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Agree, that was a strange one, I do run usually on the high edge but never that high. Just wonder if I ate a piece of candy or gum or something that I forgot about. It will definitely get done again though

I've done both a total cortisol serum test which was in normal range and I also did a saliva cortisol test over the course of a day and they all came back normal. Is the adrenal stress test a different test all together?

This is the second thyroid blood tests that shows those high. But if I had an autoimmune like Hoshimoto's wouldn't it throw all my other thyroid numbers off?

My primary has kept an eye on my liver enzymes for many years even before TRT they were not great. He was never too concerned until they 'tripled' what they should be. However, I recently had an ultrasound of my gallbladder and liver for something unrelated and gastro told me I had fatty...

This has been probably the worst 4 months of my life in regards to fatigue, mental fog, motivation, etc... Both my primary and Defy have been open to different ideas and suggestions and so far we have not nailed it. Most recently my primary suggested depression/anxiety and started me on a low...

Never been told that and also never have had my TPO checked before either

MISTYPE, please forgive! What I should have said (and I'll see if I can edit) is that I went back to my 1/2 grain and not the 1 grain. I was taking the med, just not at the new dosage for fear of it causing the anxiety. Still I know it would have been better to get a reading with the current...

Thanks for the reply. I should have stated that I had not taken my 1grain Armour for a 2 mornings because I guessed that I had gone Hyperthyroid and that is what caused my anxiety (I'm not talking basic anxiety, I'm talking can't get off the couch, body tremor type) but I did take my usual 1/2...

Recently have been battling some anxiety/depression type symptoms. Do not believe they are tied to my HRT because things have been steady and consistent in the last 4 years (but never say never right!?) My primary wanted me to do a FULL thyroid panel to see where I stood. He knows, and accepts...

gotcha! hematocrit and RBC is really the only thing that goes up on mine. Platelets stay in normal range. Doc does have me taking two fish oil pills a day just to keep things nice and slick

Yes, I was wanting to take a little different approach. So many times we post (myself included) how we feel or what symptoms we are having then our blood tests. It is easy then to point to something and say "there is your issue" because we already know the end result (the symptom). I just wanted...

Interesting you say misdiagnosed PolyCythemia as the risk of high hematocrit, RBC and hemoglobin is what spooks most TRT doctors and patients. When I first started HRT, my hematocrit and RBC shot up into what I was told was dangerous regions and that I needed to donate blood to keep those down...

I've been on HRT for a number of years overseen by Defy Medical and things have went well. However, something changed over the past couple of months that I could not figure out. So I went and had a bunch of labs done through Discounted Labs. I do not want to tell you what I have going on that's...

Thanks, I'll look into Ferritin because I do not think that is something they commonly run on blood tests. How did you get it back up?

Sorry, that should have read "I WASN'T hoping for something bad" But if at least I would have seen a number way off the scale (high or low) it would give me something to pin the issue on and possibly correct. For example, if my Testosterone would have been 1400 than I could have said "whoa, that...