Hi all,
Thanks for looking; a little bit of background about me:
Age 27
Took propecia for 6 months, finishing nearly 2 years ago. Stopped due to low libido, and a case of gyno in one nipple.
The gyno went away after a while, but came back 18 months later for a few months, before recently going away again.
My libido is okay but not how it was pre-propecia. Taking 25-50mg zinc makes it a lot better though.
Since taking propecia, I also go to the gym quite a lot to lift weights, but despite eating very well (paleo + occassional carbs after gym) I make very slow progress. I wonder if this could be related as well to the propecia.
So I got my bloods done at 9am having fasted since the night before. I included the ranges given to me in brackets. Everything seems to be okay and the Dr said everything is fine, but would anyone care to give a second opinion?
FOLLICLE STIM. HORMONE 2.4 IU/L (1.5 - 12.4)
LUTEINISING HORMONE 2.8 IU/L (1.7 - 8.6)
TESTOSTERONE 24.8 nmol/L (7.6 - 31.4)
SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOB 46 nmol/L (11 - 52)
Testosterone/SHBG Ratio 53.9 (24 - 104)
PROLACTIN 287 mIU/L (86 - 324)
17-Beta OESTRADIOL 116 pmol/L (44 - 156)
D.H.E.A. Sulphate 5.4 umol/L (0.44 - 13.4)
CORTISOL 458 nmol/l (Ref.ranges: 9 am 171 to 536 : Midnight <140)
Free Testosterone 17.4 pg/ml (8.8 - 27.0)
Dihydrotestosterone 1.26 nmol/L (0.323 - 1.637)
Thanks