Any help would be appreciated from the experts on the board analyzing my labs and problems. Went to the doctor recently when i started having erection issues with the wife and lack of energy, brain fog. Physical came back normal but asked my old man doctor to check my T levels(will post labs further down).
Of course that was the only thing he checked. Just recently I’ve gotten other panels back and thought it was time to post. Please help my T-Nation brothers…If you need anything else please let me know. i tried to include the labs that the board mentioned and others I thought important.
age - 39
-height - 6’1
-waist - 40"
-weight - 240
-describe body and facial hair - body hair seems normal- not very hairy, i shave my face daily so my facial hair is nonexistent. Overall, my body doesn’t have much hair at all.
-describe where you carry fat and how changed - most is carried in the stomach area and love handle area. problem areas are love handles.
-health conditions, symptoms [history]: low energy, low sex drive and issues maintaining full hard erections, poor motivation and drive, not interested in much. I feel a memory/brain fog and no motivation at work or at the gym(Crossfit and Olympic lifting) anymore. I’m not depressed but if i was, i believe this is how it would feel. I look at women not as sex objects anymore. All of these symptoms have gotten worse this year.
After my 1st Olympic lifting competition this year the symptoms seemed to have gotten worse. Especially the brain fog, lack of motivation and sex drive/erection issues. I feel im also not getting enough sleep. My wife is a ER physician and works the night shift so i tend to get woken up in the middle of the night.
-Rx and OTC drugs, any hair loss drugs or prostate drugs ever - n/a. the only thing i take is Biotest supplements Flameout, Rev-Z, superfood, ZMA, and a prostate supplement from LEF
-lab results with ranges -
Cholesterol: 250, range (110-200mg/dl) flagged as high
TRIG: 133, range (40 -149mg/dl)
HDL: 52, range (40-59mg/dl)
LDL: 171, range (50-99mg/dl) flagged as high
VLDL: 27, range (8-30mg/dl)
Glucose: 103, range (65-99mg/dl) flagged as high
BUN: 27, range (6-22mg/dl) flagged as high
MPV: 11.2, range (6.0-10.8) flagged as high
Vitamin D, 25 OH: 36.0, range (32.0-100ng/ml)
-My Testosterone was checked twice, once in PM and AM (had doctor
recheck b/c initially blood was done in the afternoon)
PM Overall Testosterone: 260, range(348-1197ng/dl) flagged as Low
PM testosterone free: 6.40, range(5.00-21.00ng/dl)
PM % free Testosterone: 2.46, range (1.50-4.20%)
AM Overall Testosterone: 326, range(348-1197ng/dl) flagged as Low
AM testosterone free: 6.59, range(5.00-21.00ng/dl)
AM % free Testosterone: 2.02, range (1.50-4.20%)
Estradiol: 11, range (8-43ng/l)
TSH: 2.15, range (0.27-4.20 MCU/ML)
T4: 5.7, range (4.5-10.9mcg/dl)
T3 Free, 2.3, range (2.3-4.2pg/ml)
SHBG: 27.3, range (16.5-55.9nmol/L)
Cortisol: 18.4, range (6.2-19.4mcg/dl)
FSH: 2.8, range (1.5-12.4 MIU/ML)
LH: 3.5, range (1.7-8.6 MIU/ML)
Prolactin: 10.4, range (4.0-15.2 NG/ML)
PSA: .48, range (< 1.400NG/ML)
-describe diet [some create substantial damage with starvation diets]- in order to lose a few pounds i started a low carb diet after my lifting competition. This usually consists of protein shakes, apples, quest protein bars and nice big dinner salad with chicken. During the weekend, when i have free time, breakfast is usually eggs. During the work week i don’t have time to make eggs
-describe training [some ruin there hormones by over training] - i started crossfit about a year ago. Loved it, mainly the garage gym mentality i enjoy. for about 8months i was doing crossfit regularly, 4 to 5 times a week. Lately don’t have the motivation so it’s down to 3 days a week.
Did my first Olympic lifting competition last month, placed 2nd. Really enjoyed but at my age it’s so hard to recover and hard on the body. Before Crossfit, ive been training my entire life doing strength and some complexes for fat loss.
-testes ache, ever, with a fever? - sometimes they ache if i haven’t had sex in a while with the wife, blue balls i guess and are more sensitive with that.
-how have morning wood and nocturnal erections changed - i used to get morning wood almost all the time when i was younger. it happens sometimes, but if it does the erection is not that hard. erection issues in the past 3 months. My dick isn’t hard enough to have sex. Causing issues in my marriage. I can probably get it hard enough once a week.