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I read somewhere that high estrogen causes hypothyroidism. My TSH went down after going TRT. Will post my labs and references when I get home.

Have not taken the AI for a week. My knees don't make a sound anymore but one of them aches. (I've had problems with that knee before). I should also add that my libido has been low and inconsistent on TRT. Coffee and modafinil (which I don't take often) increase my libido so it may be that I...

LOL Well, my beard is getting close to my eyes and my ears are getting covered in hair. Unsettling.

DHEA has an amazing effect on me. It improves my libido and boosts my confidence and swagger to a degree that girls easily notice it. It's like it gives me a "sexual aura", no kidding. BUT BUT BUT it also causes my facial hair to increase and that's not anything good for someone who is already...

As far as I can remember I've hardly ever felt great. I've almost always had a feeling of fatigue, as if there is a weight on my shoulders. This has had a negative impact both on my personal and social lives. From my mid 20s on I've had muscle pain too although not always. I sometimes took...

The label says D3 and I got it from a compounding pharmacy.

It's D3 and the dosage is 25000 IU once a week. I take magnesium too. "Vitamin D Injections really benefit your doctor’s pocketbook more than they benefit YOU! " Ehm, it cost me $100 for 3 months supply. I don't know if I got the idea about the difference between oral and injection across. I...

So I was deficient in Vitamin D (25.8 in 30-100 and that in the summer). I told my doctor that taking high doses of D causes me fatigue (I'm not alone if you search the internet). So he suggested injectable vitamin D. I did my first injection on Tuesday with a dose of 12500 IU, IM and from...

Recently my knees have been making a clicking sound when I walk and also I feel a slight pain in my eyes. I've read that women on arimidex face such problems because estrogen is responsible for tissue development. But I take such a small dose. Confused.

0.25mg per week. I've started taking 2 drops of 1mg/ml Arimidex twice a week which I think is 0.2mg per week.

Just talked to the Doc. Said I did not need thyroid medication. Reduced the T dose to 2x40mg per week. Prescribed the 4-times saliva test, ubiquinol, a low dose of Arimidex and injectable vitamin D. There is also a sleep study I've been trying to get approved by insurance for ages. I myself...

What is that tablet called? Seems similar to ZMA. Looking again at my labs, my blood sodium, chloride and CO2 are quite high. High CO2 can be a result of adrenal dysfunction. I also have a lab from last year, before going on TRT in which fT4 and TSH were 0.98 and 2.25 respectively (in the same...

I'm thinking maybe my low morning cortisol was because I hadn't drunk coffee then (because I was fasting for the blood draw)? I wake up every night around 3-4 am and can't get back to sleep. I'm wondering if this is caused by my hormone imbalances.

Nooo, I googled it and found this: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18626269 I was on an SSRI for 3 years and stopped it in 2014 after tapering. Suddenly it was like I became 20 years older (in terms of energy, mental focus and general sense of well being). Should I sue the drug company?!

Yes, I had ferritin tested: Here is iron FROM 3 MONTHS AGO: To be clear I took Arimidex for just 10 days AFTER the tests. I have a disorder called thalassemia minor which is the cause of the unusual CBC.

Yeah only in the morning. Some of these tests, including cortisol, I asked the clinic to add and the staff just jotted them on the prescription. So you say this is adrenal insufficiency? So low T, hypothyroidism, and adrenal insufficiency. What's behind all of these? I also have a genetic...

Cortisol test was done in the morning.

What is pooling? I didn't do TPO and TgAb, just ANA and CPR which were OK. Will post my electrolyte panel and CBC shortly.

What is a good way to get enough D (apart from sunlight LOL)? Before the test I was taking a tbs of cod liver oil (800 IUs of D) and a couple of raw eggs a day but even with those my Vit D-25 HIDROX was 25.8 in a 30.0-100 range. In the past I got fatigue as a side effect of high doses (5000...

I was actually started on 2x70mg of T per weak and then my TT and E2 went through the roof. Reduced to 2x50 in January and then I myself reduced to this "whackly" one in April. The reason I didn't go for 2x45 is 1-difficult to dose with 200mg/ml T and 2-unequal number of days between the...

Forgot to mention I'm concerned about alcohol too. When my low T and poor sleep was worst, I was drinking a shot almost everyday. I've reduced it to a drink per week but am thinking I may better stop it completely.

I've been having problems with severe fatigue, insomnia (waking in the middle of the night, not feeling rested) and mental fog in the last 2 years or so. Last year around this time my total T was measured to be in the 200s. Finally I went on TRT from last November. My current regimen is...