Your natural metabolic rate and energy levels is now very low and you only get out of that briefly with adrenalin. Same at the gym. This is very hard on the adrenals and can be a downward spiral. Starvation diets are also harmful.
ALT/AST can easily be up via training and sore muscles.
Energy can be down from:
- Low-T test TT, FT, bio-T, SHBG, some typically not available in UK
- Low thyroid function: see last paragraph in this post, iodine deficiency is often a cause
- Low Cortisol: Get ‘AM Cortisol’ test and do at 8AM or 1 hour after waking up.
Please report your long term history of using iodized salt, which is not widely available there. Any vitamins listing iodine and selenium? Do you consume eggs and dairy products? Sea food?
Avoid dehydration. Do not do any lab work dehydrated.
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.
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