It is not clear why you think that you were misdiagnosed?
TRT should include E2 management with anastrozole as needed and hCG to preserver testes/fertility ← vital at your stage of life.
Post all of your lab work in range or not.
Your FSH could be a sign of testicular cancer. And testicular aches? Has doc examined your testes? A sure sign is on TRT, LH–>zero and FSH is elevated.
Complete labs would include:
TT=278
FT
E2
SHBG=10
prolactin ← could be root cause.
TSH should be near 1.0
T3, T4 fT3, fT3 should be mid-range or slightly higher
fT3 is the only active hormone
rT3 opposes fT3 at T3 receptors
Do you have a lab set that reflects what you are on now?
Trying to get a here and now focus.
Going back to natural levels may not be where you want to be.
In military did you get any blows to the head or blast injuries?
Please see below re “oral body temperatures” to evaluate overall thyroid function. Discuss history of using iodized salt.
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 Aand 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.