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Thyroid, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, DHEA, etc
Thyroid, DHEA, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, etc
Thyroid... numbers and peculiar happening since starting low dose NDT...
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<blockquote data-quote="BillyJ03z" data-source="post: 148244" data-attributes="member: 17759"><p>Quick backstory... Been TRT for 9-10+ years, initially felt good for the first 6 months but over the next months/several years I became tired, suffering brain fog/memory issues, disinterested in things I was interested in prior, mild depression, up/down libido, sleep issues, weight gain, trouble losing weight, etc..... (hypo-symptoms). I have changed my TRT dosing/injection numerous times over the years and over the past year I have settled on Low dose (approx 100mg/wk) ED SQ injects due to my low SHBG (bottom 10% of SHBG lab range).</p><p></p><p>My main concerns over the past few years is the Brain fog, memory issues, lack of motivation and struggle to lose weight no matter how disciplined I was with eating.</p><p></p><p>My last Blood Work for Thyroid labs was Feb 2019 (my labs have pretty much looked like these the entire time on TRT, although my TSH fluctuated from 2.2 to 3.7 many times)...</p><p></p><p>TSH- 2.83 (0.450-.4.500 uIU/mL)</p><p>FT3- 3.9 (2.0-4.4 pg/ml)</p><p>FT4- 0.9 (0.82-1.77 ng/dl)</p><p>Tot T3- 102 (71-180 ng/dl)</p><p>Tot T4- 6.50 (4.50-12.50ug/dl)</p><p>RT3- 14.9 (9.2-24.1 ng/dl)</p><p></p><p>TgAB- <0.9 (0.0-0.9 IU/mL)</p><p>TPOab- 13 (0-34IU/mL)</p><p></p><p>I started using 1/2 grain Armour thyroid (taken on empty stomach in AM) and within about 2 weeks I started losing weight... Over 2 1/2 months I went from 251lb to 224lb... I did not do any extreme dieting, I just continued my typical good eating habits and working out as usual (as much as my lack of motivation and fatigue would allow me to work out) I am also sleeping better, not great, but a little bit better than before... I was doing all the same things prior to starting 1/2 grain Armour thyroid and I could not lose weight to save my my life despite the clean eating and working out.. Although the Armour has helped with weight loss I still don't have that much improvement with energy, motivation, brain fog... I do have some tiny improvement in these areas but nothing to write home about and it may also just be placebo effect from losing weight.. I don't know....</p><p></p><p>This week I am getting labs to see where my Thyroid numbers are because something happened/kicked in for the weight loss and I have held steady at the 225lb mark even when I don't eat clean for a few days or work out.... </p><p></p><p>Any thoughts??</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BillyJ03z, post: 148244, member: 17759"] Quick backstory... Been TRT for 9-10+ years, initially felt good for the first 6 months but over the next months/several years I became tired, suffering brain fog/memory issues, disinterested in things I was interested in prior, mild depression, up/down libido, sleep issues, weight gain, trouble losing weight, etc..... (hypo-symptoms). I have changed my TRT dosing/injection numerous times over the years and over the past year I have settled on Low dose (approx 100mg/wk) ED SQ injects due to my low SHBG (bottom 10% of SHBG lab range). My main concerns over the past few years is the Brain fog, memory issues, lack of motivation and struggle to lose weight no matter how disciplined I was with eating. My last Blood Work for Thyroid labs was Feb 2019 (my labs have pretty much looked like these the entire time on TRT, although my TSH fluctuated from 2.2 to 3.7 many times)... TSH- 2.83 (0.450-.4.500 uIU/mL) FT3- 3.9 (2.0-4.4 pg/ml) FT4- 0.9 (0.82-1.77 ng/dl) Tot T3- 102 (71-180 ng/dl) Tot T4- 6.50 (4.50-12.50ug/dl) RT3- 14.9 (9.2-24.1 ng/dl) TgAB- <0.9 (0.0-0.9 IU/mL) TPOab- 13 (0-34IU/mL) I started using 1/2 grain Armour thyroid (taken on empty stomach in AM) and within about 2 weeks I started losing weight... Over 2 1/2 months I went from 251lb to 224lb... I did not do any extreme dieting, I just continued my typical good eating habits and working out as usual (as much as my lack of motivation and fatigue would allow me to work out) I am also sleeping better, not great, but a little bit better than before... I was doing all the same things prior to starting 1/2 grain Armour thyroid and I could not lose weight to save my my life despite the clean eating and working out.. Although the Armour has helped with weight loss I still don't have that much improvement with energy, motivation, brain fog... I do have some tiny improvement in these areas but nothing to write home about and it may also just be placebo effect from losing weight.. I don't know.... This week I am getting labs to see where my Thyroid numbers are because something happened/kicked in for the weight loss and I have held steady at the 225lb mark even when I don't eat clean for a few days or work out.... Any thoughts?? [/QUOTE]
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Thyroid, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, DHEA, etc
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Thyroid... numbers and peculiar happening since starting low dose NDT...
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