6-oxo (AI) for short 19 year old w/ low test?

[xb93024]

I am a 19 y/o, 5'6 male who is experiencing low testosterone symptoms. I have low libido and a lot of difficulty getting/maintaining erections during sex despite having a beautiful girlfriend who I am very attracted to. I also experience fatigue though I get 8 hours of sleep each night. I lift heavily 3-4 times per week and eat well.

Got blood work done and my total test showed up at 415 (morning test). I did not get results for free test or estrogen.

I am interested in looking into any kind of supplementation that could increase my testosterone levels and alleviate my symptoms, and helping my annoyingly short height would be nice as well. I know that messing with hormones at my age can be dangerous, but is there truly nothing I can do besides wait it out? I have been researching low doses of aromatase inhibitors like 6-oxo as a relatively safe way to increase test levels and possibly help with short stature as well... is something along these lines a viable option?

Thanks very much!

[bass]

welcome here XB, you really need to do a complete male hormone panel to see whats going on. did you see a doc or are you planning to see one? get blood work done and post it here, also read the stickies especially the one posted by GDevine regarding hCG and the other thread by KelKel regarding Finding Physicians to learn about what blood work you need. you're too young to consider HRT so do as much testing as possible to find out whats causing your low T. BTW low total T is not as important as your free T. maybe hCG therapy could boost up your levels, but blood work first.

[Psychoeric210]

I'm 27 and my T came out to 180. I think you might be doing ok, but +1 to getting as much testing done as you can. I had a series of about 6 different drawings of blood and a cortisol/adrenal test. It wasn't until everything was said and done that I found out I have a tumor on my pituitary gland which 20% of people have and don't know, but which is less than 10% chance of being cancer. HRT shouldn't be an option because you're still developing.

[HRTstudent]

If you legitimately have low T a cycle of 6-oxo is going to do nothing in the long term. At best, you might get a mild testosterone boost that will likely be fleeting.

At the age of 19, I would look at lifestyle and nutrition habits before messing around with anything hormonal.

Not only that, but 415 is not really all that low, even on the 300-1100'ish scale.