 140103 for Total and Free T. My FSH was 4.8 so that is more typical for 'reasonable' estradiol numbers. I did change my patch about 12 hours before the test, but I find it hard to believe that the patch "dumped" and "peaked" so high. I have zero high E symptoms (breasts aren't tender, in fact a bit deflated, no bloating, no spotting, etc...). Only thing I did differently was add in the T. I know, I know, I'm supposed to test before a patch change, but a snow storm came in and I changed test date because I was mostly interested in getting preliminary T results.

For T prop, I'm assuming that my trough numbers (TT 86 and FT 1.2) are lower than what my body is seeing during peak levels during the day time. I feel a ton more energy, libido has increased to a great level (I have noticed some clit growth in a great way), I'm sleeping great... overall I feel good so I'm going to stick with 1mg per day. Any thoughts?

Hi Ladies! I've been feeling great on daily 1mg T Prop injections for the past 3 weeks. Before starting T, I optimized E & P (post menopausal). I added T because, even though E & P were a huge benefit to my life, I still felt so sluggish at 3pm every day and it was hard to keep a steady work-out routine. My total T was about 20 and my free T ranged from 0.8-1.8 before T.

I went ahead and got preliminary labs done at the 2 week point and everything came back looking pretty reasonable. Most importantly, my Total T at trough (24 hours post injection) was 86ng/dL and free T(direct) was 1.2pg/mL. SHBG was 72 nmol/L (same over the past year and a half). My hematocrit went from 46 to 49 - but I do live at high altitude (9,000+ ft). I should keep an eye on that. The weirdest thing I saw was that my estradiol level came back higher than I've ever seen the past year and a half at 249pg/mL. This is weird because I am only using 0.0875mg estradiol patches changed twice weekly (I use a 0.05 + 0.0375 patch together). In the past, the highest I had seen my estradiol was 123 and lowest about 60 or 70. ChatGPT (I know, its AI, but I asked) said that maybe the assay that was used counted some of the T into the estradiol reading. I used Lab Corp test 004515 for Estradiol and Lab Corp test 140103 for Total and Free T. My FSH was 4.8 so that is more typical for 'reasonable' estradiol numbers. I did change my patch about 12 hours before the test, but I find it hard to believe that the patch "dumped" and "peaked" so high. I have zero high E symptoms (breasts aren't tender, in fact a bit deflated, no bloating, no spotting, etc...). Only thing I did differently was add in the T. I know, I know, I'm supposed to test before a patch change, but a snow storm came in and I changed test date because I was mostly interested in getting preliminary T results.

For T prop, I'm assuming that my trough numbers (TT 86 and FT 1.2) are lower than what my body is seeing during peak levels during the day time. I feel a ton more energy, libido has increased to a great level (I have noticed some clit growth in a great way), I'm sleeping great... overall I feel good so I'm going to stick with 1mg per day. Any thoughts?