I had my follow up with Dr. Calkins on Wednesday afternoon. He did a really good job of listening to me and how I was feeling, not just my lab numbers. He did like how my labs looked overall. He actually said they were really good for being just over two months in. I agree with that sentiment as well. He did say after listening to my issues and reviewing my labs, that my libido anxiety and short temper issues were due to slightly high estrogen. He said based on my lowish SHBG, my estrogen probably is optimal between 20-30, most likely closer to 30.
His suggestion was to take 1/2 of a .125 AI pill with each of my shots to see if that small amount fixes the issue. He said if after two weeks I see no improvement, take a full pill with my Monday and Friday shots.
As far as sleep, he felt my DHEA level is most likely the culprit, he said it’s probably 1/2 of where it needs to be. He described my sleep pattern to a T before I went into detail on it. He said to try 10 mg a night before bed to start,and to up it to 20 in two weeks if I see no improvement. I purchased som micronized DHEA, Pure Brand.
I felt good after the appointment and was ready to go. Then on Thursday, I started to feel like garbage. Headaches, muscle soreness and cramping. I felt awful Thursday night and knew it had to be my blood pressure. Today I used my machine at the local CVS around 12:30 and my BP was 148/85, 138/78 and 128/84 with three strait tests a minute apart. I did my injection this morning about 8AM, and have not started any DHEA yet. I went and worked out and felt good during my weights and cardio. Tested again on the way home and my BP was 131/77 and 127/75. I decided to go one more time in the late afternoon, and my BP was 148/90, 139/89 and 136/88.
I got home late Tuesday night from a week in Colorado, and I was at a 5000 foot altitude the whole time, and never had a single symptom while working out the whole trip. I do have some post nasal drip and have sneezed some the last two days, so my first thought was maybe Covid since I was flying and traveling. At home test came back negative today, but I do have some sort of mild virus. Before bed, I took 450 mg of magnesium citrate, and that did help my soreness in my neck and leg muscles a good bit.
I’m not sure what is going on, but it is very discouraging and have come out of nowhere. Those BP readings are pretty scary, and I’m close to going to urgent care at my GP practice this weekend if it does not go down. I don’t feel like BP readings with these kind of physical symptoms are anything to play with for very long. Any thoughts?
