ok, this is for a female friend, cut and pasted from a letter i got - any thoughts on whats going on here, or what to recommend???
Ok, here's what I know about my insulin resistance and testosterone: I have -too much- testosterone based on various blood tests and hormones they've put me on, as well as how insulin resistence is the opposite of diabetis -- until it wears the pancreas out and then everything switches 'cause your body doesn't make enough insulin anymore. They put me on a sythetic testosterone for awhile so my body would stop trying to make it's own (and so it could be regulated better), but they also put me on other hormones as well, and that made me so sick for so long that it wasn't worth the then-known benefits, namely my possibly being able to have a kid some day, less acne, and fewer weird hairs growing where they shouldn't.
Also, with me, exercise kind of has a different effect. Because the receptors in my muscles are closed, due to there being too much insulin in my blood, my muscles don't get any of the energy from my food that they should: it all goes directly into fat cells instead. Exercise just wears me out under normal conditions. If I mix it with a lower-carb diet, take actos or use caffein (I primarily use that now, at about 30 - 60 mg per day, though I mostly use it to stay awake, um, when I should just be sleeping at night, but anywho), then things go a lot better (and I'm a hell of a lot smarter when glucose goes into my brain too, lol).
Ok, here's what I know about my insulin resistance and testosterone: I have -too much- testosterone based on various blood tests and hormones they've put me on, as well as how insulin resistence is the opposite of diabetis -- until it wears the pancreas out and then everything switches 'cause your body doesn't make enough insulin anymore. They put me on a sythetic testosterone for awhile so my body would stop trying to make it's own (and so it could be regulated better), but they also put me on other hormones as well, and that made me so sick for so long that it wasn't worth the then-known benefits, namely my possibly being able to have a kid some day, less acne, and fewer weird hairs growing where they shouldn't.
Also, with me, exercise kind of has a different effect. Because the receptors in my muscles are closed, due to there being too much insulin in my blood, my muscles don't get any of the energy from my food that they should: it all goes directly into fat cells instead. Exercise just wears me out under normal conditions. If I mix it with a lower-carb diet, take actos or use caffein (I primarily use that now, at about 30 - 60 mg per day, though I mostly use it to stay awake, um, when I should just be sleeping at night, but anywho), then things go a lot better (and I'm a hell of a lot smarter when glucose goes into my brain too, lol).