[quote]Kaynon311 wrote:
Read this for additional bloodwork.
You have a degree of secondary hypogonadism. There is an issue with your HPTA. Need to find out why. When did symptoms start? Did an important life event happe around that time?
Pay special attention to these labs:
Thyroid labs [basic first line]
-TSH
-T3 no see fT3
-T4 no see fT4
-are you getting enough iodine? probably not! http://tnation.T-Nation.com/...thryoid_problem
Adrenal labs
-Cortisol four sample saliva testing [the gold standard] (4-point cortisol) ->Tired mid-day? Awake at night?
-Pregnenolone [the foundation of the adrenal hormones and all steroid hormones *]
-DHEA [can’t make T without it] no see DHEA-S
-DHEA-S [DHEA Sulphate]
Your Vit-D is pretty low. You could take up to 10,000iu/day.
Never heard of testosterone fixing a “wub wub” sound in the head. Is it possible that you knew you had low testosterone and taking an oral testosterone gave you the “placebo effect”? I’m not doubting you. Just asking you to be honest with yourself.
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I was referring to free t3 and free t4 only. sorry for not mentioning them.
I will go for iodine, zinc test, DHEA-S, Pregnenolone and Cortisol.I will update the thread soon with lab results. thanks for the pointer given.
I started dosing vit d3 as you prescribed.
Regarding wub-wub effect , i feel its a placebo. I will confirm it by continuing testo caps for 1 week.
I have one serious and important question:
My T is low. The hypothalamus should detect this low condition and order pituitary to produce more LH/FSH. If that happens then my LH/FSH should be more. But mine came low.So one of the below 2 things can happen:
The pituitary is not functioning properly and not producing LH/FSH
The hypothalamus is not detecting low T properly and as a result not alerting pituitary to produce proportionate LH/FSH.
As said my MRI of pituitary and hypothalamus came absolutely normal.
How to find out which of these glands are not functioning properly. How to find out if there is perfect communication going on between hypothalamus and pituitary.
Hope my knowledge: hypothalamus detects low T is correct.
eagerly waiting for your reply.