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steve-wv

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44 yr old 6' 230 lbs. preetty good shape. here's my story. started taking anti depressants about 17 years ago , been off for a year and half, for about 5 panic attacks. I was stupid for taking so long but doc instructed me to keep taking it for " chemical imbalance". this was back before you could google and research.it " pooped out" or whatever so I weaned off quickly for bout 6 months and quit. since then things have went downhill after suffering bad depression, withdrawal, and host of other crazy @&$! anyway started showing signs of low t, finally got a different kind of doc who specializes in optimizing human potential to perform labs. for3 weeks now been taking . 7 ml of test cypionate.started having really bad anxiety, lymph nodes in groin are sore, bad brain fog. didn't take shot last week , I think my body was still in a chronic stress state or still trying to get back to homeostasis after AD.could test disrupt things further?labs
T3- 3.4 range1.8-4.6 pg/ml
T4-1.38 range 0.9-1.7 ng/DSL
TSH-1.640 range 0.27-4.2 uIU/ml
PSA-0.674 0-4.0 ng/ml
LH-5.3 range 1.7-8.6 mIU/ml
Estradiol-21.3 range 7.6-42.6 pg/ml
total test-169 ng/mls no 7/15 it was 492 range 280-1100 ng/DSL
free-2.47ng/dl in 7/15 it was 13.7 pg/ml range ng/DSL
hemacrit-47.4 range 38.54 %
cortisol in 7/16 was 23.2 had retested today along with prolactin range 2.3-19.4 ug/DSL

current symptoms night sweats, hands go numb in sleep,poor erection but test was helping,bad brain fog,anxiety.sore lymph node in groin
quitting those AD hit system hard and really disrupted things just wondering if anyone been through this or should I continue test?
also should I try to find out why/how test got low or just move fwd?
never had any issues of any kind prior to quitting Anit dep-maybe I need to go back on?
any help from you guys will be greatly appreciated thanks in advance
 
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Welcome to Excelmale. Before we can offer our thoughts, can you go into your post and add the reference ranges for your labs? Commercial labs calibrate to different standards; once those are there responses will be forthcoming.
 

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