Labs (03/04/2012)
Progesterone 0.30 nmol/l 0.4 - 3.1
S-17b-Oestradiol 112 pmol/L 40 - 161
Testosterone (total) 15.2 nmol/l
SHBG 54.90 nmol/l 11.9 - 55.8
Free Test 222 pmol/L 180 - 739
DHEA 6.32 umol/L Males 20 - 29 range: 7.82 - 15.77 umol/L
PSA 0.69 ng/mL 0.0 - 4.0
Cortisol 188 nmol/l 101 - 535
-age 26
-height 5.11
-waist 29
-weight 64 - 66
-describe body and facial hair
Dense facial hair
Chest hair
But generally not that hairy
-health conditions, symptoms [history]
Once trained myself into a catabolic state urine was dark red, had an x-ray like a venography where they inject you with white liquid to determine if there are any cancers came out clean and over time my system balanced out again.
Picked up chlamydia from an ex but it was very mild, treated with anti-biotics.
-Rx and OTC drugs, any hair loss drugs or prostate drugs ever
Propecia for 5 years, initially increased the dose 1mg - 1.5mg for 6 months and then to 2mg’s for the last 3 months (the 2 mgs dosing was inconsistent).
Initially was put on antibiotics (1000 mg Cipro/doxy) for 6 weeks with no effect.
Diagnosed by my urologist with chronic prostatitis, basically told i’m doomed.
-describe diet [some create substantial damage with starvation diets]
My diets generally very good, I eat throughout the day, I stay away from sugar altogether.
Drink a lot of tea.
I still eat quiet a bit of wheat and carbohydrates.
-describe training [some ruin there hormones by over training]
As mentioned I have overtrained before.
I’ve also had an ACL operations on both my knees.
Cut down on the amount of sport I play.
-testes ache, ever, with a fever?
Initially before my prostate went hay wire my testes ached for two weeks particularly the left one.
My kidneys were also painful which I thought was lower back pain.
As of now my testes have started to ache again which is worrying but no fever.
-how have morning wood and nocturnal erections changed
Initially with propecia didn’t really have morning woods but never a problem with getting it up.
When I stopped my erections were much harder and way more frequent in the morning
Now I have erections in the morning every now an again, I would say the penis is working fine
My Story
I started having prostate problems late February this year 2012 and its been ongoing since then. I was diagnosed with chronic prostatitis by my urologist so its benign.
He gave me an androgen blocker (Cadura) which I haven’t taken and have subsequently learnt won’t correct the cause of the problem.
I stopped propecia about 3 months ago and my system has still not come back to normal. (i.e my prostate is inflamed, its very uncomfortable, slow stream etc)
I’ve read through hundreds of posts now and i’ve come to the conclusion that I probably have a high estrodial level which is causing the inflamed prostate and not allowing the free testosterone to bind to receptors and correct and balance my system.
I believe this was caused by upping the dose of the propecia. This impacted on my aromatization which then as stated above caused my body to produce too much estrodial.
My knowledge is still very new but i’ve come to the conclusion that I need to get on Arimidex as soon as possible 1/4 dose twice a week.
I’m not quiet sure whether I need to be on Test shots or a full TRT program?
I’m going for blood tests tomorrow to test DHT, prolactin, cholesterol and estrodiol since my doctor on the first test decided i didn’t need to test this and I was to naive to know better.
When my system balances out i’m hoping to get back on propecia, is this a bad idea?
Is there anything else I should be testing?
Am I thinking in the right direction?