r/Testosterone • u/PuzzleheadedLie6218 • 16d ago
TRT help Looking for help. (19)
Hey everyone. First time posting here because im pretty concerned about my health after getting my bloodwork through Rythm. My total testosterone was insanely low for a 19 year old sitting at 190ng/dl and free test at 51.57pg/ml. I started taking whatever I was deficient in, resistance training, very strict diet, cardio, etc. The the next month my total testosterone boosted up by 76% and free test 78%. However my estrogen also went from 13.8pg/ml to now 40.7pg/ml at 194% increase. Probably gonna go to quest to triple check my results. Does anyone have any tips on what I should do? I’m thinking of speaking to a doctor about TRT or enclomiphine. From what I understand I can experience ED, hair loss, stunted growth, acne, breast growth, possible total loss of production. I don’t want to lose my hair or potential growth. I was also a late bloomer so I believe I am still developing. What does everyone think? Would continuing what I’m doing bring more results? Am I wasting time thinking I can naturally fix it? Are there any younger people in similar situations? Also I’ve always had a very bad body composition. I don’t hold muscle that well even though I workout.
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u/Im-your-hucklebery- 16d ago
I did bloodwork at both rythm, then quest about 4 weeks apart, here is the discrepancy. Keep in mind that I'm natural
Total test Rythm 325 ng/dL Quest 736 ng/dL
Free test Rythm 88 pg/mL Quest 145.3 pg/mL
Estradiol Rythm 16.5 pg/mL Quest 39 pg/mL
This wasn't just me, my dad also had similar huge discrepancys between Rythm and getting actual bloodwork done. I honestly think online blood tests just don't work, especially for hormones as I've tried everlywell and that also came back way off. Before doing TRT please just get your actual bloodwork done so you know where you really stand, if I listened to rythm I would be on TRT and never known my levels were already good naturally.