Starvation diets are quite harmful/stressful and can mess with sex hormones, adrenals and thyroid function. Ditto for heavy training with those issues. So you did everything needed to get messed up.
Important:
- Describe history of using iodized salt [iodine source]
- Are your outer eyebrows sparse?
- Do you get cold easily?
- Post oral body temperatures from the requested two times per day - see below.
Low thyroid function can drive fat gain and affect energy, mood, libido. If GF was not getting iodine she would have been affected as well.
Post available lab data in list format with ranges. Do not skip because its ‘normal’.
What is your clomid dosing? Doctors often prescribe harmful amounts.
On Clomid, get these tested: TT, FT, E2, LH/FSH
Your pre-treatment E2 was not tested. But would be low with very low FT.
What time of day was cortisol tested? How many hours after waking up.
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
- HPTA restart
- 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.