Free test 153.2 35.0-155
Total testosterone 559 250-1100
Shgb. 16 10-50
Estrodial. 54 0-39
Tsh 3.53 0.40-4.50
Dyhydrotest 28 16-79
My temps are low…95.5 morning 96.7 afternoon average 4 days low as 94.9 one day
you need to include the units and ranges when you post your labs. go to the post where you put your labs, click the edit button in the lower right corner, and type out exactly what is on your lab results. different labs will use differents tests and it will help others give you advice knowing exactly what they are looking at.
that said, your E2 is high and you may be experiencing sides due to that. holding water weight, very difficult to lose fat, etc
i just read back and saw you only said you were on hrt and using an AI, you have no provided details of your protocol.
how much and what form of test are you on? which AI and how much? HCG?
for example, my protocol:
100mg Test Cyp/week, divided into two 50mg Subq shots
250iu HCG 3x/wk
1mg Anastrozole/wk in .34mg doses taken on T + HCG and HCG shot days
I will edit the lab breakdown tomorrow when I get to the office. My hrt protocol is close to yours but 200mg devided into 2. And hcg 500 devided in 2 ai is same.
I have started on the iodine Replacement for three days but I am still running under 96…what gives
a couple of days of iodine supplementing will not bring your temperatures up. depending on how much you are taking per day, it will take about two weeks or more. how much are you taking?
also, if you are taking 200mg Test Cyp per week, but only 1mg Anastrozole and E2 is 54, it’s pretty clear to me that you should be taking more than 1mg/week of the Anastrozole. The ratio that seems to work for most is 1mg Anastrozole per 100mg T Cyp. Immediately doubling the Anastrozole may be too much, personally I would bump it up to 1.75mg/wk for 4-6 weeks then get new labs and see how that dose affected the E2.
I edited my labs. Is that all you need to see. Also I am ten days in and still 95.6 - 96 every morning and am taking Terry Naturally Tri-Iodine, 12.5 mg 4 caps a day. So 4 x 12.5 mg
50mg iodine for 10 days is 500mg. I would expect to see temperatures up by now. If they do not come up, iodine deficiency is ruled out as a primary cause. So it would make sense to do these labs two weeks after finishing IR:
-TSH
-fT3
-fT4
See the thyroid basics sticky for more background re these labs. If fT3 is good, then rT3 might be blocking fT3 from entering cells and then stress related issues need to be considered. If fT3 and fT4 are low, you may need to get tested for thyroid antibodies and start thyroid medication. If you have elevated rT3 and take T4 meds, rT3 will get worse and less fT3 will enter your cells. In that case you would need meds that are all or mostly T3. So you have some work to do.