I’m 24 years old. I’ve always suspected low T. I have a baby face, very little facial hair or body hair, I had a delayed pubert, I have chronic insomnia, I have difficulty concentrating and remembering things, and I have ED/sexual dysfunction.
At the age of 19 I went to an endocrinologist for growth hormone deficiency and got the following testosterone results back (my growth hormone was indeed below range, but I was told because my growth plates had closed there was no point in doing anything):
22/07/2014
She said T was normal for my age. Because growth hormone had come out low, she requested a second blood test. For this second blood test I only got 2-3 hours sleep to keep my IGF-1 low (stupid, I know, but I was a desperate 160cm 19 year old).
Anyway I’m saying this to mean take my next bloods with a pinch of salt maybe? I was sleep deprived and I guess that effects T.
26/08/2014
Since then, my symptoms listed in paragraph 1 have only got worse. But I have made a lot of positive lifestyle changes. I’ve done everything imaginable to increase T naturally.
I got tests done again with a different endo 26/10/2018
My question is: will taking clomid (or any other PCT drugs) have any effect on restarting natural T production if it have been 4 years since my “cycle”? And is 6-8 weeks of Test Enth with no PCT enough to suppress my natural T levels?
At the age of 19 I went to an endocrinologist for growth hormone deficiency and got the following testosterone results back (my growth hormone was indeed below range, but I was told because my growth plates had closed there was no point in doing anything):
22/07/2014
- Testosterone: 16 nmol (7.6-31.4) - converts to 461 ng/dL
- LH: 2.3 IU/L (1.7-8.6)
- FSH: 3.3 IU/L (1.5-12.4)
- Free T3: 5.0 pmol/L (3.5-7.7)
She said T was normal for my age. Because growth hormone had come out low, she requested a second blood test. For this second blood test I only got 2-3 hours sleep to keep my IGF-1 low (stupid, I know, but I was a desperate 160cm 19 year old).
Anyway I’m saying this to mean take my next bloods with a pinch of salt maybe? I was sleep deprived and I guess that effects T.
26/08/2014
- Testosterone: 9.38 nmol (7.6-31.4) - converts to 270 ng/dL
- LH: 1.4
- FSH: 3.2
- Free T3: 5.8
- Free T4: 17.1
- TSH: 3.25
- SHBH: 24
Since then, my symptoms listed in paragraph 1 have only got worse. But I have made a lot of positive lifestyle changes. I’ve done everything imaginable to increase T naturally.
I got tests done again with a different endo 26/10/2018
- Testosterone: 11.90 nmol/L (9-30) - converts to 343 ng/dL
- LH: 4.0
- FSH: 4.2
- SHBH: 26
My question is: will taking clomid (or any other PCT drugs) have any effect on restarting natural T production if it have been 4 years since my “cycle”? And is 6-8 weeks of Test Enth with no PCT enough to suppress my natural T levels?