Background info here: (May be irrelavant but this is all I can think of to put here)
Oct '06- caught a nasty virus which caused pericarditis and ended up in the hospital for 5 days, had a heart cathe...came home..back to the hospital again as throat had ulcers and I couldnt drink anything! Went from 240-215 in a matter of a couple weeks.
Nov- '06 got back into the gym and lifting and got back up to about 230ish by x-mas
April '07- did a bb comp weighing about 195. Felt pretty good, just tired from dieting. Took a week off after the show to just rest. Then started to hit the weights hard again to prepare for a couple fall shows.
July '07- start dieting for sept. shows. About 4-6 weeks out as I recall I just started to feel really run down and just weak. Toughed it out and did two shows.
Now its been about a month after the shows with a full week+ off of doing nothing I started lifting again and I still just feel run down, wore out, and it seems like my recovery sucks, I have become anti-social, depressed and I have no sex drive, and then I think back and it seems like my sex drive was pretty lacking all summer as well...just never thought much of it.. (no g/f) then I look back and I really havent made very good gains in the gym either. It seems like it has all been going on since spring (maybe before) and that is has finally just hit rock bottom for me.
Supps: which i even stopped taking for 10 days to see if I felt better...no change
-pslin, 4 x a week before weights
-anabolic pump, 1-2 times a day depending on carb intake
-Orange Triad, 6/day
-Xtend, 10 scoops during workout
-Primal N2O, 4/wk before weights
-Super EPA, 6/day
-protein powders
So I had blood work done: mine (reference range)
*Testosterone, free: 7.34 (8.69-54.69 pg/ml)
Calcium: 9.6 (8.9-10.3 mg/dL)
Total protein: 6.1 (6.1-7.9 g/dL)
Albumin: 4.1 (3.5-4.8 g/dL)
alkaline phos: 41 (38-126 U/L)
Bilirubin Total: 1.1 (0.3-1.2 mg/dL)
*AST: 45 (15-41 U/L)
*ALT: 65 (17-63 U/L)
A/G Ratio: 2.1 (1.1-2.1 ratio)
Globulin: 2.0 (2.0-3.7 g/dL)
TSH: 4.85 (0.34-5.60 uIU/mL)
Cholesterol: 130 (90-200 mg/dL)
*Triglycerides: 30 (35-150 mg/dL)
HDL: 57
LDL-C: 67
VLDL-C: 6
*WBC: 3.2
RBC: 4.32
HGB: 13.8
HCT: 39.9
MCV: 92.4
MCH: 32.0
MCHC: 34.6
RDW: 13.9
Platelet count: 152
MPV: 10.0
*Neutrophils: 1.5, 48%
Lymphocytes: 1.4, 45%
Monocytes: 0.2, 5%
Eosinophils: .1, 2%
Basophils: 0.0, 0%
RBC Morphology: normal
Sodium: 141
Potassium: 4.2
Chloride: 103
Carbon Dioxide: 29
glucose: 83
*BUN: 27
*Creatinine: 1.5
Let me know if u need the ranges...got sick of typing them
My Dr. does not like creatine. He said to just stop taking it. "Its not really going to help you that much. You will be leaps and bounds a better bodybuilder once we get your test levels back up to where they should be." He just said we have to find out whether its a primary cause or secondary. Also, testes are of normal size....
Any thoughts for me. My diet during contest prep never dropped below 50g of fat a day. Currently I am taking in 80-100 grams depending on carb intake as well.
Oct '06- caught a nasty virus which caused pericarditis and ended up in the hospital for 5 days, had a heart cathe...came home..back to the hospital again as throat had ulcers and I couldnt drink anything! Went from 240-215 in a matter of a couple weeks.
Nov- '06 got back into the gym and lifting and got back up to about 230ish by x-mas
April '07- did a bb comp weighing about 195. Felt pretty good, just tired from dieting. Took a week off after the show to just rest. Then started to hit the weights hard again to prepare for a couple fall shows.
July '07- start dieting for sept. shows. About 4-6 weeks out as I recall I just started to feel really run down and just weak. Toughed it out and did two shows.
Now its been about a month after the shows with a full week+ off of doing nothing I started lifting again and I still just feel run down, wore out, and it seems like my recovery sucks, I have become anti-social, depressed and I have no sex drive, and then I think back and it seems like my sex drive was pretty lacking all summer as well...just never thought much of it.. (no g/f) then I look back and I really havent made very good gains in the gym either. It seems like it has all been going on since spring (maybe before) and that is has finally just hit rock bottom for me.
Supps: which i even stopped taking for 10 days to see if I felt better...no change
-pslin, 4 x a week before weights
-anabolic pump, 1-2 times a day depending on carb intake
-Orange Triad, 6/day
-Xtend, 10 scoops during workout
-Primal N2O, 4/wk before weights
-Super EPA, 6/day
-protein powders
So I had blood work done: mine (reference range)
*Testosterone, free: 7.34 (8.69-54.69 pg/ml)
Calcium: 9.6 (8.9-10.3 mg/dL)
Total protein: 6.1 (6.1-7.9 g/dL)
Albumin: 4.1 (3.5-4.8 g/dL)
alkaline phos: 41 (38-126 U/L)
Bilirubin Total: 1.1 (0.3-1.2 mg/dL)
*AST: 45 (15-41 U/L)
*ALT: 65 (17-63 U/L)
A/G Ratio: 2.1 (1.1-2.1 ratio)
Globulin: 2.0 (2.0-3.7 g/dL)
TSH: 4.85 (0.34-5.60 uIU/mL)
Cholesterol: 130 (90-200 mg/dL)
*Triglycerides: 30 (35-150 mg/dL)
HDL: 57
LDL-C: 67
VLDL-C: 6
*WBC: 3.2
RBC: 4.32
HGB: 13.8
HCT: 39.9
MCV: 92.4
MCH: 32.0
MCHC: 34.6
RDW: 13.9
Platelet count: 152
MPV: 10.0
*Neutrophils: 1.5, 48%
Lymphocytes: 1.4, 45%
Monocytes: 0.2, 5%
Eosinophils: .1, 2%
Basophils: 0.0, 0%
RBC Morphology: normal
Sodium: 141
Potassium: 4.2
Chloride: 103
Carbon Dioxide: 29
glucose: 83
*BUN: 27
*Creatinine: 1.5
Let me know if u need the ranges...got sick of typing them
My Dr. does not like creatine. He said to just stop taking it. "Its not really going to help you that much. You will be leaps and bounds a better bodybuilder once we get your test levels back up to where they should be." He just said we have to find out whether its a primary cause or secondary. Also, testes are of normal size....
Any thoughts for me. My diet during contest prep never dropped below 50g of fat a day. Currently I am taking in 80-100 grams depending on carb intake as well.