Hi,
Had bloodwork at about 23 that showed low T, did not want to start TRT at that point as I had very few symptoms. 35 now and the low T symptoms are hitting me so had some new bloodwork done.
35 YO
6’3
180 lbs
VERY low bf
waist 31-32
normal body and facial hair
Full head of hair
Problems: fatigue, cuts heal very slow, trouble gaining muscle, starting to frequently get injured playing sports
I seem to be getting slight glucose intolerance (fasting glucose is still good due to diet/workouts), have been eating high protein, medium fat, low carb diet
here are my results:
LH 3.1 mIU/mL REF RANGE 1.7 - 8.6
TSH 3.750 uIU/mL REF RANGE .450-4.50
FT 6.2 pg/mL REF RANGE 8.7ng/dL - 25.1ng/dL (thus sub min.)
TT 529 ng/dL REF RANGE 264 ng/dL - 916 ng/dL
Estradiol sensitive 13 pg/mL REF RANGE 8 - 35
SHBG 82 nmol/L REF RANGE 16.5 - 55.9
PSA 0.4 ng/mL REF RANGE 0 - 4
fasting glucose- 91
BUN/Creatinine 27 REF RANGE 9 - 20
hematocrit 45.5 REF RANGE 37.5 - 51
Total Chol 151 mg/dL REF RANGE 100 - 199
Triglyc. 74 mg/dL REF RANGE 0 - 149
HDL 54 mg/dL REF RANGE >39
VLDL 15 mg/dL REF RANGE 5 - 40
LDL 82 mg/dL REF RANGE 0 - 99
T. chol/HDL ratio 2.8 REF RANGE 0 - 5
just took an afternoon temp, 97.7, according to sticky that doesn’t sound good, I will take more temps. Started used iodized salt/brazil nuts
Any input? TT looks okay I guess but SHBG and free T look horrible… I read somewhere on the internet that a low carb diet can raise SHBG, could that be part of the problem?