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I recently went to a clinic and had blood work done because I had been feeling low on motivation, anxious, depressed, low sex drive, and had some excess weight gain for a few months and I had a normal to high total test level of 768 but my free T level was 11 and my SHBG was 68. The clinic started me on 120mg of Test E per week. Was this the right choice for me? I am 30 years old, fairly active, lift weights 1-3 times per week and do BJJ 1-2 times per week.
AlphaMD's Answer
So, obviously all men respond differently to testosterone. However, as a general rule of thumb, the average man will convert 1mg of exogenous T into 5-7 ng/dL of total testosterone. That means that, if you are like the average man, your 120mg/wk will give you peak levels of 600-840 ng/dL.
This means, potentially, if you happen to be one of the men that converts on the lower range of normal, your doctor has underdosed you, and now since your natural production is shut down since starting TRT, your total testosterone level (and consequently your free T) is lower now than when you started TRT.
That being said, the only way to know is to have your labs checked.
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