Need waking and mid-afternoon oral body temps. Avoid eating, walking, drinking and talking for a while.
Higher E2 increases SHBG, higher FT lowers SHBG. Some oddly have high or low SHBG with no known cause.
TT is high because it is inflated with more non-bioavailable SHBG+T. So your lab results are overstating your T status. Most docs will not understand.
You need to test/post E2 - estradiol and fT3.
Your FT is not good. Docs confuse statistical normal ranges with normal health - idiots.
TSH should be closer to 1.0, range is stupid.
Thyroid function is not a side issue.
Cause can be from not getting iodine via iodized salt and/or vitamins listing 150mcg iodine and 150-200mcg selenium.
Please read the stickies found here: About the T Replacement Category - #2 by KSman
- advice for new guys - need more info about you
- things that damage your hormones
- protocol for injections
- finding a TRT doc
Evaluate your overall thyroid function by checking oral body temperatures as per the thyroid basics sticky. Thyroid hormone fT3 is what gets the job done and it regulates mitochondrial activity, the source of ATP which is the universal currency of cellular energy. This is part of the body’s temperature control loop. This can get messed up if you are iodine deficient. In many countries, you need to be using iodized salt. Other countries add iodine to dairy or bread.
KSman is simply a regular member on this site. Nothing more other than highly active.
I can be a bit abrupt in my replies and recommendations. I have a lot of ground to cover as this forum has become much more active in the last two years. I can’t follow threads that go deep over time. You need to respond to all of my points and requests as soon as possible before you fall off of my radar. The worse problems are guys who ignore issues re thyroid, body temperatures, history of iodized salt. Please do not piss people off saying that lab results are normal, we need lab number and ranges.
The value that you get out of this process and forum depends on your effort and performance. The bulk of your learning is reading/studying the suggested stickies.