low cholesterol low fat diet calorie restricted diets are known to cause endocrine problems especially if you are not on any form of trt or steroid cycle
do you eat normal diet now?
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Cholesterol is elevated,~> Dhea-s elevated -> testosterone at 671~> Dht low ~>e2 low.
Cant recall taking anything during the time I got fucked up. Never any steroids or anything… Im not even on trt.
What does your endocrinologist say?
I suffer from PSSD, Brainfog and cfs. Often PSSD is accompanied by anhedonia and emotional flattening. I believe that in my case, this aspect is less serious. I say this because every time I read a post by Douglasmich, I feel a blow to the heart and I can feel empathy for all his pain. He was just a kid with all his life ahead. He was intelligent and, most likely, he would succeed in his life. It’s not right. This world is horrible. There is no justice, we are just numbers, little pawns at the service of a power that plays God. Dear Mich, I really hope you are in a better place, I hope that all the pain you have suffered will be repaid. It’s not right. Sorry for the outburst, but I can’t help thinking about it. Today I turned 26 and I cried a lot, time passes and my life runs past me without my being able to do anything. I would like to go back to work, I would like to run again and feel the adrenaline when the muscles work. I would just like to live. They took my life.
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My 1st endo said more tests need to be done
2nd visit he said its not My test hes qorried about its low “carriers” come back with new bloods in a month and I should get treatment
3rd visit back to him he says My hormones are fine and that I should see a sex therapist
The next endo I went to qas an old man he wrote that last year hormones were fine but this year I have normagonadotropic hypogonadism which made no sense cause My test last year qas im The 400s now its in The 600s. I showed My doc and she laughed and said he made a mistake
The next endo I went to said that My hormones are fine and dht is irrelevant.
The one after that said more tests need to be done…
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Have you tried cyproheptadine or RU-486?
I don’t know what crazy location you are in but you need to see another endo. Forums will not help you.
I wouldn’t know how to get them …
testosterone is just pre cursor to e2 and dht these 2 are doing most of the work it can explain why you are symptomatic despite not having low testosterone. because e2 and dht are both low
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Cortisol - AM (fasted): 23.9 (6.2-19.4)
Estrone : 71 (15-65)
Total Estrogens : 126 (40-115)
Growth Hormone : < 0,1 (0.0-10.0)
Estradiol, Sensitive : 26.1 (8.0-35.0)
Vitamin D : 56.0 (30.0-100)
IGF1 : 223 (115-355)
DHT : 55 (30-85)
Free Testosterone : 16.5 (9.3-26.5)
Testosterone, Serum : 869 (264-916)
FSH : 2.4 (1.5-12.4)
LH : 8.2 (1.7-8.6)
Free Thyroxine Index : 1.7 (1.2-4.9)
T3 Uptake : 27 (24-39)
Thyroxine (T4) : 6.4 (4.5-12.0)
TSH : 2.450 (0.450-4.500)
Can anyone explain these labs to me? Low thyroid and high estrogen, but normal testosterone?
that’s why i keep saying that we should detox instead of experimenting. i’m sorry to read this.
Have estrogen inhibitors helped anyone on this forum, or have they only made people worse? What is the alternative to getting estrogen in your body under control?
Made my bones hurt and gave me shooting pain down my spine recovered back to baseline PFS a few days after luckily. this was a few months ago I personally won’t touch arimidex again or any AI for that matter
What was your dosage ? And does this pain occur due to estrogen is being supressed too much ? Or there are other mechanisms that causing bone pain ?
No clue I even got my Estradiol tested after I took AI and it still remained high!!! I think it’s just a side effect I used 1/4 of a mg pill (.25) 2X a week really sketchy stuff
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They seem to be worse as far as fatigue, the muscle wastage has come to a halt. I also developed tinnitus over the last few months.
This week I’ve been feeling much better with the tribulus cycle I started I’ll make a post about it in the next 2 weeks though still to early.
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I hope it helps you man. Sorry to hear about the tinnitus.
What is AI?
AI stands for (aromatase inhibitor)
It’s an estrogen blocker