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Hi,
I posted this over at MesoRX but I need as much expert opinion as I can get, hence my request for Dr. John's and your expert opinions.
Attached are my tests and comparisons over the past year and a half. I'm sure you can see some of the issues as they are flagged and you can see the downward trend in differentials/increase in hematology/CBC panel.
My story is in the thread "Help me please -- Finasteride-induced secondary hypogonadism, low T/LH/FSH, high E " on MesoRX, men's health forum. RECAP: I took Finasteride for 11 months and its been 19 months since I quit. I experienced many side effects on the drug -- loss of libido, ED, loss of morning/nocturnal/spontaneous erections, penile/scrotum shrinkage, genital numbness/rubbery penis, brain fog etc.
Since I quit the brain fog has cleared but the sexual problems remain, I have not recovered at all to the way I was before the drug. I have gotten bloodtests 3 times. When I came off the drug, I recovered after 2 weeks but then my system crashed and my T levels went into the toilet. 3 months off my T was 12.8 (range: 8.4 - 28.7), then 8 months later climbed to 17.3. LH/FSH were low, E2 high.
I just got tested this May, a year after my last tests and there are some bad things happening, particularly with regards to my Hematology panel and extremely elevated Pregnenolone result (out of range).
I am wondering if Dr. John has seen this before (elevated RBC, Hematocrit, Hemoglobin, decreased WBC and differentials, high Pregnenolone) and what this might mean. I plan on getting retested and seeing a Hematologist but I am trying to get as much info as I can on what these results might mean.
The lab suggested dehydration or chronic hypoxia but I am concerned it could be something more sinister like leukemia, anemia, polycythemia or some issue with the spleen, bone marrow, cancer... perhaps the elevated Pregnenolone be due to high Cholesterol (since Preg comes directly after Cholesterol in the steroid pathway)? Has anyone seen these types of results before?
I don't have HIV (got tested 2 months prior to these tests), I'm not taking iron supplements and I wasn't dehydrated the day I took my latest tests. I do have to piss a lot and am always thirsty though. I am concerned that somehow when Finasteride crashed my system after quitting, my body is now slowly starting to fall apart at this point due to the damage the drug did to my HTPA/endocrine system...
Anyway any insight appreciated, many thanks in advance.
I posted this over at MesoRX but I need as much expert opinion as I can get, hence my request for Dr. John's and your expert opinions.
Attached are my tests and comparisons over the past year and a half. I'm sure you can see some of the issues as they are flagged and you can see the downward trend in differentials/increase in hematology/CBC panel.
My story is in the thread "Help me please -- Finasteride-induced secondary hypogonadism, low T/LH/FSH, high E " on MesoRX, men's health forum. RECAP: I took Finasteride for 11 months and its been 19 months since I quit. I experienced many side effects on the drug -- loss of libido, ED, loss of morning/nocturnal/spontaneous erections, penile/scrotum shrinkage, genital numbness/rubbery penis, brain fog etc.
Since I quit the brain fog has cleared but the sexual problems remain, I have not recovered at all to the way I was before the drug. I have gotten bloodtests 3 times. When I came off the drug, I recovered after 2 weeks but then my system crashed and my T levels went into the toilet. 3 months off my T was 12.8 (range: 8.4 - 28.7), then 8 months later climbed to 17.3. LH/FSH were low, E2 high.
I just got tested this May, a year after my last tests and there are some bad things happening, particularly with regards to my Hematology panel and extremely elevated Pregnenolone result (out of range).
I am wondering if Dr. John has seen this before (elevated RBC, Hematocrit, Hemoglobin, decreased WBC and differentials, high Pregnenolone) and what this might mean. I plan on getting retested and seeing a Hematologist but I am trying to get as much info as I can on what these results might mean.
The lab suggested dehydration or chronic hypoxia but I am concerned it could be something more sinister like leukemia, anemia, polycythemia or some issue with the spleen, bone marrow, cancer... perhaps the elevated Pregnenolone be due to high Cholesterol (since Preg comes directly after Cholesterol in the steroid pathway)? Has anyone seen these types of results before?
I don't have HIV (got tested 2 months prior to these tests), I'm not taking iron supplements and I wasn't dehydrated the day I took my latest tests. I do have to piss a lot and am always thirsty though. I am concerned that somehow when Finasteride crashed my system after quitting, my body is now slowly starting to fall apart at this point due to the damage the drug did to my HTPA/endocrine system...
Anyway any insight appreciated, many thanks in advance.
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