Many here have thyroid/iodine and low-T issues. If you do TRT with low thyroid function your body will not be able to meet the restored/increased metabolic demands of normal T levels and one can feel worse in some cases.
TSH should be near 1.0
Thyroid lab ranges are mostly useless and “normal” does not mean normal health. The optimal levels are different. Most doctors are clueless.
Thyroid:
- feeling cold
- general hair thinning
- dry skin, brittle nails
- feeling tired, stupid and brain fog
- sparse out eyebrows
- enlarged thyroid
- thyroid nodules
and most of the same symptoms as low T
Need to have your oral body temperatures to evaluate overall thyroid function - see below.
We need your history of using iodized salt and/or vitamins that list iodine. Your thyroid problems could be a simple case of iodine deficiency.
fT3 is low and should be mid-range or better, perhaps 3.2 as the range there is different.
fT3 regulates ATP production by mitochondria inside your cells as part of your body temperature control loop. So body temperatures are a measure of how that is working. ATP is what powers your cells and when thyroid function is low, every cell, tissue organ and hormone regulation system is compromised with systems undermining other systems.
Selenium is very important and if you are introducing more iodine there is a DANGER if you are selenium deficient.
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.
KSman is simply a regular member on this site. Nothing more other than highly active.
I can be a bit abrupt in my replies and recommendations. I have a lot of ground to cover as this forum has become much more active in the last two years. I can’t follow threads that go deep over time. You need to respond to all of my points and requests as soon as possible before you fall off of my radar. The worse problems are guys who ignore issues re thyroid, body temperatures, history of iodized salt. Please do not piss people off saying that lab results are normal, we need lab number and ranges.
The value that you get out of this process and forum depends on your effort and performance. The bulk of your learning is reading/studying the suggested stickies.