billytk03z
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I am a 35 yr old male who has been dealing with major fatigue and mild depression problems for approximately the last 3-4years and now most disturbingly recently (within last 4 months) I am now experiencing Hypoglycemia...
My quick, condensed back history is like this... I have always been a big work out fanatic, always finding something to do in the gym everyday. I always ate healthy (i believe almost too healthy). I used caffeine and ephedra regularly prior to work outs for the energy boost not for weightloss. I usually got about 5-6 hours of sleep which seemed like enough cuz I was always filled with abundant energy. Then out of the blue back in Dec, 2005 something peculiar happened to me... I went to the gym to get a work out and I popped my usual ephedra and black coffee combo but i felt no effect.. Infact, I never got any more incredible, unlimited energy rush again from the ephedra/caffeine combo.. Also, I started to notice a decline in natural energy and mood which slowly progressed to get worse and worse over the years. I also started to have a hard time sleeping through a complete night.... fast forward to now.... Im always fatigued, irritable, sleepy, I get tired after eating any kind of meal, my libido is low (although still able to perform), started shedding alot of hair within the last 3 months (not mpb according to dermatologist), and the list goes on... basically I have all the adrenal fatigue symptoms and most of the hypothyroid symptoms.... Anyway, I knew something good wasnt going on within my body so I started getting blood work done and seeing various docs who always said I was fine even though I knew I was internally slowly falling apart... about 3 years ago I had an adrenal saliva test from NeuroScience which showed the following=
8am-7.3 (7-10)
noon- 3.4 (3.0-6.0)
6pm- 9.6 (2.0-4.0)
10:30pm- 2.7 (0-1)
My most recent blood work from LabCorp, Nov. 09 shows-
test (serum)- 475 (241-827)
test (free)- 9.8 (8.7-25.1)
LH- 6.0 (1.5-9.3)
FSH- 5.0 (1.4-18.1)
Estradiol- 21 (0-53)
dheas- 187 (120-520)
dhea- 539 (146-850) ..... was supplementing with 25mg dhea prior to test
progesterone- 0.5 (0.3-1.2)
prolactin- 6.6 (2.1-17.7)
TSH- 2.350
8AM cortisol (blood)- 14.7 (4.3-22.4).... according to the book "safe uses of cortisol" the AM cortisol should be in the upper 20's/low30's...
*** past blood test over the past years revealed the following-
- fluctuating TSH levels between 1.0 - 2.350 (last tsh test was highest ever)
- T4 and T3 always seem to be in middle of ref ranges
- fluctuating high and low E2 (estrogen)
- IGF-1 is low 154 (115-307) from lab corps
- low vit d/ vit d3 levels
I recently started taking 25mg of HC (generic HC called hisone).
7am- 10mg
11am-10mg
3pm- 5mg
***sometimes another 5mg around 6-7pm if physically active during that time.
-I have been taking HC now for the past 9 days and I have not felt any difference as of yet....
-I am constantly getting tired/sleepy after eating meals
-I get hypoglycemic after drinking anything with caffeine (especially coffee)
-If i dont get tired after eating I get hypoglycemic.
I have taken my temperature about 4 to 6 times a day for the past 5 days and I am averaging 97.3 temperature with low 96's upon wakening and low 97's afternoon and high 97's in evening......
I started taking lugols solution (5%) iodine/iodide, vit c, b, d3, and e... Zinc, tyrosine, licorice root, adrenal cortex, magnesium, pregenolone, dhea (thinking about adding progesterone)....
Im lost and I need help... something is definately wrong.....
My quick, condensed back history is like this... I have always been a big work out fanatic, always finding something to do in the gym everyday. I always ate healthy (i believe almost too healthy). I used caffeine and ephedra regularly prior to work outs for the energy boost not for weightloss. I usually got about 5-6 hours of sleep which seemed like enough cuz I was always filled with abundant energy. Then out of the blue back in Dec, 2005 something peculiar happened to me... I went to the gym to get a work out and I popped my usual ephedra and black coffee combo but i felt no effect.. Infact, I never got any more incredible, unlimited energy rush again from the ephedra/caffeine combo.. Also, I started to notice a decline in natural energy and mood which slowly progressed to get worse and worse over the years. I also started to have a hard time sleeping through a complete night.... fast forward to now.... Im always fatigued, irritable, sleepy, I get tired after eating any kind of meal, my libido is low (although still able to perform), started shedding alot of hair within the last 3 months (not mpb according to dermatologist), and the list goes on... basically I have all the adrenal fatigue symptoms and most of the hypothyroid symptoms.... Anyway, I knew something good wasnt going on within my body so I started getting blood work done and seeing various docs who always said I was fine even though I knew I was internally slowly falling apart... about 3 years ago I had an adrenal saliva test from NeuroScience which showed the following=
8am-7.3 (7-10)
noon- 3.4 (3.0-6.0)
6pm- 9.6 (2.0-4.0)
10:30pm- 2.7 (0-1)
My most recent blood work from LabCorp, Nov. 09 shows-
test (serum)- 475 (241-827)
test (free)- 9.8 (8.7-25.1)
LH- 6.0 (1.5-9.3)
FSH- 5.0 (1.4-18.1)
Estradiol- 21 (0-53)
dheas- 187 (120-520)
dhea- 539 (146-850) ..... was supplementing with 25mg dhea prior to test
progesterone- 0.5 (0.3-1.2)
prolactin- 6.6 (2.1-17.7)
TSH- 2.350
8AM cortisol (blood)- 14.7 (4.3-22.4).... according to the book "safe uses of cortisol" the AM cortisol should be in the upper 20's/low30's...
*** past blood test over the past years revealed the following-
- fluctuating TSH levels between 1.0 - 2.350 (last tsh test was highest ever)
- T4 and T3 always seem to be in middle of ref ranges
- fluctuating high and low E2 (estrogen)
- IGF-1 is low 154 (115-307) from lab corps
- low vit d/ vit d3 levels
I recently started taking 25mg of HC (generic HC called hisone).
7am- 10mg
11am-10mg
3pm- 5mg
***sometimes another 5mg around 6-7pm if physically active during that time.
-I have been taking HC now for the past 9 days and I have not felt any difference as of yet....
-I am constantly getting tired/sleepy after eating meals
-I get hypoglycemic after drinking anything with caffeine (especially coffee)
-If i dont get tired after eating I get hypoglycemic.
I have taken my temperature about 4 to 6 times a day for the past 5 days and I am averaging 97.3 temperature with low 96's upon wakening and low 97's afternoon and high 97's in evening......
I started taking lugols solution (5%) iodine/iodide, vit c, b, d3, and e... Zinc, tyrosine, licorice root, adrenal cortex, magnesium, pregenolone, dhea (thinking about adding progesterone)....
Im lost and I need help... something is definately wrong.....
