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What would you go with??? Or what do you go with??
Recently my blood levels were slightly off in bilirubin and my GP said i need to see an endo cause he doesnt feel that online HRT clinics are worth anything and i should only go to an ENDO for anything that has to do with hormones.... Now i know and read all the bad stuff that peopled complained about endos when i was first diagonsed with Low t. I went with Maximus Hrt, I never questioned what, why or how. I was simply feeling good again after a few weeks and i was happy!
Well the hemo\crit was creeping up and i didnt know much back then and didnt think much about it. After being on 200mg every 5 days for more then 6months my RBC got high and then i found out i was supposed to be donating every 56days.. Well things were fine and i was doing good. About 6months ago from today i got some deca and peptides to try to help heal some shoulder issues i was having... I was doing 100mg of deca every 7 days and 125mg of test every5.. I was feeling great but when i went for a blood test my rbc was high along with hemo and crit plus my bilirubuin was elevated also.. GP didnt like it and told me to go see an endo.
to make this story shorter i went to an endo just to see for myself what she had to say... In an nut shell she doesnt like the online hrt clinics either and i can somewhat understand her point on it. But for now she told me not to take anything for 2months so she can get a baseline on me and see if my bilirubin levels come down. Then she also said she wanted to make sure i wasnt misdiagonsed and i dont have a problem elsewhere....
Here i sit after 3 full weeks of no test or anything here is what i notice:
:I feel run down and tired a lot lately. I run my own business and when people call i dont even wanna answer the phone.. Seriously im not depressed (yet) but my drive to work and talk to people is getting to be less and i getting worried that its only gonna get worse.. I cant lose business, i need more not less....
:My libido is going down, me and the wife had a wedding to go to last night and the kids were at her moms house, lets just say we had the house to ourselves and when we got home all i wanted to do was go to sleep............ WTF! the KIDS werent home and i went to sleep! i realized it this morning that i wasnt even wanting sex as usual and even my wife said "whats the matter"..
:I get up about 4 times a night lately to piss...... Why i dont know but maybe its the protein drink i have before bed that is doing it now.... IDK
:I dont really sleep well, but that might not be because of anything, i dont really sleep good no matter what.... especially with getting up to piss.........
muscle soreness is longer
Lifting, im still killing it in the gym which is nice. On some stuff my strength has gone up a bit but on others like legs the strength is less....
Now Ive been on for over a 1.5yrs straight and stopping cold turkey like this im sure im pretty shut down at this point and explains why im feeling this way.. Now as i said Right now at this point in time my attitude is still good and im still for the most part happy, I just cant get myself moving and focused to work anymore...
So i need opinions, should i continue with the ENDO or should i contact this HRT clinic that i found here by my house? My doc will not fill out the forms required for me to continue with HRT on demand (maximus) since he feels its doing more harm then good for me........
Also this endo doesnt believe in AI or hcg for therapy...... She said its not something in the endo guidelines and she would not prescribe it to me and if i wanted it i would have to go through someone else...
I think most of us in here know exactly what happens once that e2 builds up....... I asked how can you not provide an AI for your patients that you are prescribing test to, she said its not in the guidelines so she doesnt do it.............
This is a red flag to me....
The next time i see this endo is on the 20th of dec. I not sure if i feel this is gonna work for me. Maybe going to the HRT clinic i found by my house will be a lot better?? The question is for hrt docs, what are they exactly? are they docs like endos but trained differently? I really dont know who is over seeing my care from an online source as i never see a doc.. Im told a doc looks at it but now im wondering what it actually is..............
Recently my blood levels were slightly off in bilirubin and my GP said i need to see an endo cause he doesnt feel that online HRT clinics are worth anything and i should only go to an ENDO for anything that has to do with hormones.... Now i know and read all the bad stuff that peopled complained about endos when i was first diagonsed with Low t. I went with Maximus Hrt, I never questioned what, why or how. I was simply feeling good again after a few weeks and i was happy!
Well the hemo\crit was creeping up and i didnt know much back then and didnt think much about it. After being on 200mg every 5 days for more then 6months my RBC got high and then i found out i was supposed to be donating every 56days.. Well things were fine and i was doing good. About 6months ago from today i got some deca and peptides to try to help heal some shoulder issues i was having... I was doing 100mg of deca every 7 days and 125mg of test every5.. I was feeling great but when i went for a blood test my rbc was high along with hemo and crit plus my bilirubuin was elevated also.. GP didnt like it and told me to go see an endo.
to make this story shorter i went to an endo just to see for myself what she had to say... In an nut shell she doesnt like the online hrt clinics either and i can somewhat understand her point on it. But for now she told me not to take anything for 2months so she can get a baseline on me and see if my bilirubin levels come down. Then she also said she wanted to make sure i wasnt misdiagonsed and i dont have a problem elsewhere....
Here i sit after 3 full weeks of no test or anything here is what i notice:
:I feel run down and tired a lot lately. I run my own business and when people call i dont even wanna answer the phone.. Seriously im not depressed (yet) but my drive to work and talk to people is getting to be less and i getting worried that its only gonna get worse.. I cant lose business, i need more not less....
:My libido is going down, me and the wife had a wedding to go to last night and the kids were at her moms house, lets just say we had the house to ourselves and when we got home all i wanted to do was go to sleep............ WTF! the KIDS werent home and i went to sleep! i realized it this morning that i wasnt even wanting sex as usual and even my wife said "whats the matter"..
:I get up about 4 times a night lately to piss...... Why i dont know but maybe its the protein drink i have before bed that is doing it now.... IDK
:I dont really sleep well, but that might not be because of anything, i dont really sleep good no matter what.... especially with getting up to piss.........
muscle soreness is longer
Lifting, im still killing it in the gym which is nice. On some stuff my strength has gone up a bit but on others like legs the strength is less....
Now Ive been on for over a 1.5yrs straight and stopping cold turkey like this im sure im pretty shut down at this point and explains why im feeling this way.. Now as i said Right now at this point in time my attitude is still good and im still for the most part happy, I just cant get myself moving and focused to work anymore...
So i need opinions, should i continue with the ENDO or should i contact this HRT clinic that i found here by my house? My doc will not fill out the forms required for me to continue with HRT on demand (maximus) since he feels its doing more harm then good for me........
Also this endo doesnt believe in AI or hcg for therapy...... She said its not something in the endo guidelines and she would not prescribe it to me and if i wanted it i would have to go through someone else...
I think most of us in here know exactly what happens once that e2 builds up....... I asked how can you not provide an AI for your patients that you are prescribing test to, she said its not in the guidelines so she doesnt do it.............
This is a red flag to me....
The next time i see this endo is on the 20th of dec. I not sure if i feel this is gonna work for me. Maybe going to the HRT clinic i found by my house will be a lot better?? The question is for hrt docs, what are they exactly? are they docs like endos but trained differently? I really dont know who is over seeing my care from an online source as i never see a doc.. Im told a doc looks at it but now im wondering what it actually is..............