Please read these stickies found here: About the T Replacement Category - #2 by KSman
- advice for new guys
- things that damage your hormones
- protocol for injections
- finding a TRT doc
Post all thyroid labs with numbers. “Normal” thyroid numbers are meaningless.
Do you get cold easily?
Have you been using iodized salt to support thyroid function?
We see a lot of cases with low-T where low thyroid function is also a problem and perhaps a cause.
You cannot directly manipulate SHBG. SHBG is made in the liver to scavenge hormones from the blood. So we are interested in anything that may affect the liver such as alcohol, Rx and OTC drugs, toxins etc.
Labs: - always need ranges
TT
FT
E2
LH/FSH
prolactin
CBC
hematocrit
AST/ALT
TSH
fT3
fT4 [please not T3, T4]
There is a genetic test for this: Klinefelter syndrome - Wikipedia
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