hey im pretty new here and been dealing with stuff like low focus motivation just feeling kinda off in general so i figured id get my bloodwork done and see whats going on
my results came back at total test 317 ng/dl shbg is 17 nmol/l and free test is 8.8 ng/dl
not really sure how bad this actually is or if its just on the low end of normal but ive been feeling it day to day
just wondering what you guys think about numbers like this and if this is the kind of situation where people usually consider going on test or if im overthinking it
317 with symptoms is one of those annoying spots where you’re “technically normal” on paper but still can feel like absolute garbage in real life. before jumping straight to test id honestly look hard at sleep stress calories vitamin d thyroid all that boring stuff first because once you hop on TRT it can turn into a lifetime thing real quick. definitely worth getting a second morning test too because one random blood draw can be misleading as hell.
317 isn’t “crashed” but with symptoms it’s definitely that low normal range where people feel off. i’d recheck labs and rule out sleep, stress, thyroid stuff first before thinking test. if it still looks like that on repeat, then it’s usually when TRT starts getting discussed.
