Question on Blood Labs, Reversing Symptoms

Pharma TRT
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Hi all,

I wasn’t quite sure where to post this. I recently had a blood draw as I was concerned about some potential hormonal issues.

I had my testosterone, free and total, lh and fsh, etc tested. I had fasted and was drawn at 1030am. These were my results.

Testosterone, total 754 ng/dl
Testosterone, free 9 pg/ml
FSH 2.7 mIU/ml
LH 2.6 mIU/ml
Estradiol 33.1 pg/ml
Insulin 2.5 uIU/ml
TSH .910 uIU/ml

My LH and FSH are quite low along with my free testosterone. My insulin levels are low due to being on a ketogenic type diet I believe.

I was wondering what I should do to help normalize my hormine levels and if there could be a natural approach to doing so.

I am male, 31 years, quite thin 150-160 lbs at 6’2".

My symptoms are lack of motivation, trouble sleeping at night, brain fog, randome feelings of fatigue and weakness, including a few other symptoms.

I have tried to start working out but am unable to keep up the energy and motivation to persevere.

Also it seems like my puberty is incomplete, I have normal pubic, axillary and let hair, but arm hair is sparse, with some facial hair growth. And a few chest hairs.

Would there be a natural way to reverse these problems and correct my hormones thru natural means?

Thanks for reading guys and looking forward to your responses!

Foregrowth

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You’re missing SHBG, but you don’t have to be a genius to figure out that SHBG is high and is the primary problem. SHBG scavenges sex hormones and when elevated greatly lowers free T, that’s why you free T is low. SHBG is also quite deceiving and it’s inflating your Total T score like a big hot air balloon, your testosterone production is indicated by your LH hormone secreted by your pituitary gland.

When testosterone is low, LH is expected to be low. There aren’t many doctors who really understand SHBG or the relevance, most doctors would take a look at your Total T and see it’s in ranges and never realize high SHBG is reducing all your bioavailable testosterone. That’s why you feel as if testosterone is low.

Most men fail to lower high SHBG by any natural means, only method is large weekly injections of testosterone. Some men who have very high SHBG need Total T above ranges and must donate blood frequently. Since your doctor did a big blunder not ordering SHBG, I doubt that’s the male E2 sensitive test, bet it’s the female ELISA E2 test.

Your doctor has failed on the most basic level by not ordering SHBG, the gold standard for sex hormone evaluation. This doctor also failed at thyroid labs, no Free T3, Free T4, Reverse T3 or antibodies, TSH only testing is a warning sign your doctor is hopelessly clueless.

Doctors typically fail at TRT, insurance is basically useless for TRT. Ask your doctor about HCG and aromatase inhibitors, bet doctor looks at you funny. If you start TRT with current doctor, you’ll wish you hadn’t!

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Thanks systemlord for your thorough and detailed response. I forgot to mention that I was diagnosed with a grade 3 varicocele on my left testicle a number of years back. Could this condition affect me in this way as well?

Thanks!

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You’re welcome,

If it was because of varicocele we would see good LH and low testosterone that would indicate a failure of the testicles, but what we are seeing is the failure of the pituitary gland do to the low LH where low testosterone is usually expected.

Do not even consider starting TRT unless your doctor has experience prescribing HCG and estrogen blockers, these thing may be required. HCG mimics LH hormones that injectable testosterone zeros out, it will keep your testicles alive and producing sperm and may provide mood boosting effects.

It’ll also keep your testicles from turning into raisins. I don’t know about you but I’d rather have walnuts. You may need to go private to get a knowledgeable doctor, insurance doctors are typically useless.

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Definitely get SHBG checked. But your TT looks good, but free doesn’t. Like system said, that always points to high SHBG.

KETO raises SHBG. There’s one correction for you.