22 on TRT, Need Advice, Pls

[delob]

I get my tests through private md labs. The female hormone panel is what I use, but I always choose male when it asks for the gender to determine the reference ranges. The male hormone test doesn't cover LH and FSH and it's also about $100 dollars more unfortunately. I thought 7.6-42.6 was the correct estrogen range.
In the sticky "Estradiol and Therapeutic Management: What you should know" it says, "The same holds true for Estradiol levels. The Access Medical Labs reference range for Estradiol Sensitive is 7.6-42.6 pg/ml but "normal" young men are at the low end of that reference range and that's where we all want to be as well."

UPDATE: just learned I was indeed mistaken. The E2 test I took was regular, not sensitive. You were right Lifted1.

[OingoBoingo]

I get my tests through private md labs. The female hormone panel is what I use, but I always choose male when it asks for the gender to determine the reference ranges. The male hormone test doesn't cover LH and FSH and it's also about $100 dollars more unfortunately. I thought 7.6-42.6 was the correct estrogen range.
In the sticky "Estradiol and Therapeutic Management: What you should know" it says, "The same holds true for Estradiol levels. The Access Medical Labs reference range for Estradiol Sensitive is 7.6-42.6 pg/ml but "normal" young men are at the low end of that reference range and that's where we all want to be as well."

Different labs are different, and they all don't necessarily use the same range. My lab uses 11 - 44. But I know if my E2 starts to rise above 32 or so (as measured at my lab) , I am not a happy camper.

Generally, the stickies have some good information. I don't know what a "normal" young man is and I don't know what is meant by "low end of that reference range." But I believe the average man will have a longer and happier life if E2 is kept between 20 and 30.