Levels normal but PROLACTIN off the CHARTS.....

[keithc2485]

here is a copy of my current blood tests... from last week.... on 50mgs of androgel a day ...before i freak out and think i have a tumor on my putuatoary gland (sorry i suck at spelling) i want to point out i am on an opoid.....which i know can raise prolactin......also i have been under severe stress.....but have had been getting head aches and sleepless nights lately.......i think i want to get my gland checked.... thyroid is fine t1 2 3 4 all good.... but this is high.... my friend went on the Caber - and had terrible side effects....

im trying b6 300mgs qd and vitamin E 400IU qd to start could that help lower it? if not any suggestions would help......... thanks

prolactin is at 22.4 ML in blood .......thats high!!!!!!

-K

 

[captain]

The levels are higher with Tumors. I think over 50 up into 200s. It's probably the opiod. I was told its normal to spike prolactin up like that after sex.

 

[Vince Carter]

The levels are higher with Tumors. I think over 50 up into 200s. It's probably the opiod. I was told its normal to spike prolactin up like that after sex.

Right a Prolactin test is something you want to refrain from prior to having a blood draw I think it was generally advised like 24hrs like a PSA test...sex/orgasm prior to either or both tests can influence the result; false positive

 

[Vince Carter]

here is a copy of my current blood tests... from last week.... on 50mgs of androgel a day ...before i freak out and think i have a tumor on my putuatoary gland (sorry i suck at spelling) i want to point out i am on an opoid.....which i know can raise prolactin......also i have been under severe stress.....but have had been getting head aches and sleepless nights lately.......i think i want to get my gland checked.... thyroid is fine t1 2 3 4 all good.... but this is high.... my friend went on the Caber - and had terrible side effects....

im trying b6 300mgs qd and vitamin E 400IU qd to start could that help lower it? if not any suggestions would help......... thanks

prolactin is at 22.4 ML in blood .......thats high!!!!!!

-K

Im not seeing where you're saying anything negative symptoms besides a number on a test. If naything I can see it's a little anxiety and not prolactin.

 

[keithc2485]

thats what i thought..... my anxiety has been thrw the roooof! and im getting erections daily and all that . so sexually im fine...... just some headaches..and a lot of stress...........

 

[keithc2485]

im sure ur right about the opoid, also question about when to take test.

thank u for u responce... i am having erections orgasm/ all that..... just some serious stress.......like ALOT... im tryng everything to calm down . from meditation, to healing, to thearpy, to talking here, to working out , to walking...to breathing.......havnt had sex...... in a few months cuz i havnt been feeling well (also wearing a heart monitor ) it comes off april 15th..
so just to b clear, when is the best time to check prolactin again? thank u so much

 

[strum]

thank u for u responce... i am having erections orgasm/ all that..... just some serious stress.......like ALOT... im tryng everything to calm down . from meditation, to healing, to thearpy, to talking here, to working out , to walking...to breathing.......havnt had sex...... in a few months cuz i havnt been feeling well (also wearing a heart monitor ) it comes off april 15th..
so just to b clear, when is the best time to check prolactin again? thank u so much

Strum: for men on TRT (testosterone replacement therapy) I want to suppress prolactin (PRL) and this is easily done in 95% of cases with very low dose cabergoline, such as 0.25 mg three times a week and then recheck PRL after a couple of weeks. Once in a while I need to up to 0.5 mg 3x a week but I cannot remember ever needing more. Estradiol stimulates PRL production. I have diagnosed a couple of men with prolactinomas (tumors of the pituitary gland) but in those patients the levels were in the hundreds. Most likely the estradiol (E2) is the culprit.