I’m not worried about stomach issues. My problem was further downstream. At that time I hadn’t had any bad experiences w/Drs and blindly followed her advice to take the Nexium. Probiotics have resolved my digestive concerns.
What about T replacement after rebalancing?
While I don’t mind the shots, if I could feel good without any supps, I would prefer that.
I used to be a monster horndog w/ bluesteel erections and sex twice a day when opportunity allowed. Not so much anymore, I miss those days.
people take cortisone to boost their cortisol levels to bring their system back into balance - and some (most?) are able to wean off after some time period and their normal cortisol production is able to pick back up.
people taking external testosterone are shutting down their natural testosterone production and I have not heard of any real success stories in restarting normal hormone production once a person is on HRT (except for one or two rare instances).
I am also looking into trying to restart my system and to get off of T-shots, but I still don’t have everything balanced yet and I want to have the best chance of success so I am waiting till I feel at 100% and have tests to back that up, before I try anything.
I recommend to everyone to try and fix all of their other systems BEFORE starting on HRT - since fixing your thyroid, cortisol, ferritin, etc. can have a dramatic impact on your natural T production.
Yeah, that would’ve been nice to start with.
The only thing my doc found was Vitamin D deficiency, everything else I’ve figured out on my own thanks to sites like this.
I’m strongly considering making the trip to Lansing, rather than doing the phone consult w/my doc.
I know KSman said he was traveling, is HAN riding with him? The forum has been awfully quiet this week.
Lack of sleep can cause problems in itself. A common problem. You might ask for a trial of trazodone, very cheap. Script for 150mg and split to 50mg and expect to progress to 75 or 100mg over time. Combine with melatonin in a time release formula. See if you feel better. Take 30 minutes before you want to go to sleep.
Some recent labs:
E2 4 3-70
SHBG 13.2 14.5-48.4
SERUM TEST 679 249-836
TSH 2.73 .45-4.5
T3 3.6 2.0-4.4
FREE T4 1.41 .82-1.77
RT3 266 90-350
PREGNEOLONE 51 <151
PROGESTERONE 0.4 0.2-1.4
VIT D 25HYDROXY 32.6 32-100 This is curious, because it has been in the mid 60’s for the past 2 yrs on 6k iu daily. Now upped to 10k daily.
Also taking 10mg HC daily, starting 5mcg T3 twice daily today.
Waiting for TD pregnenolone in the mail.
Haven’t taken any Anastrozole in 3 days, joints are still “clicky” and sore.
Seems like I’m having absorption issues, not sure what to do there. Anybody have any knowledge about Glutathione? My google search didn’t convince me either way.
be careful with the cortisol. taking too much at once can stop or limit your natural production. are you taking 5mg am and 5mg pm?
no idea about Glutathione.
can you post a recap your current protocol and symptoms?
What are you planing to do with anastrozole dose? Typical plan for over-responder is a 6 day washout then resume at 1/4th the expected dose.
Symptoms are:
wake up exhausted, generally drag my ass around all day, frequent crash in the afternoon-sometimes so bad I have to find a parking lot and take a quick nap, often can’t stay awake through the 6 o’clock news then can’t sleep at night.
I was thinking it was Adrenal fatigue, now I’m wondering if it’s Liver related since my Cholesterol is high, but Pregnenolone is low.
Also low body temps at waking (95.5-96.6 usually), sometimes not making it to 98.6 at all in a day.
Joint pain
Unable to lose weight
Moderate exercise wipes me out for 1-2 days.
Libido comes and goes seemingly randomly
30 mg T-Cyp EOD
350 IU HCG alternate EOD
I was having large E2 symptoms and was taking .25mg Anastrozole ED. I’m going to wait and see if E2 symptoms return, then try .25mg EOD or E3D.
10mg HC in the morning per Dr. C.
Taking daily supps.
10k IU Vit D
1 EPA/DHA fish oil
1000 mcg B-12
60 mg CoQ10
sorry, but taking HC all at once is just crazy. It suppresses your ACTH (you system detects the extra and reduces production just like testosterone) and causes you to crash once the HC wears off (HC half life is pretty short - just a couple of hours at most) because your system can’t pick up from there.
can you break it into two doses? one upon waking and second at 1pm?
have you read the thyroid-rt3.com site or the STTM adrenal section?
Yeah, I can split it in half, no problem.
I have read the STTM Adrenal section, but not recently.
I briefly perused STTM this morning looking for info re: my thyroid #'s.
I know the TSH of 2.7 is not very good, but have no idea about T-3, T-4, RT-3/4.
Lack of gluthione is a major issue. This is usually due to over oxidative stress if it is endogenous, or exogenous. With out proper gluthione thyroid will not work properly at the cellular level. With depelted glutathione one needs to establish why it is low then work to replenish it by addressing it at the root cause. With out having the proper medical history and personal information one may be missing several crucial variables.