Drop DHEA to 25mg.
DHEA is an adrenal hormone and if low at your age is a huge red flag. Other labs needed:
fasting cholesterol - can be too low
AM cortisol - at 8AM or 1 hour after waking up
CBC
hematocrit
prolactin
FT3=3.2 looks good, but still need to know more, see last paragraph in this post. Might be an adrenal connection…
You may find things that fit your case reading the stickies.
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.