thingsvarious
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I am a medical student in my last year. For a few years I have been replacing ALL of my hormones. It started out with just TRT at 22. Then I found out that all my other hormones are low as well.
In early twenties my life was starting to go down the gutter. My life started to fall apart in every domain. I started multiple hormone replacement. Whereas before my life was a nightmare, it has been a dream ever since. I have been doing this for some years now.
My question.As I am in my mid twenties, do you think this is sustainable for decades (see below)? Will my healthspan increase or decrease because of it? I am new to this group but I have been lurking for some time and found some great info. So I´d be curious what some experienced and qualified guys think.
You can´t outdrug/outbiohack/outlifestyle a bad hormonal profile.
What I take. YEARS of trial and error to device this protocol
Everyone is different, but the target range I aim for is in the upper tertile of the youthful reference range. Just falling somewhere within the reference range is not “optimal”. The reference range covers 95% of the population. Certainly more than 5% of the population have hormones bad enough to warrant intervention.
Before hormone replacement I was trying out every nootropic under the sun (modafinil, caffeine, shitty racetams, small doses of MTP, ephedrine). Now I don´t need any (sometimes a little nicotine gum while studying). My cognition is now almost always sharp, no brain fog, great energy, motivated. The combo of good sleep + cardio + keto + good hormones is much healthier and more sustainable than any stims/nootropics. Too bad that so many people focus just on supps and nootropics.
I do everyhing mostly myself because many (not all) endocrinologists are ***t. Once I found what works, taking all these hormones takes less than 5min per day and no thought whatsoever. Tiny price for a huge prize.
I am supervised by doctors, but if I took what they prescribed, massive potential wellbeing/performance/health would be left behind (stupid tradeoff for a small risk). They´d treat my thyroid with just T4. They´d use 30mg HC for adrenals (way too high -out of fear for a potential adrenal crisis. SMFH.). Testogel for sex hormones, (skin cream very bad for DHT), because it is much more convenient then injections. No AI. No growth hormone, because “it is bad for cancer” (SMFH even more). So in summary they´d be replacing every single hypothalamic axis suoptimally.
I run extensive blood tests.
I wrote about my experience here.
My goal: to find a great balance between performance/wellbeing and health/longevity.
My question. I am new to this group but I have been lurking for some time and found some great info. So I´d be curious what you guys think. As I am in my mid twenties, do you think this is sustainable for decades? Will my healthspan increase or decrease because of it?
If you have any questions hit me up.
In early twenties my life was starting to go down the gutter. My life started to fall apart in every domain. I started multiple hormone replacement. Whereas before my life was a nightmare, it has been a dream ever since. I have been doing this for some years now.
My question.As I am in my mid twenties, do you think this is sustainable for decades (see below)? Will my healthspan increase or decrease because of it? I am new to this group but I have been lurking for some time and found some great info. So I´d be curious what some experienced and qualified guys think.
You can´t outdrug/outbiohack/outlifestyle a bad hormonal profile.
What I take. YEARS of trial and error to device this protocol
Everyone is different, but the target range I aim for is in the upper tertile of the youthful reference range. Just falling somewhere within the reference range is not “optimal”. The reference range covers 95% of the population. Certainly more than 5% of the population have hormones bad enough to warrant intervention.
- TRT: Test Cyp (50mg subQ 2x/week), HcG (250iu subQ 2x/week), anastrozole (0.25mg 1x/week), dutasteride 0.5mg 1x/week (as my androgens are high I don´t need the DHT).
- cortisol: cortisone acetate (20mg/d HC equivalent) (split into 4 daily doses)
- thyroid: 1.25 grains NDT + 6.25mcg T3 (a few hours later in the day)
- GH: 1iu genotropin pfizer (aiming for IGF1 of 250) prebed
- fludrocortisone 01.mg/d morning
- melatonin: 0.25mg sublingual prebed
Before hormone replacement I was trying out every nootropic under the sun (modafinil, caffeine, shitty racetams, small doses of MTP, ephedrine). Now I don´t need any (sometimes a little nicotine gum while studying). My cognition is now almost always sharp, no brain fog, great energy, motivated. The combo of good sleep + cardio + keto + good hormones is much healthier and more sustainable than any stims/nootropics. Too bad that so many people focus just on supps and nootropics.
I do everyhing mostly myself because many (not all) endocrinologists are ***t. Once I found what works, taking all these hormones takes less than 5min per day and no thought whatsoever. Tiny price for a huge prize.
I am supervised by doctors, but if I took what they prescribed, massive potential wellbeing/performance/health would be left behind (stupid tradeoff for a small risk). They´d treat my thyroid with just T4. They´d use 30mg HC for adrenals (way too high -out of fear for a potential adrenal crisis. SMFH.). Testogel for sex hormones, (skin cream very bad for DHT), because it is much more convenient then injections. No AI. No growth hormone, because “it is bad for cancer” (SMFH even more). So in summary they´d be replacing every single hypothalamic axis suoptimally.
I run extensive blood tests.
I wrote about my experience here.
My goal: to find a great balance between performance/wellbeing and health/longevity.
My question. I am new to this group but I have been lurking for some time and found some great info. So I´d be curious what you guys think. As I am in my mid twenties, do you think this is sustainable for decades? Will my healthspan increase or decrease because of it?
If you have any questions hit me up.