Hi everyone,
I am a 34 y/o male. I have been on anti depressants (wellbutrin) for over a year now after dealing with depression and anxiety since around 2014. I have noticed very little change in symptoms over this past year and have a few new ones.
I exercise 5-6 x week and count my macros pretty well. I have no real stress to speak of in my life, great marriage, kids college is paid for, retired and waiting for the wife to retire, etc yet, my most all my joints hurt, my libido is awful, still feel down/depressed, apathetic, and a general loss of interest in things I used to love.
Given the symptoms and lack of effectiveness of the antidepressants I opted to get some blood work done.
The doc said the results were normal, but after a bit of research I found that some of the numbers do not make a lot of sense. My total test seems very low for my age range and the FSH and A/G seem odd. Doc acknowledged that the free t3 was low, but said that the TSH is the more important of the thyroid function (i found this to not be entirely true in my research). After reading some others accounts of symptoms and lab results on this site, as well as a few others, it seems like there could be something going on that TRT or HCG mono could address.
Sorry for being so lengthy, just trying to get as much out of the way as possible. my lab results are attached. I also just did a second set of labs yesterday to check free test, shbg....
Based on the labs attached, is my doc right or should I find a new doctor?
I am a 34 y/o male. I have been on anti depressants (wellbutrin) for over a year now after dealing with depression and anxiety since around 2014. I have noticed very little change in symptoms over this past year and have a few new ones.
I exercise 5-6 x week and count my macros pretty well. I have no real stress to speak of in my life, great marriage, kids college is paid for, retired and waiting for the wife to retire, etc yet, my most all my joints hurt, my libido is awful, still feel down/depressed, apathetic, and a general loss of interest in things I used to love.
Given the symptoms and lack of effectiveness of the antidepressants I opted to get some blood work done.
The doc said the results were normal, but after a bit of research I found that some of the numbers do not make a lot of sense. My total test seems very low for my age range and the FSH and A/G seem odd. Doc acknowledged that the free t3 was low, but said that the TSH is the more important of the thyroid function (i found this to not be entirely true in my research). After reading some others accounts of symptoms and lab results on this site, as well as a few others, it seems like there could be something going on that TRT or HCG mono could address.
Sorry for being so lengthy, just trying to get as much out of the way as possible. my lab results are attached. I also just did a second set of labs yesterday to check free test, shbg....
Based on the labs attached, is my doc right or should I find a new doctor?