willis3
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Trying to figure out why my free test could be low. My total test is at top 1/3 of range. My estradiol (e2) is at low end of normal. My SHBG is actually low...at the very lowest part of normal. My albumin right in the middle. DHT was right in the middle not too low, not too high either. Progesterone was actually a little elevated and my TSH was actually .2 which according to my doc is a little too low and therefor I'm mildly hyperthyroid. I'm on t3/t4 combo so he lowered it from 2 grains to 1.5 grains for two weeks and then to 1 grain from then on, and will repeat blood tests later on. My progesterone was elevated, which I read can result from hyperthyroidism. Prolactin was on low end of normal. I was still a little upset from finding out that my free t was low only 1%. It makes me think that possibly my total estrogens are too high or potentially the ratios are a little out of whack. I do have a barely noticeable case of gyno, I've had that for most of my life, HRT caused it too get a bit worse but not much. I had a surgery on deviated septum when I was 17. I had a terrible reaction to the anasthesia and it took me months before I ever felt normal again. Also, a few years later I had an anaphlactic reaction to a WASP sting, came very close to death and probably would have if my grandfather, whom I was working outdoors with at the time driven like a nascar champion in his old pickup truck and got me to the hospital for a shot of adrenalin, aside from looking like the elephant man I was also swelling up from the inside as well, my lungs in particular and I couldn't breath. I guess trauma like that could leave one's liver and other organs potentially a little sluggish and tired. I'm 27 and I did mangage to grow an adolescent. I had very late pubertal onset at 17 and I'm guessing that the chronically low test levels and other low hormones came as a result of the anaphlactic reaction, although that's a guess. I'm a pretty big guy 6'3" 215 lbs. 11% Body Fat. My regimen consists of Test Cyp 100 mg per week/ HCG 250 IU 2x per week days 5,6/ Arimidex .5mg same day as injection per week/ HGH 1.5 IU every morning/25mg of DHEA daily (sublingually)/25mg Pregnenolone daily (sublingually)/100mg 7keto DHEA daily/ T3/T4 combo (Compounded Pharmacy)/ Forteo 20mcg daily taken SQ with HGH daily for Osteopenia due to urinating out too much calcium and having weak bones prob. as a result of having low Test/ I also take Fish Oils daily- 2-3 Grams/ Multi vitamin/ GLA/ CLA-3 grams daily/ Alpha Lipoic Acid-250 mg daily/All in one supp.( Gingko Biloba, Ariginine, Zinc, Folic Acid, Vit.B6). So my best guess is that my low free test is coming from high total estrogens and possibly having a liver with less than optimal function due to some very traumatic health related experiences that I've had. I have no hair on my calves but hair everywhere else on my legs, and I have on chest, under arms, however, I can't for the life of me grow much facial hair at all. Only shave about 2x per week if that. I guess thats from the low free test. I'm wondering if I will see my free test levels go up as well as some of the other stuff balance out (progesterone, etc.) as I lower thyroid dosage and my TSH comes back up into a euthyroid state rather than hyperthyroid. The whole reason I went on thyroid was because my thyroid was slightly goiter. I'm wondering if I should discuss DIM/TMG with my doc and possibly lowering or coming off the arimidex as it appears that pherhaps it's my estrogen ratios that are out of whack due to a sluggish fatty liver, however that is not certain.