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Bloodwork help-Total T, Free T, DHT, Estradiol all low
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<blockquote data-quote="angry polak" data-source="post: 83312" data-attributes="member: 16144"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #333333">Ok, so I have some updates.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #333333">I did a 4 point cortisol test in August. All results were in range. 1st AM measurement was a bit below the average, but in range. Everything else plotted pretty much along the average curve.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #333333">I got my bloods run again last week. All of my elevated liver values were back in range. My hormone panel improved, though I'm not sure how I feel about that. My LH and FSH went up. I had a nearly 50% improvement in total test and all the cascading values were up as well. However, I don't feel appreciably different than I did when I tested in July. From what I've read on here, I'm wondering if it's because my T/E ratio doesn't look to have changed much even though all the numbers are up. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #333333"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #333333">All in all, I'm kind of unsure if I should be happy with my results or still look to speak with an Endo.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #333333">Changes I made to get these results: added probiotic, upped saturated and mono fat macros, ran NAC for 30 days (as a just in case for elevated liver values), and added DHEA (50mg) and pregnenolone (15mg).</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #333333">Both tests were taken at 8:00 on a Monday morning. Both tests were taken fasted. Both tests were taken nearly 72 hours from my last gym session.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #333333">Test--7/12/17 Results--10/2/17 Results</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #333333">LH--1.9--4.8</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #333333">FSH--3.0--5.4</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #333333">Total Test--330--472.8</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #333333">Free Test--4.3--10.5</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #333333">Estradiol--<5.1*--10.3</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #333333">DHEAS--155--228.8</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #333333">SHBG--30.1--33.5</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #333333">*I didn't take the sensitive test for estradiol in July.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #333333"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #333333">I know I'm not the first to go down this road, so any thoughts or feedback are appreciated.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="angry polak, post: 83312, member: 16144"] [FONT=arial][SIZE=3][COLOR=#333333]Ok, so I have some updates.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]I did a 4 point cortisol test in August. All results were in range. 1st AM measurement was a bit below the average, but in range. Everything else plotted pretty much along the average curve.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]I got my bloods run again last week. All of my elevated liver values were back in range. My hormone panel improved, though I'm not sure how I feel about that. My LH and FSH went up. I had a nearly 50% improvement in total test and all the cascading values were up as well. However, I don't feel appreciably different than I did when I tested in July. From what I've read on here, I'm wondering if it's because my T/E ratio doesn't look to have changed much even though all the numbers are up. All in all, I'm kind of unsure if I should be happy with my results or still look to speak with an Endo.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]Changes I made to get these results: added probiotic, upped saturated and mono fat macros, ran NAC for 30 days (as a just in case for elevated liver values), and added DHEA (50mg) and pregnenolone (15mg).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]Both tests were taken at 8:00 on a Monday morning. Both tests were taken fasted. Both tests were taken nearly 72 hours from my last gym session.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]Test--7/12/17 Results--10/2/17 Results[/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]LH--1.9--4.8[/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]FSH--3.0--5.4[/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]Total Test--330--472.8[/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]Free Test--4.3--10.5[/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]Estradiol--<5.1*--10.3[/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]DHEAS--155--228.8[/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]SHBG--30.1--33.5[/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]*I didn't take the sensitive test for estradiol in July. I know I'm not the first to go down this road, so any thoughts or feedback are appreciated.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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