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Squeaky wheel gets the grease my man. Keep pestering the VA until you get those tests ordered. But even with those tests, you might not have an answer. Honestly, Your best bet is to pay out of pocket and get with a clinic such as Defy. Even using defy for my TRT, I still get the VA to run...

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Gotcha, sorry I missed that. Interesting case you have, and nothing much I can add to what has already been said.

Am I missing something? I don't see anywhere on your labs that that show your testosterone at 3400??

I can ask for any blood work I want at the VA, if they offer it, they run it for me. No reason they should not run the requested bloods.

Not sure if serious.... EDIT: I misread, i thought it happened a 2nd time.

Vince's advice included a comprehensive set of tests for thyroid function which is why i referred to it as thyroid panel. The tests as a whole are not a thyroid panel. These would be a thyroid panel. Like VC stated, most doctors only check a few of these. Which is basically useless...

so how'd it go?

FYI, The VA does not offer the sensitive e2 test. If they do offer it to you, let me know. Follow Vince's advice and get a complete thyroid panel done.

I like it VC. Makes perfect sense to me. Although, me being low shbg (20-25ish) I still feel better with a higher e2 level. I'm terrified of crash my e2 again, Which was pure hell. I do still feel very flat though. but at least not like I'm dying.

I'd do just the opposite of that if it were me. I wouldn't take any, unless needed. Better safe than sorry.

Most excellent! Thank you. I've also read similar articles on berberine.

Thanks DNF, I've got a meter and I'll look up Dr. Bernstein

I stopped TRT for fertility reasons. Tried Clomid and felt horrible on it. Returned to TRT w/HCG and regained fertility. It just hasn't felt the same since. I have tweaked my protocol here and there for some time now.

I'll assume you meant HCG, not HGH. I would skip both the HCG part of the protocol and the Tamoxifen portion. Overlap your current HCG protocol with the Clomid by about a week to get the clomid in your system. Then taper clomid. each week or every 2 weeks.

It did for me for awhile. Now it seems to have returned at least in part.

I do regret not looking into other causes. I have very little pre-trt labs. I saw TRT as an opportunity to start feeling better and jumped at it. For me, TRT did indeed make me feel 10x better initially. But now I mostly feel flat. zombie like if you will. some days are better than...

Thanks DNF, I appreciate the thorough post for sure! Recommendations for me?

if you're taking iodine, make sure you are also taking selenium as iodine without selenium can actually make thyroid function worse. I put a drop in the coffee water each morning before it brews.

1. Yes, that's a good restart protocol. probably more aggressive than necessary. 2. No guarantees either way. 3. No.

Wouldn't call it low carb but I do watch what I eat. A typical day would consist of Pancakes/waffles for breakfast smothered in peanut butter and lightly syrup'ed with a protein shake. Lunch is usually a red meat with brown rice, cheese and salsa. Supper usually consists of red meat or...

33yrs. A1c of 5.3 isn't pre diabetic though.

DHEA is known to convert to e2. Its good to get a baseline without it. Then if/when you start DHEA and see a rise in e2, you'll know the cause.

Well lets just say your theory isn't blown out of the water in my case. Early on in TRT my e2 always came back as <20. Not an actually number as I knew nothing of the sensitive test and my Dr certainly didn't know TRT at all, which she openly admitted but said we should give it a try. This...

Crystal light or mio water additives.

I'd never heard this theory before, But I'm kind of digging it.

I've got 8-10 sets of labs and most of them are just over 100. like say 104-106. Maybe 2 sets under 100 and they were like 98 IIRC.

Your numbers look good. I wouldnt worry about E2 at the moment. You'll have a very hard time lowering E2 from that number without crashing it. And believe me, crashed e2 makes you feel like you are honest to god dying.

I use a preworkout of some type daily(C4 currently but it varies). Along with whey and casein proteins. For my TRT regimen is just Solely T.

Exactly, But my A1C is 5.3 Something else is at play here that only effects fasting levels i believe.

My fasting glucose is always just over 100 as well. I've never found an answer, so ill be following along.