Please read the stickies found here: About the T Replacement Category - #2 by KSman
- advice for new guys
- things that damage your hormones
- protocol for injections
- finding a TRT doc
We need all of your recent labs in list format with ranges.
Labs:
TT
FT
E2
prolactin
LH/FSH
TSH
fT3
fT4
rT3 if you have a lot of stress in your life, what you listed might be enought
fasting cholesterol
fasting glucose
CBC
hematocrit
ferritin - needed for T4–T3
AM cortisol - at 8AM
Sometimes TSH needs to be pushed quite low for some people.
Eval overall thyroid function by checking oral body temps as per the thyroid basics sticky. One can use body temps to adjust thyroid med dosing.
Were your eyebrows sparse. Still?
History of feeling cold?
Do not expect to find docs who can manage TRT and/or thyroid well. You need to gain knowledge and not be passive with the doctors.
In most USA states, you can order your own labs and pay out of pocket.
We do see some clear cases of low thyroid function reducing T levels and proper thyroid meds leading to better T levels. But often not. But there are many who come here with T levels and low thyroid function, that you have to wonder.
Many have issues from not using iodized salt which can lead to hypo and high TSH, leading to nodules that can progress to hyper and in some cases auto-immune diseases or cancer. Note that selenium deficiency sets one up for those last items.