Just to spread the word....If any of you guys are adding Deca to your TRT shots, make sure your doc isn't using a testosterone test which uses the ECLIA methodology. You WANT the LC-MS/MS.
My test levels before TRT (5 weeks ago) were: Total 322 (300-1080) Free 70 (47-244)
My test levels as of two days ago were: Total: 996 (300-1080) Free 272 (47-244)
(I've been pinning 50mg 2x/wk instead of 100mg 1x/wk as prescribed)
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I saw these numbers and panicked because I didn't know what to say to my Urologist. What I ended up doing is emailing her saying that perhaps my ADD meds (stimulants) or something I'm taking for working out from GNC may be throwing the test off. I asked her to retest me using LC-MS/MS method.
She replied saying "Yes your test levels are a bit high, let's retest you, this time wait until right before your shot so we can see what the trough is."
I called the lab and it seems as though she never requested the LC-MS/MS test. She ordered the same ECLIA Bioavailable/SHBG/free/total that screwed me over last week.
How can I save myself from this? I can only stall the next bloodwork for maybe two weeks. I haven't added Deca to my shot in two weeks. Should I skip my next two test shots in hopes my test levels will show lower? I may try this and get y own blood work done to veryfiy, before going to the Dr.'s lab. I have an appointment with her on Monday, and I don't know if I should try to talk her into switching the test to LC-MS/MS. She may think that's really really weird of me to request.
What do you guys think?
Thanks
P.S. Here's the original post that started the discussion about Deca influencing ECLIA testosterone testing