Endo/Hrt doctor in Dallas

[PresTex]

Hey guys,


Im a new guy on the forum. 22 years old, in decent shape, love lifting and have always been in good health. No previous experience with anabolics as I have always wanted to wait until I felt comfortable. Ive done a decent amount of research on them but due to their complex nature never ran a cycle. However, in the past few years my hormones have started to give me issues. The last bloods I had done showed my total test is at 322 and my free test is at 7.1. Ive been managing to get by without treatment or anything as I still work out regularly and had no problems with sex drive. Well now my sex drive has taken a dump, I have zero energy, and just feel like shit. If I had to guess my levels have gotten worse and at this point I've had enough. However, due to my lack of knowledge I would prefer not to try and fix this myself. So I'm hoping someone on here can refer me to a doctor in dallas with experience treating hormone related issues and knows proper pct protocols so I don't screw up my hormones down the line. Thanks for the help.




James

 

[Presser]

sorry to hear that brutha, and yeah we have some solid members here from texas who might be able to point u in the right direction, but why not just look up a good endo in your area and go from there? Im guessing your looking for someone you know ahead of time is a liberal doctor when it comes to this, but if u need it you need it, so i don't see even a conservative doctor not prescribing you something if its that bad, 22 yeas old and low sex drive is insane

welcome to MC brutha

 

[PresTex]

sorry to hear that brutha, and yeah we have some solid members here from texas who might be able to point u in the right direction, but why not just look up a good endo in your area and go from there? Im guessing your looking for someone you know ahead of time is a liberal doctor when it comes to this, but if u need it you need it, so i don't see even a conservative doctor not prescribing you something if its that bad, 22 yeas old and low sex drive is insane

welcome to MC brutha

Ive been referred by a friend to a doctor close to me who is supposed to be good but my appointment isn't until march. But I would like address this problem sooner rather than later as I am in college and its really effecting my ability to function on a daily basis. I have no energy and can't stay motivated and with my sex drive in the gutter its really starting to bother me. And like you said I would prefer to find a doctor who's pretty liberal regarding hormones because I don't want to have to play games. That and I want to make sure I'm going to someone who's going to fix the issue without causing more problems down the road so being referred by someone with prior experience just gives me some peace of mind. Thanks for the warm welcome though Presser. Ill look around and try to absorb as much information as I can in case I have to find a solution to this myself.

 

[South4478]

Hey bro.. I'm in dallas. Why not just go to Low T Center or Men's Edge Medical if you are so concerned. You can get in same day and they are pretty liberal from what I hear.

 

[PresTex]

Hey bro.. I'm in dallas. Why not just go to Low T Center or Men's Edge Medical if you are so concerned. You can get in same day and they are pretty liberal from what I hear.

I'll look into toes places. Thanks for the tip. Only reason I haven't gone somewhere else already is because I wasn't sure if places like that really know what they are doing. Guess I might be a little over cautious though haha. Just don't wanna make my problems worse.

 

[Presser]

Hey bro.. I'm in dallas. Why not just go to Low T Center or Men's Edge Medical if you are so concerned. You can get in same day and they are pretty liberal from what I hear.

good info and help! Nice! Thats what this site is all about

 

[mkdk]

Are you drinking any alcohol? Ill tell you right now alcohol is a testosterone killer. If you get blood work done after say a few heavy drinking days your test level will be really low. People that actually abuse alcohol have shrunken testicles and their body takes on a feminization due to the increased estrogen and low t levels.

 

[Presser]

Are you drinking any alcohol? Ill tell you right now alcohol is a testosterone killer. If you get blood work done after say a few heavy drinking days your test level will be really low. People that actually abuse alcohol have shrunken testicles and their body takes on a feminization due to the increased estrogen and low t levels.

And I have seen MKDK and he speaks from experience guys, straight up big tits and all lol.

 

[PresTex]

Are you drinking any alcohol? Ill tell you right now alcohol is a testosterone killer. If you get blood work done after say a few heavy drinking days your test level will be really low. People that actually abuse alcohol have shrunken testicles and their body takes on a feminization due to the increased estrogen and low t levels.

Ive slowed down the drinking quite a bit. Only drink once or twice a week these days and I like to think thats pretty good for a senior in college.

Ended up going to Men's Edge Clinic(thanks south4478) and getting checked out and just got my bloods back today. Total Test is at 204 and I forgot my Free Test but its also low. Doctor wants to start HRT with Test Cyp injections every 14 days. I dont know all that much regarding hormones but I tried to pick his brain a little bit regarding how he does HRT to see how deep his understand is. Doesnt appear he would be able to help me with PCT if I ever need to come off the HRT as I asked him about it and he just said im stuck with test injections or nothing at all. Which leads me to believe he doesnt have a complete understand(not that I do). So my question to you guys is if this is normal protocol for HRT and do I need to worry about anything doing these Test Cyp Injections on a 14 day basis? Didnt get dosing info but I would love to hear yalls opinion on this. I have an appt with another doctor setup for March 1 but im tired of feeling like shit so I would like to do these Test Cyp injections until I can get in with this other doc who im more comfortable with letting control my hormone therapy.

 

[South4478]

200mg every 14 days is normal for HRT
i wouldn't be concerned with PCT bro, not now anyway. See what happens on 3/1 and keep us posted

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I only say that because that's 2 injections before your next appt. lets see what happens there

 

[EMW14]

Pres Tex, that's a pretty normal starting point. Many docs and Low T clinics (which are not all run my docs) prefer to do weekly injections. I'm on my second go round with TRT - I won't bother getting into too much background details on that, but the first time I was getting weekly injections. This time I'm getting biweekly and I've gotten so I prefer biweekly.

Pay close attention to the Free Test level, more so than the total serum test level. Both are important, but Free is more so. Free, "unbound" testosterone, that which is not bound to SHBG (Sex Hormone Binding Globulin) is what's available in your body to do its work.

PCT is what you do to restore your natural test production when you come off a cycle. Any time you put more testosterone than your body thinks it should have, your natural test production shuts down, that's why PCT is necessary. Yours seems to have shut down on its own for some reason, so if you stop TRT, there isn't much to bring back anyway. And according to the doc who's prescribing my test - who is very conservative - as long as you don't exceed physiologic levels, you won't be shut down. I haven't been able to verify that, but that's what he told me.

He started me off at 200 mg every 2 weeks, and I'm currently at 300 mg every 2 weeks. This is working MUCH better than the 150 mg per week I was getting before; I ended up at 180 mg per week on that round, and had estrogen related side effects, pretty bad acne, almost totally non functional dick - yes, that's right, too much test at a time and my dick decides he doesn't want to go to work. 300 mg every 2 weeks and no anti estrogen drugs, and Dicky is hard at work most of the time and hardly any side effects.

So, what I want to tell uou about this is: educate yourself, first of all. This is a GREAT place to do that. I've learned more about hormones and how the body works here than I have from multiple doctors, some of whom were supposedly specialists in this stuff. Second, be patient. The right amount and timing of testosterone IS the silver bullet, BUT it will take time and possibly some experimenting to arrive at that level. Third, don't be surprised if what seems to work great at first stops working so great and you have to make adjustments. Fourth, don't be afraid to try LESS if more isn't working. You'll be ok, but you have to know your shit and be your own advocate. Ask your doctor questions, then check out his answers here and wherever else you can find good info. Make sure he knows HIS shit. Not to be a smart ass, or an arrogant prick about it, but I've found out the hard way that many docs who speak very confidently and authoritatively on this subject DON'T KNOW SHIT! And what they think they do know is wrong. My current doc is humble enough to say he doesn't know it all and it willing to think outside the typical box a little bit.

I will help you all I can, but all I have is my experience and my little bit of knowledge, a lot of which I picked up here.

 

[PresTex]

Pres Tex, that's a pretty normal starting point. Many docs and Low T clinics (which are not all run my docs) prefer to do weekly injections. I'm on my second go round with TRT - I won't bother getting into too much background details on that, but the first time I was getting weekly injections. This time I'm getting biweekly and I've gotten so I prefer biweekly.

Pay close attention to the Free Test level, more so than the total serum test level. Both are important, but Free is more so. Free, "unbound" testosterone, that which is not bound to SHBG (Sex Hormone Binding Globulin) is what's available in your body to do its work.

PCT is what you do to restore your natural test production when you come off a cycle. Any time you put more testosterone than your body thinks it should have, your natural test production shuts down, that's why PCT is necessary. Yours seems to have shut down on its own for some reason, so if you stop TRT, there isn't much to bring back anyway. And according to the doc who's prescribing my test - who is very conservative - as long as you don't exceed physiologic levels, you won't be shut down. I haven't been able to verify that, but that's what he told me.

He started me off at 200 mg every 2 weeks, and I'm currently at 300 mg every 2 weeks. This is working MUCH better than the 150 mg per week I was getting before; I ended up at 180 mg per week on that round, and had estrogen related side effects, pretty bad acne, almost totally non functional dick - yes, that's right, too much test at a time and my dick decides he doesn't want to go to work. 300 mg every 2 weeks and no anti estrogen drugs, and Dicky is hard at work most of the time and hardly any side effects.

So, what I want to tell uou about this is: educate yourself, first of all. This is a GREAT place to do that. I've learned more about hormones and how the body works here than I have from multiple doctors, some of whom were supposedly specialists in this stuff. Second, be patient. The right amount and timing of testosterone IS the silver bullet, BUT it will take time and possibly some experimenting to arrive at that level. Third, don't be surprised if what seems to work great at first stops working so great and you have to make adjustments. Fourth, don't be afraid to try LESS if more isn't working. You'll be ok, but you have to know your shit and be your own advocate. Ask your doctor questions, then check out his answers here and wherever else you can find good info. Make sure he knows HIS shit. Not to be a smart ass, or an arrogant prick about it, but I've found out the hard way that many docs who speak very confidently and authoritatively on this subject DON'T KNOW SHIT! And what they think they do know is wrong. My current doc is humble enough to say he doesn't know it all and it willing to think outside the typical box a little bit.

I will help you all I can, but all I have is my experience and my little bit of knowledge, a lot of which I picked up here.

Thanks for the words of advice brother. Definitely gonna be browsing the site more trying to absorb as much info as I can. I definitely want to be able to know what im putting in my body and mitigate side effects as much as possible so im happy to have guys who have been through this to walk me through most of this. As far as my free test, im back home and looked at it and my free is at 5.6 so its definitely low as well. But yeah I was definitely apprehensive about starting HRT as I know many docs don't know their shit. Thats why I asked this doc about possible PCT in case I ever need to come off. And I was toying with the idea of trying to restart the natural production as I had been doing some research on the HPTA Axis and restarting natural production as its way too complicated for me right now and im just gonna stick with HRT for a while and try to get my Test up to where I feel good again. Ive felt like absolute shit for months so I cant wait to see where im at in 6 months to a year. The sex drive takin a dump on me was my breaking point haha

Thanks again for the help guys. Ill be hanging around learning what I can and will probably have to ask a couple questions along the way but im looking forward to these next few months.
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[Presser]

Pres Tex, that's a pretty normal starting point. Many docs and Low T clinics (which are not all run my docs) prefer to do weekly injections. I'm on my second go round with TRT - I won't bother getting into too much background details on that, but the first time I was getting weekly injections. This time I'm getting biweekly and I've gotten so I prefer biweekly.

Pay close attention to the Free Test level, more so than the total serum test level. Both are important, but Free is more so. Free, "unbound" testosterone, that which is not bound to SHBG (Sex Hormone Binding Globulin) is what's available in your body to do its work.

PCT is what you do to restore your natural test production when you come off a cycle. Any time you put more testosterone than your body thinks it should have, your natural test production shuts down, that's why PCT is necessary. Yours seems to have shut down on its own for some reason, so if you stop TRT, there isn't much to bring back anyway. And according to the doc who's prescribing my test - who is very conservative - as long as you don't exceed physiologic levels, you won't be shut down. I haven't been able to verify that, but that's what he told me.

He started me off at 200 mg every 2 weeks, and I'm currently at 300 mg every 2 weeks. This is working MUCH better than the 150 mg per week I was getting before; I ended up at 180 mg per week on that round, and had estrogen related side effects, pretty bad acne, almost totally non functional dick - yes, that's right, too much test at a time and my dick decides he doesn't want to go to work. 300 mg every 2 weeks and no anti estrogen drugs, and Dicky is hard at work most of the time and hardly any side effects.

So, what I want to tell uou about this is: educate yourself, first of all. This is a GREAT place to do that. I've learned more about hormones and how the body works here than I have from multiple doctors, some of whom were supposedly specialists in this stuff. Second, be patient. The right amount and timing of testosterone IS the silver bullet, BUT it will take time and possibly some experimenting to arrive at that level. Third, don't be surprised if what seems to work great at first stops working so great and you have to make adjustments. Fourth, don't be afraid to try LESS if more isn't working. You'll be ok, but you have to know your shit and be your own advocate. Ask your doctor questions, then check out his answers here and wherever else you can find good info. Make sure he knows HIS shit. Not to be a smart ass, or an arrogant prick about it, but I've found out the hard way that many docs who speak very confidently and authoritatively on this subject DON'T KNOW SHIT! And what they think they do know is wrong. My current doc is humble enough to say he doesn't know it all and it willing to think outside the typical box a little bit.

I will help you all I can, but all I have is my experience and my little bit of knowledge, a lot of which I picked up here.

good stuff daddio