How many of you have actually had blood tests and other tests and actually found abnormalities and been able to treat them?

What I basically mean is: for those of you who have gone down the route of doing numerous blood tests and possibly other tests, how many of you have been able to single out an abnormality or abnormalities, and use concise treatment from there? as I read through most stories, nobody ever seems to get anywhere with the testing and is still left with guesswork, and general things that may or may not help us feel better. I suppose that’s the ideal scenario really if you know somethings wrong, finding out exactly what so you can at least act upon it and do something about it.

I’m just so doubtful I’m going to get anywhere, I will be booking my appointment with my GP to discuss my first blood tests tomorrow, hopefully I can get an appointment in this week or at least early next week. He sort of didn’t say anything about propecia when I told him I had used it, but when I go in I am going to ask what his opinion is on me thinking it is causing my problems, if he doesn’t respond well then I feel like I’m just going to have to find a good endocrologist and throw whatever money at him to do whatever tests are relevant, or at least speak to someone who knows what there doing. I’m nervous about bringing this up with my mum though, because there will be a lot of money involved and like many - I could end up getting nowhere. It’s been almost 3 months, my symptoms certainly aren’t as bad as some, but they are bad enough at 19 and I just want this over with. I am on tribulus 3x daily, with ZMA before bed, along with multivits and fish oil at the moment.

2 examples of consistently low hormone levels in post-Fin men:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2763
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3420

Also, many instances of acquired hypogonadal testosterone values can be found in Hormone posts. Not to metnion the fact docs recognize the post-Fin drop in Testosterone is a problem:

blog.alanjacobsmd.com/alan-jacob … n-men.html

Ok so the top two links show me that there are some patterns present. In general on the forum, for the guys that found out these results and found an abnormality, how many of them have actually ben able to do something about it? for example, the guys that lacked Vitamin D, have they got better increasing there Vitamin D, and so on…

Thanks for the Alan Jacob’s blog link, very interesting read and should help me explain some things. Are you in the medical field Mew? you seem to have an incredible knowledge.

The progress on the forum is very slow right now. So to those who have gone all the way with tests, what have you found, have you found a cure? for example this 3-adiol g many are pursuing, if you find out your short on it, what do you do?

Many people find specific abnormalities and can fix them. Fin causes different issues in different people. If you don’t get the test you don’t know.

You need to be realistic. It would be great if someone could come up with a solution overnight but it’s not going to happen - post-fin syndrome is highly complex. The more information we can get on it the better - AdiolG and Vit D were major breakthroughs, and some aspects of the problem are treatable, but we’re still at an early stage.

This off topic but does any body know what is the relation b/w VitD and T-level? I feel better after taking Vit D. My T-level slightly improved not very much thoug.

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Also, has anyone actually been helped by the ‘big names’ e.g. Crisler, Jacobs and made a full recovery? so much is said about these anti ageing doctors and endo’s but I am yet to hear someone say they visited them, got treated and are now ok.

Why don’t u go work for camp america or whatever that sort of thing is called and maybe use the cash and spare time to see Crisler or Shippen, they will ikely be able to give you peace of mind and sort you out with some minor tweaking of supplements and vitamins, if your condition doesn’t deteriorate.

Look through the recoveries section, maybe follow what the user Reason did. He had worse sexual sides than you and got better. Try the broccoli treatment.

Low vit D has nothing to do with fin. Any body who is low in Testosteron will be low in many vits and minerals b/c of poor digestion, absorption and slow metabolism. you can go on any BBs and verify this .people with low T r having the same symptoms what v r having. About AdioG ,I don’t I am not sure.

If finasteride made us hypothyroid then yes vit d. does have alot to do with Fin.

Our body isn’t metabolising efficiently if that’s the case. FIBROMYALGIA/CFS

Ridiculous comment… surely you have seen this: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3420

all ex-asteroid users, who are now hypogonadal are low in Vit D.

Thank you for the reply, but that doesn’t answer my question.

I am registered on many of the forums that other users on here use, and I am yet to see a single guy come onto one of them and talk about there recovery through any of these physicians that are said to be the best on here. I’m just confused as apparently Crisler and maybe others have helped people to a full recovery, and I’m pretty sure if they have there would be a thread all about there miracle transformation and new health.

Has this honestly never even been talked about before?

I don’t think reason is around, but I have total faith that I can recover like him eventually.

you have to consider that many of the people that remain on here are the ones that are still fucked up - people who get better are not going to continue trolling around on forums, they are going to go out and live there lives. The people on internet forums are an unproportionate sampling.

Anyway, no doctor - the most qualified in the world to one fresh out of grad school - can promise to cure you - no matter what your blood test say - if that is the answer you are looking for. They are not God.

That’s not the answer I’m looking for, I’m just curious. Of course there not trolling around on forums, but I’m pretty sure there would be one thread or name of someone somewhere who had been fixed by a doctor. This question has nothing to do with me it’s just pure curiosity, I am dealing with my GP and whoever else I may be referred to AT THE MOMENT, and also hope that at only 4 months after quitting there could be better things ahead for me.

As far as I know there are 2 - 3 guys. one had high prolactin. very high I think in 3 or 4 times the upper limit and his T was down. He treated and got well. you do a search and can find him also some one treated his high E2. but thes are very few few expmles.
Mostly if body can cure it self that is the only cure.

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I highly doubt this.

I highly doubt this.
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why?
did u do search? As far as i remember he was either from Italy or spain. I don’t remember very well. Prolactin is very well known factor to bring ur T production down.

why?
did u do search? As far as i remember he was either from Italy or spain. I don’t remember very well. Prolactin is very well known factor to bring ur T production down.
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Don’t doubt the prolactin bit, just doubt that guys can cure themselves of low T through time.