Thank you for your detailed response! Really appreciate your presence here.
- I definitely believe that my tinnitus was caused by extreme stress during my crash. But it could also be due to my barely optimal TSH of 2.37, Praying that it will get better. But what do you think about relatively weak voice? My voice feels a little croaky and wispy sometimes, not as booming. I am assuming that could be androgen related OR thyroid.
- I switched to solely to Celtic sea salt to get all the trace minerals so I believe i don’t get iodine in my diet. I will now supplement 3-4 drops every few days of iodine to cover that.
The only supplements I am on right now are to prevent/ cure penile plaque/fibrosis:
L citrulline
Calcium/ Magnesium with a 1:2 ratio
Pentoxifyllin
Taurine 3000 mg/day
Very very rare cialis. Very rare.
Planning on adding Propolis & Acetyl L Carnitine.
My serum copper level was 104 in a range of 63-121, so im guessing im good on that front.
I did have a thyroid panel:
Thyroid P antibodies: 12 in a range of 0-34,
Free T4: 1.32 in a range of 0.82-1.77
Free T3: 2.7 in a range of 2.0-4.4
Reverse T3: 17.7 in a range of 9.2-24.1
TSH: 2.37 in a range of 0.450-4.500 - I noticed you mentioned you experienced temporary sensitivity from a probiotic that raises Progesterone. Did you mean to say insensitivity? Because wouldn’t it be good to have sensitivity back even with a progesterone raising probiotic?
By the way, speaking of your inflammation theory, I am sure you have heard of Josh Abrahams from pfshealing. This guy researched extensively on the root cause and came up with 5 articles. The website got deleted though but it can be found on waybackmachine.com: https://web.archive.org/web/20161023142354/http://www.pfshealing.com/
On another note, I had a GI MAP stool with zonulin assay done which will be giving me a detailed picture of my gut microbiota. Do you mind if I share my results with you? New here, so I don’t know how PMing works. I had my T and E tested two months after my crash which came out to be 512 and 17.9 (E values were in such a range that made increased imprecision likely according to the lab)