SilkPhantom
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Hi,
I'm very concerned about my current state of health. Before I get into my history i'll keep your interest by letting you know that my Total and Free test levels are 61 L and 12 L respectively. Both are Extremely low. I'll be 21 in october and have come a long way on my journey to this point. I'll give you guys a little history.
The summer before i turned 19 i took a 3 week cycle of M1t (methyl -1 testosterone). Stupid, i know, but it's in the past. I researched it before i did it and followed it up with the standard post cycle therapy of nolvadex for 4 weeks. I did not have bloodwork pre or post cycle (again, stupid, i know). I weighed about 193 coming off the cycle and looked pretty good muscle-wise. The following year i put on over 20 pounds while traveling on a gap year that i attributed to drinking and eating fatty foods that most kids gain in college. I started getting weird stretch marks all over and then continued gaining weight at a rapid pace. I am now 232 pounds, have had symptoms of extreme lethargy and brain fog that doctors have called everything from mono to lymes-disease. I finally was directed to an Endo and thats when we discovered my low test.
He has done a lot of testing and is currently thinking that i might have cushings (yes i know its rare) and i will be going for MRI' and CT scan soon to check the Pituitary for benign tumor.
My questions are these (many): 1. Is it likely the M1t was the culprit here? 2. is it possible that i never recovered from the shutdown from the prohormones even though it's been over 2 years? 3. could taking prohormones at that age have shut me down for ever?
I havnt discussed the past prohormone use with him yet as i honestly didn't even consider them to have been a possibility until recently and i will inform him during my next appointment.
Maybe someone can see something he's missed in this bloodwork:
Testosterone, Total: 61 L <250-1100 ng/dl >
Free Testosterone: 12 L <35.0 - 155.0 pg/ml >
Cortisol, Free (24 hour urine): 149.6 H <4.0-50.0 mcg/24h)
Creatinine, urine: 2.56 H <0.63-2.50 g/24hr>
FSH: 1.0 L <1.6-8.0 mIU/mL>
LH: 0.7 L <1.5-9.3 mIU/mL>
ACTH, PLASMA: 15 <7-50 pg/ml>
Those are the tests he has done so far and i have yet to do the MRI's or CAT scan if he continues to think it points towards cushings. Is it possible i have that and its unrelated to the m1t? Sorry for all the questions but i am tired of being exhausted all the time and foggy all the time and he seems to be willing to go the TRT route if necessary he says but i'm equally apprehensive about starting at such a young age.
Thanks for listening,
TL
I'm very concerned about my current state of health. Before I get into my history i'll keep your interest by letting you know that my Total and Free test levels are 61 L and 12 L respectively. Both are Extremely low. I'll be 21 in october and have come a long way on my journey to this point. I'll give you guys a little history.
The summer before i turned 19 i took a 3 week cycle of M1t (methyl -1 testosterone). Stupid, i know, but it's in the past. I researched it before i did it and followed it up with the standard post cycle therapy of nolvadex for 4 weeks. I did not have bloodwork pre or post cycle (again, stupid, i know). I weighed about 193 coming off the cycle and looked pretty good muscle-wise. The following year i put on over 20 pounds while traveling on a gap year that i attributed to drinking and eating fatty foods that most kids gain in college. I started getting weird stretch marks all over and then continued gaining weight at a rapid pace. I am now 232 pounds, have had symptoms of extreme lethargy and brain fog that doctors have called everything from mono to lymes-disease. I finally was directed to an Endo and thats when we discovered my low test.
He has done a lot of testing and is currently thinking that i might have cushings (yes i know its rare) and i will be going for MRI' and CT scan soon to check the Pituitary for benign tumor.
My questions are these (many): 1. Is it likely the M1t was the culprit here? 2. is it possible that i never recovered from the shutdown from the prohormones even though it's been over 2 years? 3. could taking prohormones at that age have shut me down for ever?
I havnt discussed the past prohormone use with him yet as i honestly didn't even consider them to have been a possibility until recently and i will inform him during my next appointment.
Maybe someone can see something he's missed in this bloodwork:
Testosterone, Total: 61 L <250-1100 ng/dl >
Free Testosterone: 12 L <35.0 - 155.0 pg/ml >
Cortisol, Free (24 hour urine): 149.6 H <4.0-50.0 mcg/24h)
Creatinine, urine: 2.56 H <0.63-2.50 g/24hr>
FSH: 1.0 L <1.6-8.0 mIU/mL>
LH: 0.7 L <1.5-9.3 mIU/mL>
ACTH, PLASMA: 15 <7-50 pg/ml>
Those are the tests he has done so far and i have yet to do the MRI's or CAT scan if he continues to think it points towards cushings. Is it possible i have that and its unrelated to the m1t? Sorry for all the questions but i am tired of being exhausted all the time and foggy all the time and he seems to be willing to go the TRT route if necessary he says but i'm equally apprehensive about starting at such a young age.
Thanks for listening,
TL