My latest blood test

[seppuku]

Hey guys. Just thought i'd update my status by showing you my results from a blood draw done two days ago. My complete story is in the clomid section, but i was hoping to get opinions on just this blood draw. I've been pretty much off serms now for a few weeks (i had a small, 12.5mg piece of clomid around two weeks before this test. I'd also had a few days two weeks before where i took 25mg proviron to try and help boost me through work
A member on Peak Testosterone pointed out my prolactin was near the top of range (but not over range), but i'm not sure if that would cause such a low testosterone result (would prolactin affect things through lowering LH, mine on this test isn't 'that' low. Is correcting prolactin likely to put my testosterone up high enough to be considered good (ie at least triple it)?



GLOBULIN 26.1 g/L 19.00 - 35.00

Iron Status
FERRITIN 339 ug/L 30.00 - 400.00

Cholesterol Status
TRIGLYCERIDES 1.65 mmol/L 0.00 - 2.30
CHOLESTEROL *5.7 mmol/L 0.00 - 4.99
HDL CHOLESTEROL 1.17 mmol/L 0.90 - 1.50
LDL CHOLESTEROL *3.78 mmol/L 0.00 - 3.00
NON-HDL CHOLESTEROL *4.53 mmol/L 0.00 - 3.89

Heart Disease Risk
HDL % OF TOTAL 20.53% 20.00 - 100.00

ENDOCRINOLOGY

Thyroid Function
FREE T3 4.9 pmol/L 3.10 - 6.80
FREE THYROXINE 13.000 pmol/L 12.00 - 22.00
THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE 2.29 mIU/L 0.27 - 4.20

Hormones

TESTOSTERONE *6.04 nmol/L 7.60 - 31.40
FREE-TESTOSTERONE(CALCULATED) *0.125 nmol/L 0.30 - 1.00
17-BETA OESTRADIOL 54.4 pmol/L 41.00 - 159.00
SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOB 26.9 nmol/L 16.00 - 55.00
PROLACTIN 308 mIU/L 86.00 - 324.00
FOLLICLE STIM. HORMONE 6.28 IU/L 1.50 - 12.40
LUTEINISING HORMONE 3.39 IU/L 1.70 - 8.60

Prostate Screen
PROSTATE SPECIFIC AG(TOTAL) 1.03 ug/L 0.00 - 2.00

That 6.04 nmol/l testosterone by the was is 174 ng/dl in U.S. terminology

 

[MarkM]

Your test levels are pretty low and while you prolactin is a little bit elevated that is not going to be the cause of low testosterone in your case. If prolactin was a much higher, maybe, but you are from from that point. If you had sex or an ejaculation with 48 hours of your lab work that can raise your prolactin levels temporarily. You could definitely benefit from a proper TRT protocol.

Taking bits and pieces of medications is not healthy for you. You need to determine what your want to do, get on a protocol and be consistent with it.

You need to improve your diet because your cholesterol is too high .

You might want to look deeper into the thyroid and have a full thyroid panel. Your TSH should ideally be closer to 1.0. Your Free T3 is right at mid range and to be optimal it should be much higher, closer to 5.9 or 6.0. Your Free T4 at is just above the bottom of the range and should be closer to 18.0 to 19.0. You may wish to have a full thyroid panel performed which would include: TSH, Free T3, Free T4, Reverse T3, and both Thyroid antibodies (TPOab and TgAB).

 

[seppuku]

Thanks for replying Mark. Would improving any of these factors (thyroid, diet etc) have a significant affect on my testosterone though, or is this now at a replacement stage?

 

[MarkM]

Your testosterone levels, both Total and Free, are well below the bottom of the range. Clomid can be a temporary fix to low T but it is not a long term fix. You should consider starting TRT. That won't fix your diet or thyroid if it is is under performing.

If your thyroid is under performing it can give you low T symptoms and make feeling better on TRT more difficult. That is why I would further explore the thyroid further first and make sure it is performing well. That only takes a few test mentioned above to double check the thyroid. IF you do the thyroid panel I mentioned above you should also check your iron and ferritin levels. If they are low they can really impact your thyroid.