My prolactin came back high at 40, range 2.5 - 16
My cortisol is also high and fasting insulin was low
Should I do something? Im inactive right now and I have never done steroids. I don’t like having high prolactin, there is no use for it in men specially this high. I have no signs of gyno and im lean. However im worried about hairloss, I heard high prolactin causes hairloss and im shedding as fuck. Im on topical finasteride + minoxidil but doesnt work.
I’d be more worried about a prolactin excreting tumor with it that high. Did the doc mention an MRI? It’s not super likely that you have one but that is pretty high.
Cabergoline will bring it down if needed.
What did your other labs look like?
MRI, then Caber, in that order ideally. Didn’t know high PRL caused hair loss but that’s something else to watch for
Doc? the fuckers on the social security healthcare never tested barely any hormones, I had to pay for my own labs.
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drugs.com said fiasteride does not raise prolactin but im not sure
Are MRI’s safe? radiation on my brain doesnt sound like a good time
TNot sure about safe, but it’s just to confirm a tumor or no tumor.
Does it matter? The prolactin level is too low for it to be a prolactinoma which typically are high as fuck in serum tests. And if I had one its treated with cabergoline anway as far as I know. I just want to avoid radiation on the brain if possible.
MRI exams do not use radiation.
You’re right, either way a DA agonist is in your future. Maybe for peace of mind?
Yeah but which one and how often? Cabergoline 0.5mg 1x monthly is safe to use chronically without upregulation? you dont want to end up with more prolactin.
Another thing I realized is that I do edging, I can be like an entire month with sexual stimuatlion without ejaculation. Could this be causing that peak for the bloodwork? I really like that feel because I feel like im a teen and have more motivation. I also practice for premature ejaculation which is a problem i’ve always had.
That’s medicare for you, practically useless. You should know most doctors break even or loose money dealing with medicare patients, medicare is always looking for ways out of reimbursing your doctor.
That’s why testing is so limited, doctor is afraid of not getting reimbursed and is why we have to fight with our doctors, this goes for HMO’s as well.
I can tell if a guy based on his labs has an HMO or PPO insurance plan.
I have no real practical experience with this, I’ve only taken Caber for a short period. It’s very strong and has a long half life, I’d start with .25mg once weekly (maybe q10d) and see how you feel.
your dopamine receptors are likely to be already fried out due to “edging” (with porn I suppose).
in this case, some man will develop high prolactin with subsequent secondary hypogonadism.
Wait a minute…
You’re afraid of an MRI emitting radiation into your brain (which as was stated, it doesn’t…hence the name MRI(Magnetic Resonance Imaging))…
But yet you are willing to just start putting Caber into your body and “see how it goes” completely blind, just because you read it on the internet?
I’m truly at a loss as to whether you are being serious?
He’s trolling
40 is NOT that high. I hit anywhere between 30-70. Tumors will push you into the hundreds, if not thousands or tens of thousands.
There are other causes. Currently I’m looking into the possibility that I’m hypothyroid as my TSH and prolactin are increasing together.
Ask your doctor to run a test for macroprolactin. One endo clued me in on this and it changed everything. I couldn’t figure out why the DAs made everything (sex included) worse for me. Turns out my body was binding up most of the prolactin, leaving only a normal in range amount left. I stopped torturing myself with DAs after that.
I would not buy into everything about B6 and all that dropping prolactin. It’s not nearly enough to make a difference, I tried it and confirmed with blood tests that there was no significant change. Maybe if you’re deficient, but that’s it.
@bigmistake2 To try lower prolactin with supplements is as stupid as try to increase testosterone the sane way
@vonko1988
Before I found out I didn’t have a tumor I read up on the prolactin forums and scream people were using P5P to lower their levels effectively. Since I don’t have a tumor or symptoms I don’t care that mine is high but if I did I’d rather try P5P first than straight to caber especially if it’s not a serious tumor.
P5P may have worse side effects than caber in some cases, I have researched them a lot before starting the caber.
u develop high prolactin cuz of edging to porn??