Bio
- 30 years old
- Male
- Height: 6'3"
- Weight: 235 lbs now steady. (Previously went from 200 up to 250 lbs purposefully)
- Waist: 39 inches
- Health conditions: Minor childhood knee condition.
- Drugs: 5 doses of Ativan 1.5 years ago. Never AAS. Never hair loss drugs.
- Non-smoker. Almost no alcohol in previous 2 years.
- Training: Training for 2 years. Sedentary previously. Doing 5/3/1 every other day presently. Have tried taking a week off with no observable effect. Fatigue, concentration and depression predated training.
- Supplements: 3000-4000 iu/day Vit D. Was taking 3g/day fish oil for several months but stopped. Occasionally melatonin to sleep. Only 3mg 1-2 times in previous 3-4 months.
- Diet: Eating 3 full home-cooked meals presently (meat, veggies, sometimes fish, fruits). Was eating caloric excess to gain weight.
- I use iodized salt in cooking but don't add salt when eating.
Symptoms
- Chronic fatigue. Always feel tired. Don't feel rested upon waking.
- Lack of motivation
- Insomnia: Difficulty going to sleep. Waking in the middle of the night.
- Frequent urination during the night. 1-2 times, sometimes as high as 4-5.
- Severe depression when I was working. Manageable depression presently.
- Difficulty concentrating, brain fog
- Facial and body hair normal (beard, hairy torso, legs)
- Fat distribution: Almost exclusively on torso, especially abdominals. Pinch test essentially fails on arms/legs. Has always been this way.
- Testes ache: Yes, left testicle regularly aches. Don't think there is any correlation with fevers. No size/shape abnormality. They were physically examined by doctor without comment.
- Low libido
- Sometimes get cold hands and feet.
- Body temperature: Erratic. Usually around 97.7 when waking. Often 98.3-98.4 in afternoon/evening. Sometimes 98.6.
- Low libido (worse in passed year).
- No more spontaneous or nocturnal erections (worsened in passed year).
- Difficulty getting and keeping strong erections.
Labs
I had 3 blood tests done over 2 years. In total I had many specific tests done. I will start with the most important ones (no saliva cortisol, rT3. Waiting on Vit-D25). Please ask if there is something specific you want to see. I may have had it done but not listed.
Notice erratic TSH, low Total T, high-ish E2, high DHEA-S, high prolactin, high cholesterol, low HDL.
Lab R, test 1 (Jan 2013, 9am) [fasting]
- E2 (method unknown): 166 pmol/L, <=206
- Total T: 12.52 nmol/L, 2.80-21.60
- Bioavail-T (calculated?): 6.28 nmol/L, 3.6-11.30
- Albumin: 41 g/L, 38-52
- SHBG: 29.3 nmol/L, 13.3-88.5
- DHEA-S: 10 umol/L, 2.7-10.0
- Prolactin: 12.7 ug/L, 2.6-13.1
- FSH: 2.3 IU/L, 1.3-18.5
- LH: 3.0 IU/L, 2.5-16.3
- TSH: 4.45 mIU/L, 0.4-4.40
- Thyroxine free: 13.0 pmol/L, 8-18
- T3 free: 5.2 pmol/L, 3.5-5.7
- Cortisol random: 354 nmol/L, 120-535
- Cholesterol total:L 5.09 mmol/L, 1.15-4.70
- Triglycerides: 1.68 mmol/L, 0.1-1.7
- HDL: 0.96 mmol/L, 0.9-1.8
- LDL: 3.37 mmol/L, no reference range
- Ferritin: 163.9 ug/L, 23.9-366
- Iron saturation: 0.35 ratio, 0.26-0.42
Lab J (Oct 2012 2pm)
- TSH: 1.85 mU/L, 0.4-4.5
- Total T: 9.6 nmol/L, 6.8-20.0
- SHBG: 24.0 nmol/L, 10.1-51.3
- Bio-T (calculated): 5.29 nmol/L, 3.15-9.84
- Free-T (calculated): 220 pmol/L, 131-406
- Ferritin: 356 ug/L, 15-350
- B12 544 pmol/L, 140-700
Lab L (Nov 2011, 9am) [fasting]
- B12 275 pmol/L, 133-675
- TSH 2.57 mUI/L 0.45-4.65
- Cholesterol: 4.27 mmol/L, 3.10-5.20
- Ferritin: 103 ug/L, 25-336
- HDL: 1 mmol/L, 1.05-2.2
- LDL: 2.95 mmol/L