optimal testosterone

Hi,

what are other hormone values you should check than testosterone?

Thanks.

I am no leading expert, you can get into complex territory looking at hormone interactions .Certainly the ration of estrogen to testosterone is worth the layman looking at . One would like to think endo's could get valur from a number of others and work the interactions out but as stated previous they fall at the first hurdle so meh.

Thanks Pegasus.

Is Estradiol same as Estrogen? Can't find thing in lab test list.

Yes.

Testosterone and Prolactin are the 2 most important things you should check.
Most of the time if Testo value is OK then the rest hormone values will be OK because they are working as a balance .
For example if prolactin or estrogens are high , then they bring the Testo down.

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Well my view is total test is the first thing to check and trry to correct . Next is T to E ratio if it gets more complex than that a GOOD endo is th one to see . Good luck with finding a good endo btw.

This has come up recently

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Originally Posted by Pegasus

I am no leading expert, you can get into complex territory looking at hormone interactions .Certainly the ration of estrogen to testosterone is worth the layman looking at . One would like to think endo's could get valur from a number of others and work the interactions out but as stated previous they fall at the first hurdle so meh.

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What is the Optimal T/E (Testosterone to Estrogen) Ratio?

As mentioned, the optimal testosterone (optimal, not average) is between 700 and 900 ng/dL. For estradiol, the optimal range is between 20 and 30 pg/ml. Although there’s no optimal T/E ratio per se, being within both of those sets of numbers would put you in the optimal range.
You can’t say the optimal ratio is say, 35 to 1 ratio, because it’s not necessarily correct. This ratio could be a 700 testosterone/ 20 estradiol (both in the optimal range – good). However, it could also be a 350 testosterone/10 estradiol (both below optimal – bad).

I was wondering if anyone would like to post their testosterone level and how they feel etc so we can get a wider range of how it tends to affect .

So far as i have seen it is rare not to have issues if your test is below 500 especially if you are young.
I would like to hear from guys woth a range of levels and how their libido is etc .

So it seems obvious it seems obvious that a hormone specialist would test for and look at factors like cortisol and dhea but then as i said previous good ones are hard to find.