Inceased activity and TRT...

[Magnus]

I'm wondering if substantially increased activity will mess with my T dose (lower it quicker). I know that happens with Insulin and increased activities for Diabetics and so that's what got me thinking about this, if it works in the same or similar way with T (they're both anabolic hormones so its not far-fetched at all that they may work in similar pathways to 'stress' or more physically demanding activities). I can't find ANYTHING on this, I keep being taken to abuser sources and not TRT sources and which are obviously not the same at all.

Normally, weight lifting in particular raises T levels... but that obviously won't happen in our case, or for anyone else on TRT (whose bodies do not have the capacity to make its own anymore; inducing us). I'm thinking that happens because lifting itself demands more T, hence the body otherwise would raise its own levels both during and after. IF that is the way of it, then that would result in a dose increase being necessary, to keep the levels stable throughout the full "cycle" (dose interval)... right?

I'm not looking to abuse, I'm only looking for information on how increasing activity (HIIT weight lifting in particular) will affect a presently stable TRT dose (currently little to no activity), so I know what to expect and what to ask for in my upcoming appointment regarding this (if I'll have to ask for T levels to be run again to get it back up to my target TT range if it does get screwed).

I'll definitely ask about this in my upcoming Endo appointment, and share, but until then I'd like to know if anyone has ANY information on this that they're willing to share first.

[Kreuzfidel]

This is actually a very good question and one that I would also be interested in learning the answer to.  Please share what information your endo provides (if any) when you're able.  I don't have anything to add as far as knowledge goes - but I would hope that HITT would not decrease our levels of T because it's something that I am doing myself and don't want to skew my levels. 

[Magnus]

The appointment was a complete waste of time. He claimed he wouldn't be able to help me, despite the fact that monitoring our TRT is 100% identical to monitoring an XY male on TRT, which you know damn well every Endocrinologist has done and knows full well how to do. We didn't have a choice about which one I would be referred out to so, yeah. Instead I was recommended to try and find a college or somewhere else that "handles you people" (like they'll accept my insurance lol). So I have no answer and he wouldn't order labs either. He just straight wanted to wash his hands of me, is basically what happened.

I'm at a safe and stable level right now, but its not fine-tuned. I need to know where my Estradiol is for that (if its too high from the T converting it'll be slowing everything down). The optimum is to find the highest TT but with the minimal Estrodiol. The PA I have won't order that one to find out if its also in a good range or not (same for serum Insulin which I've really needed to know what's happening with that). That was the foremost of what I needed out of this appointment, as well as to ask this question and he wouldn't even answer that.

Honestly, if you can't uphold the HIPPOCRATIC OATH and keep your PERSONAL BELIEFS from jeopardizing patient care and safety, then you have NO BUSINESS practicing medicine at all. That's really bull->-bleeped-<-... and in California, no less.

So now I have no idea what to do, other than I guess looking for their Endocrinologists and calling them all up to find out which ones are and are not going to be jerks and waste my time and then have to argue with their coordinator to book me with a specific one (if they'll even do that). If they even have more than this one guy (doubtful). Let's just say I hope to never have a real medical problem under this 'healthcare' because they don't have the competency to handle real medicine, and apparently they can also pick and choose purely for personal reasons, who they will and will not actually do anything for... what the hell is that? Seriously, IN AMERICA?!