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New Member With Some Old Lab Results and Continuing Symptoms
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<blockquote data-quote="WalkerClark" data-source="post: 60275" data-attributes="member: 14832"><p>I keep a glass of water next to bed. First thing is to chug that sucker 100% before I even get out of bed haha.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I was referring to anhedonia. I find that unless I am really cutting calories I just feel more depressed/not happy at all. When my calories get lower (sub 2200) for a few months the intense tiredness comes in and it is brutal. This will barely give me weight loss (sub 1lb/wk). I figure there has to be some connection between calories and hormones but I don't feel it is a normal per say. I never considered I actually had hot flashes, but I do often get really hot in my ears and body, but I usually am more frustrated with my cold feet!</p><p></p><p></p><p>I smoke the occasional cigar (1-5 per year) for special occasions. Nothing more then that.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I have BCBS of NC. I read through the plan and it states in-network lab testing is paid complete. But it is a bit unclear (this is under "specialist" category). I need to call them Tuesday and find out if they will pay for it. Labcorp is listed as a in-network independent lab. I am ready to pull the trigger on this testing and see where I am at!!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Thanks for the feedback. I realize this method of diagnosis can be very confusing, so anything I can do to make it easiest!</p><p></p><p></p><p>Bdawg, thank you for writing and giving your advice/experience! Over the past few years my main struggle has been to loose weight and see if I can get my gyno (undiagnosed) down or perhaps get lucky and see it was just fat! The symptoms that brought me to this board have surfaced throughout the past few years (at least from what I can tell). I have spent the years trying to monitor and tweak my diet to help alleviate my anxiety and depression and cannot create a correlation (yet). Don't get me wrong, I am not denying nutrition plays a huge role in how we function! I cook 99% of my own meals and I enjoy trying to become as healthy and strong as I can. I want to get a complete picture of what all is unbalanced with my hormones now that I know low E is a source of me not feeling well at all. I really want to find out why I have low E in the first place before starting any sort of therapy. To answer your question, no I have never taken TRT (natty bro!). </p><p></p><p></p><p>I do hope correcting my low E will turn this all around. But I do wonder why I have low E in the first place. Just so you know I am still actively trying to loose body fat and increase muscle mass (it has become a passion and I enjoy it). However with very consistent effort I have seen very little to no progress (which is ok, because I enjoy it anyway). Obviously you understand the mental effects I am experiencing far outweigh how I look though, so this is a complete priority. This is effecting my lifelong goals, friendships, and career in a severe way.</p><p></p><p>Any advice on where I can do some research on Estrodiol production in men?</p><p></p><p>Thank you!</p><p>Walker</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WalkerClark, post: 60275, member: 14832"] I keep a glass of water next to bed. First thing is to chug that sucker 100% before I even get out of bed haha. I was referring to anhedonia. I find that unless I am really cutting calories I just feel more depressed/not happy at all. When my calories get lower (sub 2200) for a few months the intense tiredness comes in and it is brutal. This will barely give me weight loss (sub 1lb/wk). I figure there has to be some connection between calories and hormones but I don't feel it is a normal per say. I never considered I actually had hot flashes, but I do often get really hot in my ears and body, but I usually am more frustrated with my cold feet! I smoke the occasional cigar (1-5 per year) for special occasions. Nothing more then that. I have BCBS of NC. I read through the plan and it states in-network lab testing is paid complete. But it is a bit unclear (this is under "specialist" category). I need to call them Tuesday and find out if they will pay for it. Labcorp is listed as a in-network independent lab. I am ready to pull the trigger on this testing and see where I am at!! Thanks for the feedback. I realize this method of diagnosis can be very confusing, so anything I can do to make it easiest! Bdawg, thank you for writing and giving your advice/experience! Over the past few years my main struggle has been to loose weight and see if I can get my gyno (undiagnosed) down or perhaps get lucky and see it was just fat! The symptoms that brought me to this board have surfaced throughout the past few years (at least from what I can tell). I have spent the years trying to monitor and tweak my diet to help alleviate my anxiety and depression and cannot create a correlation (yet). Don't get me wrong, I am not denying nutrition plays a huge role in how we function! I cook 99% of my own meals and I enjoy trying to become as healthy and strong as I can. I want to get a complete picture of what all is unbalanced with my hormones now that I know low E is a source of me not feeling well at all. I really want to find out why I have low E in the first place before starting any sort of therapy. To answer your question, no I have never taken TRT (natty bro!). I do hope correcting my low E will turn this all around. But I do wonder why I have low E in the first place. Just so you know I am still actively trying to loose body fat and increase muscle mass (it has become a passion and I enjoy it). However with very consistent effort I have seen very little to no progress (which is ok, because I enjoy it anyway). Obviously you understand the mental effects I am experiencing far outweigh how I look though, so this is a complete priority. This is effecting my lifelong goals, friendships, and career in a severe way. Any advice on where I can do some research on Estrodiol production in men? Thank you! Walker [/QUOTE]
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