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Testosterone Replacement, Low T, HCG, & Beyond
Blood Test Discussion
New Guy Here. TRT has been prescribed--but does my bloodwork warrant it?
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<blockquote data-quote="Vettester Chris" data-source="post: 11061" data-attributes="member: 696"><p>Gizmo, I view it as your thyroid is providing more than adequate motivation for the thyrotrope cells in the pituitary to produce TSH. However, the pituitary (for whatever reason) is not responding to the feedback loop when thyroid hormone is low. </p><p></p><p>The correlation between your adrenals and the pituitary is ACTH, which also secretes from the anterior pituitary and works on a negative feedback loop with the adrenals. </p><p></p><p>As I see it, you have two (2) key issues that are no brainer (sorry for the pun) pointing directly to the pituitary (gonadotropins for test, fatigued production of TSH for thyroid), and one questionable issue with cortisol that could very well be impacted by ACTH secretion; all HPTA related.</p><p></p><p> Also noticed your potassium is elevated, which should prompt your physician to look in the lines of Addison's. I would think that itself would prompt an ACTH assay, along with aldosterone .. I could be wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vettester Chris, post: 11061, member: 696"] Gizmo, I view it as your thyroid is providing more than adequate motivation for the thyrotrope cells in the pituitary to produce TSH. However, the pituitary (for whatever reason) is not responding to the feedback loop when thyroid hormone is low. The correlation between your adrenals and the pituitary is ACTH, which also secretes from the anterior pituitary and works on a negative feedback loop with the adrenals. As I see it, you have two (2) key issues that are no brainer (sorry for the pun) pointing directly to the pituitary (gonadotropins for test, fatigued production of TSH for thyroid), and one questionable issue with cortisol that could very well be impacted by ACTH secretion; all HPTA related. Also noticed your potassium is elevated, which should prompt your physician to look in the lines of Addison's. I would think that itself would prompt an ACTH assay, along with aldosterone .. I could be wrong. [/QUOTE]
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Testosterone Replacement, Low T, HCG, & Beyond
Blood Test Discussion
New Guy Here. TRT has been prescribed--but does my bloodwork warrant it?
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