In December 2017 i was getting a Ton of what felt like adrenaline releases all the time which led to palpitations and paused beats etc, i even went up A and E several times and they offered no advice. I then saw a private cardiologist and he ordered an mri and ct scan and told me to come off all testosterone and supplements and not train for 3 months. Stupidly I came off everything cold turkey for 10 weeks and it's led to me feeling horrendous, Brain fog and mental confusion (not feeling myself at all). The original palpitations and adrenaline I figured could be due to the testosterone i used, adrenal fatigue, high e2 or genuinely something wrong with my heart. The brain fog had come on several weeks after stopping the testosterone. My serum testosterone got measured very low at 4.6 (range 9 to 32) after 10 weeks off. So after 10 weeks and my mri completed (which came back ok) i decided to go back on test cyp at 175mg/week just go give me some energy and within 2 to 3 weeks i started again getting palpitations and adrenaline rushes.
A few weeks go by and my mental health is worse, dissorientation, worse short memory, confusion, headaches, brain fog and no clarity. After reading more I read perhaps low cortisol so again go to hospital and they test that, however they said it didn't matter I just ate and it didn't matter it was taken at 10.45am.
The results were 7.9 which they said is normal but I've read is low. They also tested
Thyroid tsh (2.39) and t4 (13). I questioned them on t3 and rt3 and they said they don't do it because it fluctuates to much during the day and my thyroid is fine they said :/
Now my main point.. I have read that because HPT axis is shutdown it can affect pregnenalone, I 've read that low pregnenalone can give symptoms similar to what I wrote and tying that in with low cortisol to link the two. Here's the thing, I just returned from seeing an endocrinologist and he said that shutting down the HPT axis has nothing to do with adrenals and cortisol and pregnenalone and wouldn't test my pregnenalone.
Getting tests done in the UK or private is a nightmare. I have managed to contact a lab and they said they can do tests. They will send me a venous blood test kit so I can take blood and send it back. I'm sorry for this long message but I do really need help or if anyone has had a similar experience please can you share it. Thanks in advance.
A few weeks go by and my mental health is worse, dissorientation, worse short memory, confusion, headaches, brain fog and no clarity. After reading more I read perhaps low cortisol so again go to hospital and they test that, however they said it didn't matter I just ate and it didn't matter it was taken at 10.45am.
The results were 7.9 which they said is normal but I've read is low. They also tested
Thyroid tsh (2.39) and t4 (13). I questioned them on t3 and rt3 and they said they don't do it because it fluctuates to much during the day and my thyroid is fine they said :/
Now my main point.. I have read that because HPT axis is shutdown it can affect pregnenalone, I 've read that low pregnenalone can give symptoms similar to what I wrote and tying that in with low cortisol to link the two. Here's the thing, I just returned from seeing an endocrinologist and he said that shutting down the HPT axis has nothing to do with adrenals and cortisol and pregnenalone and wouldn't test my pregnenalone.
Getting tests done in the UK or private is a nightmare. I have managed to contact a lab and they said they can do tests. They will send me a venous blood test kit so I can take blood and send it back. I'm sorry for this long message but I do really need help or if anyone has had a similar experience please can you share it. Thanks in advance.
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