Please do not create second threads for your case!
Always need ranges with lab results.
Please read these stickies found here: About the T Replacement Category - #2 by KSman
- advice for new guys
- things that damage your hormones
- protocol for injections
- finding a TRT doc
Your progress will be very individual and stories of how others have recovered really are interesting but not helpful as you are a sample of one.
Starvation can wreck hormone production and stress the adrenals, first increasing cortisol, but adrenal fatigue can lead to low cortisol and increase rT3 that blocks fT3.
To list of labs above add:
rT3
AM cortisol - at 8AM please
DHEA-S
fasting glucose
fasting cholesterol - could be too low
Action items:
- read the stickies
- get the labs and post with ranges
- post oral body temperatures as per the thyroid basics sticky
Thyroid function can be low if you have not been using iodized salt long-term.