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[FONT="]Hello,[/FONT]
[FONT="]I am very desperate at the moment, my quality of life for the last 5 months is very poor, mainly because what I am about to explain I did it to myself (by accident) but nonetheless I am to blame and I can't forgive myself.[/FONT]
[FONT="]So back in August last year, I had a mild itch on my crown, I'm currently on Propecia and have been for 8 years with no problems, I read that zinc can help with scalp health, I took 15mg and pretty instantly the itch dissipated, I was over the moon, naively I didn't realise what I was doing to myself. So from then on I took around 50 mg of Zinc daily for a while, but the itch came back and it came back worse than ever, in a moment of panic and not realising it could have been the zinc because it helped me in the past I thought it must be DHT, so I went to a health food shop and took Saw Palmetto, again it fixed the itch really well. so now for about a month I was taking all three not realising the damage it was causing.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Firstly my hand got very dry, just the one hand, my left. around the knuckles and up the fingers became severely dry and started bleeding a bit, it was very odd because I have never experienced dry skin and more strangely it only happened to my left hand, my right is totally normal. Also around this time I experienced what I know know to be a hot flush. I was terrified so stopped taking the zinc and SP instantly, around Christmas time.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Over the months the dry hand improved somewhat but it is still there, more worryingly the hot flushes are often a daily occurrence and are triggered only by food. I got one after eating broccoli the other day.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Strangely one night I was out with my wife and I drank alcohol, about 10 mins in I looked at my hand and the dryness had disappeared, I was ecstatic. the next day however it returned, the same with Soya, I am a veggie and eat a lot of soy, and any time I eat soy the dryness is definitely better.[/FONT]
[FONT="]I am really worried because my nails are starting to peel as well. I have my bloods done and the results are below, can anyone explain what the hell is happening to my body, the anxiety from this is unbearable, every time I have a hot flush my body crashes and I become exhausted![/FONT]
[FONT="]Hormones[/FONT]
[FONT="]D.H.E.A. SULPHATE 3.750 umol/L 0.44 - 13.40[/FONT]
[FONT="]FOLLICLE STIM. HORMONE 2.15 IU/L 1.50 - 12.40[/FONT]
[FONT="]LUTEINISING HORMONE 6.83 U/L 1.70 - 8.60[/FONT]
[FONT="]TESTOSTERONE 12.7 nmol/L 7.60 - 31.40[/FONT]
[FONT="]SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOB 32.9 nmol/L 16.00 - 55.00[/FONT]
[FONT="]FREE ANDROGEN INDEX 30.33 Ratio 24.00 - 104.00[/FONT]
[FONT="]17-BETA OESTRADIOL 70.6 pmol/L 0.00 - 191.99[/FONT]
[FONT="]I am very desperate at the moment, my quality of life for the last 5 months is very poor, mainly because what I am about to explain I did it to myself (by accident) but nonetheless I am to blame and I can't forgive myself.[/FONT]
[FONT="]So back in August last year, I had a mild itch on my crown, I'm currently on Propecia and have been for 8 years with no problems, I read that zinc can help with scalp health, I took 15mg and pretty instantly the itch dissipated, I was over the moon, naively I didn't realise what I was doing to myself. So from then on I took around 50 mg of Zinc daily for a while, but the itch came back and it came back worse than ever, in a moment of panic and not realising it could have been the zinc because it helped me in the past I thought it must be DHT, so I went to a health food shop and took Saw Palmetto, again it fixed the itch really well. so now for about a month I was taking all three not realising the damage it was causing.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Firstly my hand got very dry, just the one hand, my left. around the knuckles and up the fingers became severely dry and started bleeding a bit, it was very odd because I have never experienced dry skin and more strangely it only happened to my left hand, my right is totally normal. Also around this time I experienced what I know know to be a hot flush. I was terrified so stopped taking the zinc and SP instantly, around Christmas time.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Over the months the dry hand improved somewhat but it is still there, more worryingly the hot flushes are often a daily occurrence and are triggered only by food. I got one after eating broccoli the other day.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Strangely one night I was out with my wife and I drank alcohol, about 10 mins in I looked at my hand and the dryness had disappeared, I was ecstatic. the next day however it returned, the same with Soya, I am a veggie and eat a lot of soy, and any time I eat soy the dryness is definitely better.[/FONT]
[FONT="]I am really worried because my nails are starting to peel as well. I have my bloods done and the results are below, can anyone explain what the hell is happening to my body, the anxiety from this is unbearable, every time I have a hot flush my body crashes and I become exhausted![/FONT]
[FONT="]Hormones[/FONT]
[FONT="]D.H.E.A. SULPHATE 3.750 umol/L 0.44 - 13.40[/FONT]
[FONT="]FOLLICLE STIM. HORMONE 2.15 IU/L 1.50 - 12.40[/FONT]
[FONT="]LUTEINISING HORMONE 6.83 U/L 1.70 - 8.60[/FONT]
[FONT="]TESTOSTERONE 12.7 nmol/L 7.60 - 31.40[/FONT]
[FONT="]SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOB 32.9 nmol/L 16.00 - 55.00[/FONT]
[FONT="]FREE ANDROGEN INDEX 30.33 Ratio 24.00 - 104.00[/FONT]
[FONT="]17-BETA OESTRADIOL 70.6 pmol/L 0.00 - 191.99[/FONT]
