High guys. My recent lab shows an increase in shbg and a large decrease in free testosterone. My overall testosterone has dropped too but I expected that bc of lowering my dose.
Here are the results :
T - 719 (348-1197)
Free T - 11.2 (8.7 - 25.1)
Estradiol - 10 (3-70)
Shbg - 44.2 (16.5 - 55.9)
I assume my free T dropped due to increase of shbg. But I am not sure why shbg increased. I dropped my dose from 120 to 100 per Week (split two times per week). I also take 500 hcg per week 1 day before injections (250 each time).
One thing I know about my protocol is I am extremely sensitive to Estradiol. I take an ai for a week and it crashes my Estradiol from 30-40 to single digits. Therefore I try to stay away. I been taking Dim now and it looks like it came down a lot as well. This seems to be the biggest problem I have is trying to keep my E around the 20 zone which I feel is my comfort zone. I don't know what I can take to keep me at that level.
Could my high shbg attributed to my E decrease? Also, any recommendations to lower shbg and increase free T? And any thoughts on how to keep my E in the "sweet spot"?
Thanks