Low T, High SHBG, Low E2 - Looking for advice

[Youthful55guy]

Here's the link Y55guy referenced:

http://forums.steroid.com/hormone-re...ower-shbg.html

Here's a study that's in effect not related yet shows the positive suppression that Var has on shbg at only a 2.5 mg. dose:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8319371

Yeah, based on personal labs, I find that my optimum Anavar dose is around 5 to 10 mg/day. My optimum Winstrol (stanozolol) is about 5 mg per day. I find Stanozolol more effective and about half the price as Anavar. Keep in mind that I have very high SHBG to begin with and guys with lower levels might need less.

[kelkel]

Yeah, based on personal labs, I find that my optimum Anavar dose is around 5 to 10 mg/day. My optimum Winstrol (stanozolol) is about 5 mg per day. I find Stanozolol more effective and about half the price as Anavar. Keep in mind that I have very high SHBG to begin with and guys with lower levels might need less.

Y55 have you ever come off the Stanozolol? If so what type rebound effect did it have on your shbg?

[Youthful55guy]

Y55 have you ever come off the Stanozolol? If so what type rebound effect did it have on your shbg?

Actually I did several months back. I just finished my Anavar experiments that I discussed in the other thread. Instead of going back on stanozolol, I came off completely for 3 weeks because I had a lab draw for my annual check up. My doc does not know that I suppress my SHBG with low dose anabolics. She's progressive and very supportive of my TRT program, but I don't think she's ready or will to go that far. It's too far off of mainstream medicine. Anyway, my SHBG shot up to it's highest levels ever at 94.4 (normal range 19.3-76.4). Numerous prior labs showed my SHBG to hover around 75-80. I'm not sure if the extra 10-15 points was rebound or just a progression in my ever increasing SHBG levels.

In another thread, I posted on a study that showed that thyroid hormone supplementation can stimulate SHBG and my observation that my high SHBG progressively increased to higher levels after I started and then progressively increased my Armour Thyroid dose over the past 5 or so years. So, the bump up in SHBG might have been expected. I've decreased my Armour Thyroid dose, which has allowed me to drop my Stanozolol dose down to 5 mg per day. This was good in that it also brought my liver labs well within normal range. Higher doses of either Anavar or Stanozolol tend to push my liver labs slightly above normal.

I've got some labs coming up in a few weeks to see if I can replicate the last set of labs that show that my sweet spot is 5 mg Stanozolol and 60 mg Armour Thyroid. I'll evaluate then if I want to lower the Armour any further. It's all a delicate balance and takes time and labs to figure out.