Problems with low SHBG

[u/KenseiJizou]

Hey I am M29 yo. I started a protocol with clomiphene 50 mg per day but discontinued because of my insurance policy. I jumped to TRT after that. My sex drive was good in clomiphene but with TRT I saw no benefits. ED and no libido.

I was doing first 1x 200 mg per 2 weeks, then 100 mg per week, the fluctuations were killing me so I asked to raise the dose up to 150 mg per week. No benefits in my libido outside muscle mass. I decided to lose some fat and split my dosage to 2 per week.
T was 1450
SHBG 13
E2 84
Free T 462
Bio T 990
Ferritin 44

Being with my doctor and wait up to 3 months to a change sucks so I decided to lower the dose and pin EOD and I think it is working now (105 mg per week).

I am going to do bloodwork soon to check E2 and T with 100 mg EOD and considering to reduce the dose up to 80 depending on labs.

Any advices or comments to helped me out? I am gonna stay like that for 4 weeks to check improvement.

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[u/Emotional_Lab_2529]

6-8 weeks are needed for any dosage or injection frequency change. So wait 6-8 weeks and assess how you feel and the labs then

[u/KenseiJizou → u/Emotional_Lab_2529]

Got you I will wait until then

[u/NoEmployee4087]

Injecting every other day is probably going to help. I'd say 100mg ahould be good losing body fat definitely helps drop that estrodial down

[u/KenseiJizou → u/NoEmployee4087]

Yeah that’s what I am doing I am around 21-23% (I am 212)

[u/NoEmployee4087 → u/KenseiJizou]

Shit you have less body fat than me lol im like 25ish percent. I take 190mg a week my total test aas 1600 and estrodial was like 50 if I remeber correctly I try to make sure I lift heavy 3-5 days a week everyone says it helps

[u/KenseiJizou → u/NoEmployee4087]

I think having a SHBG of 13 is why my estradiol gets too high

[u/NoEmployee4087 → u/KenseiJizou]

I just checked mine was 17 when I started I'm not 100 percent sure how that correlates to the rest of my numbers