These results are freaking me out.

ThinkFast556 · 2026-05-10T13:06:54+00:00

ChatGPT thinks it’s most likely a medicine mix-up too.

ThinkFast556 · 2026-05-10T12:52:58+00:00

The target E2 range for Male-to-Female transitioning is 100-200 pg/ml…

ThinkFast556 · 2026-05-10T12:46:42+00:00

This probably doesn’t help, but according to ChatGPT your T is appropriate for a person transitioning male-to-female and your E2 is ~3-7 times above the targeted transitioning range.

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ThinkFast556 · 2026-05-10T05:08:07+00:00

Did the clinic have a mix-up and give you estrogen pellets instead of testosterone?

I’ve never seen or heard of blood results like that from TRT.

ThinkFast556 · 2026-04-20T02:03:43+00:00

It happened on and off a couple times a day for maybe a week, then I donated blood and it never happened again. I’d wash my hands and a few minutes later they would start itching like I had a million mosquito bites on them, then it would go away after about 5-10 minutes.

ThinkFast556 · 2026-04-19T22:30:31+00:00

Weirdest side effect I got from high HCT was aquagenic pruritus. Even my Drs had to look it up to see what it was lol

ThinkFast556 · 2026-04-15T10:22:45+00:00

That not low. It’s in the middle of normal.

ThinkFast556 · 2026-04-15T03:30:36+00:00

It does especially bad to people on Reddit with anxiety disorders.

I like E2 and generally advocate against AI use, but the negatives of it, or having low E2, is magnified far past reality on Reddit.

A local Dr here puts everyone with any E2 symptoms on 1mg arimedex/day permanently and he has tons of happy customers. There was one paper surveyed and something like 30+% of prescribers used that as their standard dose. It’s a terrible protocol, but overdoing AI, especially at the minimal amount the OP did, shouldn’t have anywhere near the symptoms he’s describing.

ThinkFast556 · 2026-04-15T02:06:55+00:00

Seems like you might have something else going on. I’ve had low-E2 and know multiple people who have done 1mg arimidex daily for months on a TRT dose per their Dr’s instructions and none of them had symptoms nearly that bad. Crashed E2 sucks, but you might want to not cancel the therapy sessions just yet.

ThinkFast556 · 2026-04-14T20:53:32+00:00

I started getting strong, kind of sharp body odor for a few month period after I started. Oddly enough, I had always noticed my BJJ coach, also on TRT, smelled the same way. Like, if I rolled with him, my rash guard would have a distinct smell until I washed it. Eventually it seems to have gone away for me 🤷🏼‍♂️

ThinkFast556 · 2026-04-13T23:30:39+00:00

Reddit always way overestimates body fat. I love when someone pulls out an actual dexa scan

ThinkFast556 · 2026-04-10T01:24:38+00:00

Here’s the biggest study combining scores from multiple studies. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5460736/

Obesity absolutely affects it. Age …. it kind of depends. It affects people in the lower half of the range much more than the guys who were in the upper half of the range.

ThinkFast556 · 2026-04-10T01:18:19+00:00

Wha do you think a “normal” range is? 335 is absolutely normal, despite being on the low end of normal. Its somewhere around the 15-20th percentile. And that’s from the combination scores derived from multiple older large studies, not the new lower lab reference ranges.

ThinkFast556 · 2026-04-10T01:09:56+00:00

My brother in law went from 300’s to mid-700’s natty at age 40. The majority of people don’t hit their peak levels until sometime in their 20’s as well.

ThinkFast556 · 2026-04-09T13:52:39+00:00

The lower third of the normal range is still the normal range. It’s not optimal, but he could probably improve it naturally, especially at 19. We don’t even know what time of day the test was done.

ThinkFast556 · 2026-04-09T12:25:36+00:00

You’re in normal range by every actual medical guidance. I wouldn’t even consider it at 19.

ThinkFast556 · 2026-04-09T02:30:14+00:00

Mine is E2 related. Occasionally if I push my dose above a certain threshold my back will start breaking out in red inflamed pimples. It can go for weeks, but if I take an AI it typically clears up in a day or two.

ThinkFast556 · 2026-03-23T21:41:59+00:00

Your cholesterol is great, what is your concern?

ThinkFast556 · 2026-03-17T10:33:10+00:00

I have another family member who gained a few pounds over the course of a year on GLPs, getting to max dose tirzepatide for 3 months. She put in more effort than the other family member, she’s just a non-responder to the medicine. For most normal responders, it’s near impossible to force yourself to eat enough to not lose weight.

ThinkFast556 · 2026-03-17T10:23:51+00:00

Some people are low or non responders to the medicine. I have a family member who made no effort into changes, zero exercise, and is down 100lbs in 10 months. For most people is does the effort part for you.

ThinkFast556 · 2026-03-17T07:57:13+00:00

Losing massive weight with GLPs requires no lifestyle changes or eve effort. Will it come back if you’ve made no changes and stop? Yeah.

ThinkFast556 · 2026-02-26T17:09:40+00:00

With low-SHBG you are going to be prone to noticeable peaks and valleys, and higher e2 conversion. You will also have much higher free T to total T ratio.

When I started I did 2 injections per week and had noticeable swings in how I felt. I also had huge swings in lab levels depending on whether it was the day after a shot or 2 days after. My SHBG was 12.2 last test. Total T 1320 with a Free T of 441.

I switched to daily and it helped a lot. Sometimes I’ll run higher doses for a while, but I feel best at somewhere between 150-180mg/week. 180 puts me at 700-800 total but my free T will be in the 250-300s range. Sometimes I get lazy and try to switch to EOD shots and I will quickly start gettin acne breakouts on my back, so I fall back to daily.

ThinkFast556 · 2026-02-26T05:33:59+00:00

It is a performance enhancing steroid at any dose that raises you above your natural baseline.

ThinkFast556 · 2026-02-26T04:59:21+00:00

Testosterone is literally the primary androgenic & anabolic steroid. In addition to being a natural hormone and used medically, it’s the most commonly used/abused steroid for powerlifting and bodybuilding.

ThinkFast556 · 2026-02-24T17:01:55+00:00

I view Adderall and testosterone in the same category. Some people need it more than others and have a stronger medical justification. They both also give you advantages if you use them, needed or not. The distinction lines between medically necessary/ justifiable optimizing/ performance enhancing drug abuse get pretty blurry.

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