Estradiol Sensitive worth it?

[flashpass123]

Getting some blood work done tomorrow and I’ve done both the regular and estradiol sensitive in the past. I know the estradiol sensitive gives you a more accurate reading but I’ve been able to get an idea of where I like my estro to be just fine based off the regular estradiol test.

I’d like the gear bros opinion on if they feel like getting the estradiol sensitive test is actually worth it to them and why.

 

[MikeAlstott]

Maybe in some circumstances, but if you’ve been getting the normal one all this time if you switch then you’re going to be comparing a normal to a sensitive. So it might make dialing in your levels different. Why fix it if it ain’t broken?

 

[dexes]

Ultrasensitive garuntees accuracy and is the only accurate way to get estrogen levels on tren. Not really sure why you wouldnt just get the ultrasensitive.

 

[unclecurley]

always get the sensitive one for accuracy sake

 

[Bcuzimbatman]

Why is it the only way to check estro in tren? What about after recently ending Tren a cycle? And do regular doctors offer ultra sensitive?

 

[FixerUpper]

In my experience, it’s ABSOLUTELY worth it.

A few years back my doctor ordered both estradiol assays on my labs, on 5 separate occasions. It was shocking how inaccurate the standard assay was when compared to the sensitive. It was easy to see how somebody could potentially end up hurting themselves by basing their treatment around the results from the standard test.

On 2 of those 5 sets of labs, the standard assay showed my estradiol to be well within the normal reference range, while the sensitive assay showed my estradiol to be “< 5 pg/ml”…or, undetectable.

There were significant discrepancies between the results on other 3 instances as well.

The standard assay is serviceable, but still not perfect, when your estradiol levels are pretty high. But the test becomes increasingly less accurate when dealing with lower blood levels of the hormone.

 

[MikeAlstott]

FixerUpper" pid='63062' dateline='1564512700:

In my experience, it’s ABSOLUTELY worth it.

A few years back my doctor ordered both estradiol assays on my labs, on 5 separate occasions. It was shocking how inaccurate the standard assay was when compared to the sensitive. It was easy to see how somebody could potentially end up hurting themselves by basing their treatment around the results from the standard test.

On 2 of those 5 sets of labs, the standard assay showed my estradiol to be well within the normal reference range, while the sensitive assay showed my estradiol to be “< 5 pg/ml”…or, undetectable.

There were significant discrepancies between the results on other 3 instances as well.

The standard assay is serviceable, but still not perfect, when your estradiol levels are pretty high. But the test becomes increasingly less accurate when dealing with lower blood levels of the hormone.

What was the sensitive reading?

 

[FixerUpper]

MikeAlstott" pid='63085' dateline='1564530790:

FixerUpper" pid='63062' dateline='1564512700:

In my experience, it’s ABSOLUTELY worth it.

A few years back my doctor ordered both estradiol assays on my labs, on 5 separate occasions. It was shocking how inaccurate the standard assay was when compared to the sensitive. It was easy to see how somebody could potentially end up hurting themselves by basing their treatment around the results from the standard test.

On 2 of those 5 sets of labs, the standard assay showed my estradiol to be well within the normal reference range, while the sensitive assay showed my estradiol to be “< 5 pg/ml”…or, undetectable.

There were significant discrepancies between the results on other 3 instances as well.

The standard assay is serviceable, but still not perfect, when your estradiol levels are pretty high. But the test becomes increasingly less accurate when dealing with lower blood levels of the hormone.

What was the sensitive reading?

See the bolded text.

 

[FixerUpper]

MikeAlstott" pid='63085' dateline='1564530790:

FixerUpper" pid='63062' dateline='1564512700:

In my experience, it’s ABSOLUTELY worth it.

A few years back my doctor ordered both estradiol assays on my labs, on 5 separate occasions. It was shocking how inaccurate the standard assay was when compared to the sensitive. It was easy to see how somebody could potentially end up hurting themselves by basing their treatment around the results from the standard test.

On 2 of those 5 sets of labs, the standard assay showed my estradiol to be well within the normal reference range, while the sensitive assay showed my estradiol to be “< 5 pg/ml”…or, undetectable.

There were significant discrepancies between the results on other 3 instances as well.

The standard assay is serviceable, but still not perfect, when your estradiol levels are pretty high. But the test becomes increasingly less accurate when dealing with lower blood levels of the hormone.

What was the sensitive reading?

For which set of labs?

On the labs that I referenced in the bolded text above…the standard test result was 23 pg/ml, the sensitive test result was <5 pg/ml, which means that it was too low to even be detectable.