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About to start TRT - should I?
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<blockquote data-quote="FedUpAlready" data-source="post: 178433" data-attributes="member: 40740"><p>Thank-you for all the replies. I'd love to get to the bottom of the high SHBG and fix this more naturally, and there are some good suggestions here.</p><p></p><p>I'd researched this when the results came back to try to find out the causes, and the primary ones seem to be liver disease (associated blood test results, below, indicate this is unlikely), hyperthyroidism (results presented in the original post don't show this), anorexia (ehhhh no LOL), Estrogen use (nope), and hypogonadism.</p><p></p><p>ALT: 26 IU/L - range 0-44</p><p>AST: 21 IU/L - range 0-40</p><p>ALP: 68 IU/L - range 39-117</p><p>Albumin: 4.5 g/dL - range 4.0-5.0 </p><p>Bilirubin: 0.4 mg/dL - range 0.0-1.2</p><p></p><p>It's especially frustrating because I'm clearly able to produce decent levels of testosterone, and the very high LH level seems to suggest that my body knows it needs more to be available, but it's offset with the sky high SHBG.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Vitamin D was checked and came back pretty good - I supplement with 5,000 iU daily:</p><p></p><p>Vitamin D, 25-Hydroxy: 49.2 ng/mL - range 30.0-100.0 </p><p></p><p>Zinc and Magnesium weren't checked, and unfortunately I can't order my own tests because RI is one of the nanny states that won't permit it. Apparently "my body, my choice" only applies to certain demographics. I will see if I can get my doctor to order those. They'd be of great interest as PPI use is associated with malabsorption of both. Actually a full vitamin and mineral workup may well be in order. The more I think about it, the more I wonder if the long-term PPI use is at the root of a lot of these issues.</p><p></p><p>I'm going to try Boron at 10-12 mg per day along with hopefully kicking the PPIs and getting Zinc / Magnesium checked.</p><p></p><p>Thanks again for all of the input!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FedUpAlready, post: 178433, member: 40740"] Thank-you for all the replies. I'd love to get to the bottom of the high SHBG and fix this more naturally, and there are some good suggestions here. I'd researched this when the results came back to try to find out the causes, and the primary ones seem to be liver disease (associated blood test results, below, indicate this is unlikely), hyperthyroidism (results presented in the original post don't show this), anorexia (ehhhh no LOL), Estrogen use (nope), and hypogonadism. ALT: 26 IU/L - range 0-44 AST: 21 IU/L - range 0-40 ALP: 68 IU/L - range 39-117 Albumin: 4.5 g/dL - range 4.0-5.0 Bilirubin: 0.4 mg/dL - range 0.0-1.2 It's especially frustrating because I'm clearly able to produce decent levels of testosterone, and the very high LH level seems to suggest that my body knows it needs more to be available, but it's offset with the sky high SHBG. Vitamin D was checked and came back pretty good - I supplement with 5,000 iU daily: Vitamin D, 25-Hydroxy: 49.2 ng/mL - range 30.0-100.0 Zinc and Magnesium weren't checked, and unfortunately I can't order my own tests because RI is one of the nanny states that won't permit it. Apparently "my body, my choice" only applies to certain demographics. I will see if I can get my doctor to order those. They'd be of great interest as PPI use is associated with malabsorption of both. Actually a full vitamin and mineral workup may well be in order. The more I think about it, the more I wonder if the long-term PPI use is at the root of a lot of these issues. I'm going to try Boron at 10-12 mg per day along with hopefully kicking the PPIs and getting Zinc / Magnesium checked. Thanks again for all of the input! [/QUOTE]
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