Hey All
I am 44. Very fit/lean. I have Hashimotos (autoimmune hypothyroid). I do not have crazy bad symptoms, but I always have extremely high antibodies (Thyroid Peroxidase--TPO-- of 3530 on a scale of 0-34).
Due to the Hashimotos, my doctor says I should have a bit higher T levels than most guys. This is because my Sex Hormone Binding Globulin is also high. It is generally in the 50s on a scale of 16.5-55.9
This most recent lab, my T number was 1156 (on a scale of 348-1197). But by SHBG was 92.8.
I take .5 ml of T (200) every 3 days and .4 ml HCG ever M, W and F.
My doc says that having such a high level of SHBG is soaking up all my available T and it is like having a T score in the 100s. He wants me to significantly increase my T each week to about 100 ml twice a week.
I get skin and hair side effects from too much T. So, I am wondering--does anyone know about SHBG? Why might it jump up like that? Any way to bring it down without increasing T?
As a side note, I am slowly trying to implement the autoimmune protocol diet because I have a lot of food allergies and that could be causing some of the autobody production (in case anyone knows about that subject).
Thanks for any help you can provide!
I am 44. Very fit/lean. I have Hashimotos (autoimmune hypothyroid). I do not have crazy bad symptoms, but I always have extremely high antibodies (Thyroid Peroxidase--TPO-- of 3530 on a scale of 0-34).
Due to the Hashimotos, my doctor says I should have a bit higher T levels than most guys. This is because my Sex Hormone Binding Globulin is also high. It is generally in the 50s on a scale of 16.5-55.9
This most recent lab, my T number was 1156 (on a scale of 348-1197). But by SHBG was 92.8.
I take .5 ml of T (200) every 3 days and .4 ml HCG ever M, W and F.
My doc says that having such a high level of SHBG is soaking up all my available T and it is like having a T score in the 100s. He wants me to significantly increase my T each week to about 100 ml twice a week.
I get skin and hair side effects from too much T. So, I am wondering--does anyone know about SHBG? Why might it jump up like that? Any way to bring it down without increasing T?
As a side note, I am slowly trying to implement the autoimmune protocol diet because I have a lot of food allergies and that could be causing some of the autobody production (in case anyone knows about that subject).
Thanks for any help you can provide!
