Thyroid function can be a mess if you have not been using iodized salt. And some selenium from Brazil nuts would be important too.
- Feeling cold easy
- loss of energy and brain fog, compensation with adrenalin can create a mess
- sparse outer eyebrows
- general hair thinning.
With your diet runs the risk of:
- low cholesterol
- lack of essential fatty acids
- B vitamin deficiencies
- low Vit-D
- multiple amino acid deficiencies
- some mineral deficiencies
Prolactin secreting adinoma? Treatment?
All labs in list format with ranges please.
Low-T and low thyroid function create real problems with training like yours where adrenal fatigue goes through different stages of of progression. Adrenalin has replaced low energy levels from the other problems. Your energy levels are tied to your thyroid fT3 levels and that is the only active thyroid hormone.
You need to eval your overall thyroid function via oral body temperatures - see below and there is two temperatures to report.
Discuss your history of using iodized salt.
List all medications, Rx and OTC and supplements.
Avoid essential oils, tea tree oil and lavender for example.
How have testes changed? Smaller or softer?
Often aches in testes are bilateral. One sided might be pointing to another issue. Testicular cancer is not rare and a young man’s disease. When on TRT if FSH lab does not -->zero we suspect a FSH secreting cancer. Try to get FSH tested to rule that in or out.
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 and 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.