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I am a 26 year old male, 6 ft 4 (195) and currently at 90 kg. My whole life I have been fit and healthy, never overweight and always eaten healthy from a young age. I had my own construction business until about 2 years ago when i fell sick.
I have been having hormone problems sometime now for reasons why I am unsure. I suffered a head injury a few years ago which Drs think it stems from. Since the head injury I have been fatigued a lot of the time but things got really bad when I began supplementing a mens multi vitamin it seemed. After finishing the bottle of vitamins I noticed an ingredient I had no idea as to what it was. Saw palmetto. I googled it, first results come up ''great for mens sexual function'' '' goof for hair'' ''improves libido''. I live in the UK so you can literally buy this stuff anywhere in any health store. I got a box of it, took one pill, next morning woke with a shrunken **** that was cold to touch and many other strange symptoms.
Things seemed to improve and get better but never back to how they were. One pill of saw palmetto surely can't have done this to me? It was low dose? Anyway i went to the dr and the NHS system here is just plain painful. For a long time I was refused tests as I was young man with a beard so I must have testosterone. My dr didn't know what DHT was. I asked about prolactin for some time as well as E2 but these are hormones only women have apparently! You can see what I have been up against.
I was eventually tested for prolactin. It came in high. Ive had an MRI and i don't have a tumour.
I will attach my lab work over the past years. Please look, when I first got ill my T was higher than it is now.
I get nocturnal and morning erections most nights however they are weaker than before and disappear quickly.
I don't get any spontaneous erections which I believe prolactin to be the issue. I have trailed cabergoline which is the only thing that resolves this issue for me, however after a few weeks things wear off in terms of erection hardness. Ive read studies of Prolactin stimulating 5 alpha reductase activity. The thing is I am growing body hair all the time, I am like a chimp. I am still receding as well.
I have had my 3 adiol G tested and it is nearly over range so this shows my 5 alpha reductase activity is still good.
My symptoms as of now
Not much libido
No spontaneous Erections
Weight loss
Muscle loss especially in arms
Joint pain, hips especially. They are cracking all the time and feel extremely weak. I feel like a 90 year old man I can't move out of the chair sometimes with fear of the pain.
Slower brain functioning
Exercise intolerance, I am so fatigued all the time and have zero energy to do anything at all. If i try I gas out quickly and it will ruin my sleep for that night.
I am left with normal T, low free T, very low e2, optimal DHT, high SHBG
I am visiting my endo next week and I am going to be demanding some sort of treatment as I just keep being left to suffer. I can't do it anymore. I haven't been able to work in two years. I got fobbed off as a chronic fatigue patient that ''will recover in time''. Whether it is the head trauma or one stupid pill of saw palmetto, I want my life back. Please no go check the propecia help site out as Ive seen that and its full of doom and gloom. I want something productive!
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
I am a 26 year old male, 6 ft 4 (195) and currently at 90 kg. My whole life I have been fit and healthy, never overweight and always eaten healthy from a young age. I had my own construction business until about 2 years ago when i fell sick.
I have been having hormone problems sometime now for reasons why I am unsure. I suffered a head injury a few years ago which Drs think it stems from. Since the head injury I have been fatigued a lot of the time but things got really bad when I began supplementing a mens multi vitamin it seemed. After finishing the bottle of vitamins I noticed an ingredient I had no idea as to what it was. Saw palmetto. I googled it, first results come up ''great for mens sexual function'' '' goof for hair'' ''improves libido''. I live in the UK so you can literally buy this stuff anywhere in any health store. I got a box of it, took one pill, next morning woke with a shrunken **** that was cold to touch and many other strange symptoms.
Things seemed to improve and get better but never back to how they were. One pill of saw palmetto surely can't have done this to me? It was low dose? Anyway i went to the dr and the NHS system here is just plain painful. For a long time I was refused tests as I was young man with a beard so I must have testosterone. My dr didn't know what DHT was. I asked about prolactin for some time as well as E2 but these are hormones only women have apparently! You can see what I have been up against.
I was eventually tested for prolactin. It came in high. Ive had an MRI and i don't have a tumour.
I will attach my lab work over the past years. Please look, when I first got ill my T was higher than it is now.
I get nocturnal and morning erections most nights however they are weaker than before and disappear quickly.
I don't get any spontaneous erections which I believe prolactin to be the issue. I have trailed cabergoline which is the only thing that resolves this issue for me, however after a few weeks things wear off in terms of erection hardness. Ive read studies of Prolactin stimulating 5 alpha reductase activity. The thing is I am growing body hair all the time, I am like a chimp. I am still receding as well.
I have had my 3 adiol G tested and it is nearly over range so this shows my 5 alpha reductase activity is still good.
My symptoms as of now
Not much libido
No spontaneous Erections
Weight loss
Muscle loss especially in arms
Joint pain, hips especially. They are cracking all the time and feel extremely weak. I feel like a 90 year old man I can't move out of the chair sometimes with fear of the pain.
Slower brain functioning
Exercise intolerance, I am so fatigued all the time and have zero energy to do anything at all. If i try I gas out quickly and it will ruin my sleep for that night.
I am left with normal T, low free T, very low e2, optimal DHT, high SHBG
I am visiting my endo next week and I am going to be demanding some sort of treatment as I just keep being left to suffer. I can't do it anymore. I haven't been able to work in two years. I got fobbed off as a chronic fatigue patient that ''will recover in time''. Whether it is the head trauma or one stupid pill of saw palmetto, I want my life back. Please no go check the propecia help site out as Ive seen that and its full of doom and gloom. I want something productive!
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
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