Thyroid lab ranges are mostly useless.
TSH should be closer to 1.0
Thyroid must have iodine to function. What is your history of using iodized salt? Doctors never ask…
Thyroid manages your metabolic rate hour to hour via fT3 the active hormone which was not tested. Please test fT3, ft4.
#See last paragraph to self eval overall thyroid function.
free T, FT, is typically around 2%, so not your problem.
Get labs for FT absolute, do not care about %
With low-T, you need to test LH/FSH to determine is problem is pituitary or testes.
Vit-D is very critical. Please find 5000iu Vit-D3 tiny oil based capsules and take 25,000iu first 5 days and 5000iu thereafter.
If you can get a progesterone cream and apply a small amount to your wrists, this may increase cortisol. In the adrenals progesterone–>cortisol.
If you are using a statin drug to lower cholesterol, in some people, this causes a CoQ10 deficiency that can cause very low energy levels.
TRT will make your sleep apnea or snoring worse.
Where are you located?
Please post other blood work with ranges.
We need more info about you, see first sticky below.
Please read the stickies found here: About the T Replacement Category - #2 by KSman
- advice for new guys - need more info about you
- things that damage your hormones
- protocol for injections
- finding a TRT doc
Evaluate your overall thyroid function by checking oral body temperatures as per the thyroid basics sticky. Thyroid hormone fT3 is what gets the job done and it regulates mitochondrial activity, the source of ATP which is the universal currency of cellular energy. This is part of the body’s temperature control loop. This can get messed up if you are iodine deficient. In many countries, you need to be using iodized salt. Other countries add iodine to dairy or bread.
KSman is simply a regular member on this site. Nothing more other than highly active.