I’ve been perusing this site for months now trying to learn and acquire some insight for my symptoms. That said I hope I’ve done enough homework to not sound like an idiot… So any feedback would be appreciated. Here we go. Symptoms; weak, tired, lethargic, low libido (however no performance issues). balls feel softer now after vasectomy and feel like sack is tight more often. not sure if this is because i am paying attention now. difficult to gain muscle or lose fat.
Often feel cold when others around me are just fine. Morning temps always below 97.3 F, I wake up very tired and never feel refreshed til later at night. Does not matter how much I sleep the night b/4. That said, ive always been a night owl but my life schedule doesnt coincide. I feel moody, brain fog, etc… I could keep going afraid I would be rambling. This has all occurred over last 2 years.
Personal stats; 37yo male, married, father of 3 great kids under 9 yrs of age. Done w/ adding to family. vasectomy dec of ‘12. Very busy. Career firefighter, no set sleep pattern, bell goes off we go… Not complaining just know what poor sleep does to a person. 6’ tall, 215#, 8-10% BF w/ seven site skin calipers. That said have always had female type fat storage, love handles around hips and Xtra around bottom of pecs, even though I can see veins in my lower abs. I know hard to believe. Other wise very lean else where. Ex div 1 college athlete. Been lifting and training since puberty. B.S. exercise science.
Health history; about 6 years ago had gall bladder removed following idiopathic acute pancreatitis. No gall stones… The docs never could give me a reason for this. Only symptom since then is loose stools, always. I think it was from an OTC prohormone i took for 3 weeks about a month b4 the pancreatitis kicked in. got it from a local nutrtion store. Other than that went on with life until 2yrs ago. Started complaining to drs about aforementioned symptoms. Don’t have all lab work from beginning but I will start with the labs from March '13
Total CHL 195
LDL-C 143. High
HDL-C 54
Triglycerides 181
Non HDL-C 140
Above are mg/dL
Insulin uU/mL 7 range 3-9
FFA mmol/L .48 range <.6
Glucose mg/dL 76 range 70-99
HbA1c% 5.1 range <5.6
25-hydroxy-VIt D ng/mL 33 range 30-100
Uric acid mg/dL 4.7 range 3.4-6.9
Homocysteine umol/L 7 range <11
Cystatin C mg/L .70 range <.95
Est glomuler filtration rate mL/min/1.73m2 >150. Range >89
Creatinine serum mg/dL 1.5. High. Range .7-1.2
BUN mg/dL 21 high range 6-20
Na+ 138. 133-145
K+ 4.6. 3.3-5.1
Cl 101. 96-108
CO2 31. High 22-29
Above are mmol/L
Calcium mg/dL 9.8. 8.6-10.2 As a side note this has been just above high on previous labs, like 10.3
ALT/GPT U/L 24 range <42
AST/GOT U/L 23 range <41
ALP U/L 61 range 40-129
Total bilirubin mg/dL .9 range up to 1.2
Albumin g/dL 4.7 range 3.5-5.2
Total protein g/dL 6.7 range 6.1-8.0
Ferritin ng/mL 206 range 30-400
TSH uIU/mL 4.83 H. range .27-4.20
T4 ug/dL 7.4 range 4.5-11.7
T3 ng/dL 93 range 80-200
I know this is incomplete I will post more in a bit and explain, but this is all I got this round of labs
DHEA-s ug/dL 164 range for 35-44 yr old male 89-427
Estradiol pg/mL 20.2 range <12-42.6
Fsh mlU/mL 2.6. Range 1.5-12.4
LH mIU/mL 2.5. Range 1.7-8.6
SHBG nmol/L 32 range 10-80
TT ng/dL 424 range 280-800 This has been in high 200’s before on previous labs in last 2 yrs
FTest ng/dL 8.80 range 4.7-24.4
CBC Labs. I will give the important ones that stand out to me. Let me know if you need more
Hemoglobin g/dL 16. 12.5-17
Hematocrit % 48. 36-50
Platelets 242. 140-415
Lymphocytes %. 45. 14-46
Eosinophils % 8. 0-7. H
After 3 drs including a gp and anti-aging dr. I finally was introduced to a DO dr who I initially liked, now after reading not so sure???
The above labs were 8 am, 12hr fast. He diagnosed me as borderline hypothyroid and secondary hypogonadism. Px armour thyroid .5 Gr
1x daily (havent noticed anything different, might actually feel worse), and to start trt at 200mg/every 2 weeks. IM. I did 1 shot and started to read a lot and declined the trt for now. I requested more labs and to
dig deeper as to cause. He also said that the armour thyroid probably wouldn’t help much. WTF does that mean… So more labs
FT3 3.4 pg/ml. 2.77-5.27
RT3 14.7 ng/dL. 9.0-27.0
Thyroperioxidase AB, S 1.1 uU/mL <9.0
Thyroglobulin AB 20 iu/mL <116
Iodine 53 ng/mL 40-92
ACTH 19 pg/mL. 10-50
SHBG 26 nmol/L. 10-57
DHEA-s 122 mcg/dL 65-334
IGF1.S 187 ng/mL 69-226
Cortisol 10.1 ug/dL. B4 10AM. 6-23
Prolactin 6.9 ng/mL 3.7-17.9
Psa .9. 0-4
TT 444 ng/dL 240-950
FT 16 ng/dL. 9-30
LH .8 miU/mL 1.7-8.6
FSH 2.0 miU/mL. 1.6-9.7
25- VIt D total. 35 ng/mL. 25-80
CoQ-10 630 mcg/L. 433-1532
CoQ-10 % reduced 88 Low. 92-98%. ???
Ok that’s all I got for now. I see the dr again the 12th to discuss the 2nd round of labs and see what his interpretation is… My thoughts are adrenal fatigue with obvious hypothyroid and secondary hypogonadism. I want to know what is going on, do not want to start trt just because. I train hard and eat pretty well. Been following Kiefer’s carb backloading for about 6 months. Actually have made pretty good gains in weight room despite test levels. Just dead lifted 405# for 10 reps last week. Pers best. That said every workout is a battle and I don’t really see changes in the mirror. Vanity a side. I want to feel good again. Anyone with some good advice, criticism fire away. At this point the more I read, and the more idiot drs I see the more confused I get.
Supps taken:
Creatine in various forms since 1998
Beta alanine for the last year
Last month
VIt d3 3000-5000iu/day
Dhea 50mg on days I work out. Usually 4x/week
Melatonin 1mg b4 bed
Zma b4 bed
VIt c 1.5-2G / day
Fish oil try for 1-2G daily
Selenium 200mg daily
Thanks for reading, please help!!!