Please post all thyroid labs.
Post hematocrit, RBC, hemoglobin, ferritin.
Evaluate your overall thyroid function via oral body temperatures, see below. Many/most in UK can easily not be getting enough iodine and Vit-D3. If you do not consume dairy foods and sea food, you are screwed. Both thyroid and Vit-D have significant effects on energy and immune system.
Check that your multi-vit contains 150mcg iodine and 150-200mcg selenium and your lab comments suggested that you might need to avoid iron in vitamins, also breads, pasta, rice, cereals - read the labels. Many men absorb iron too easily. Men’s formula vitamins are iron free.
Dehydration can shift your lab numbers. Drink water if preparing for fasting lab work.
E2 very low, may be affecting brain function in its own way.
Other labs:
DHEA-S [not DHEA]
AM cortisol -at 8AM or 1 hour after waking up
If you do more thyroid, labs should be TSH, fT3, fT4 [please not T3, T4].
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.