I have been suffering all the usual side effects for the last 12 months after ceasing propecia. Have shared my story before, but have been having blood tests for the past 6 months so thought I would share those also. If anyone has any suggestions about what these results mean could you please help.
A couple of years before I started propecia I had a blood test.
Total testosterone was 24 (normal range 11-40).
I have had tests over the last 6 months, with my results falling between 13-18 for total testosterone. (normal range 11-40)
My free testosterone has been 52 pmol/L (range 31-100)
SHBG is 24 (range 10-70)
I had a DHT test , my result was 1.83 with a T:DHT ratio of 7.8 (normal ratio range is 2-20, most men have a mean ratio of 10). Does this mean my 5-AR is working sufficiently? The ratio seems ok but the baseline T is still low.
FSH and LH are both reading 2. (range 2-10)
oestradiol reads 53 (range 55-165). I was expecting this to be high like many other sufferers so was surprised when it came back low.
Dont have my prolactin results here but it came back in the middle of the normal range. TSH came back at 3.2 (range 0.3-5.0)
Thats a summary of what i’ve had so far. There has been little variation over the last 6 months. I’ve been seeing an internal medicine specialist who is trying to help but we don’t know where to go next. i’m considering trying clomid to boost the LH and FSH which I hope may lead to increased T. If anyone has any thoughts about the results above please let me know what you think