Hormonal Imbalance?

[tb500]

Hey,

Just wondering if you guys could give me advice although I will be seeing a doctor next week. I did 3 cycles back when I was 18-19 and I am now 26. I did not do proper PCT and I have the following side effects which followed my last Testosterone enanthate cycle:

*feeling very lethargic, I litterally could sleep all day! I am not depressed I just feel tired. (I had this feeling going into the third cycle)
*I have body hairloss in which my facial hair, pubic hair, leg hair, and scalp has thinned out
*Scalp, back and face is constantly oily
*Short/long term memory loss

Was wondering if it would be too late to do PCT? Also I have been taking finasteride 1mg ED for the past 8 months, and my symptons have not changed.

[kelkel]

It's all guess work until you get blood work done. It needs to be complete blood work. Take a look at the Finding a Doc sticky thread in the HRT Forum and use that as a guide.

[Turkish Juicer]

This post certainly deserves the attention of those who occasionally advocate against our policy of advising against AAS use for forum members who are under 25.

All fools please chime in.

[lovbyts]

As said above, best to get bloodwork before doing any 2nd guessing.

What are you planning on telling the doctor? Honesty is not always the best policy if you are in the US because it can/will stay in your chart forever and you have no idea how it could affect your future insurance, job or career in some way.

[tb500]

Well I was going to tell him the truth. How does this information circulate during a background check for a job? I know I mentioned I was taking AAS to my doc back in my teen years and it did not effect me landing my professional job.

[tb500]

I know I did some blood work so I will look for that and post it for logging purposes

[tb500]

I know I did some blood work so I will look for that and post it for logging purposes

[tb500]

Blood work when I was on AAS:

My creatinine is pretty high at 1.2... normal range should b from .5-1.4
my hemoglobin is pretty high too at 16.9... normal range is from 12-16.9
so is my hematocrit at 50.9H normal range is 36-49 meaning that my blood is thick....
my blood pressure is high as well...

[roidneedles]

hmm those do sound like low T but the oily skin is a sign of healty T so u dont know till bloods.. But I wuold think u would have recovered if its been 6 years.. Honestly some ppl notice the sides u have from fina. Did u notice this before the fina? and exactly when was ur last cycle? good luck bud if u do have low T run a PCT and u will be fine

[tb500]

hmm those do sound like low T but the oily skin is a sign of healty T so u dont know till bloods.. But I wuold think u would have recovered if its been 6 years.. Honestly some ppl notice the sides u have from fina. Did u notice this before the fina? and exactly when was ur last cycle? good luck bud if u do have low T run a PCT and u will be fine

I feel the same with fina. My last cycle was back in early of 2008 and quit mid through the cycle because I had insane scalp itch and did not do a proper PCT. I have been on fina for the last 8 months. I was thinking of doing a PCT but I want to check my blood work first.

[10nispro]

High blood Pressure can cause lots of those symptoms you described. Take one step at a time. Get blood work done and ask the doc to start you on a BP med.

[tb500]

No high blood pressure. Doc will do a panel of hormonal tests. Will update with the results next week

[kelkel]

Your medical history has nothing to do with a normal pre-employment screening. Unless it's some type of govt job requiring a higher level of clearance.

[tb500]

No high blood pressure. Doc will do a panel of hormonal tests. Will update with the results next week

[fit2bOld]

There are many things that can have you feeling like this number is thyroid. As Kel said a full blood panel including a male hormone panel is needed.
Best of luck. Only go in and describe your symptoms and ask for like I said complete blood work and hormone panel.

[tb500]

Got my results. Still pending my testosterone levels but here is what I have.

FSH 3.2 mIU/mL
Prolactin 16.4 NG/ML
TSH 1.4 MCIU/ML
T4 Free 1.09 ng/DL
LH 3.8 mIU/mL
Flexitest total estrogen 138.4 pg/mL

[GymHero]

Got my results. Still pending my testosterone levels but here is what I have.

FSH 3.2 mIU/mL
Prolactin 16.4 NG/ML
TSH 1.4 MCIU/ML
T4 Free 1.09 ng/DL
LH 3.8 mIU/mL
Flexitest total estrogen 138.4 pg/mL

Take an ai and lower your E2 and see if you feel better.

[tb500]

What would be a good amount to take (letro)? I am still going to wait for my test results.

[Times Roman]

Hey,

Just wondering if you guys could give me advice although I will be seeing a doctor next week. I did 3 cycles back when I was 18-19 and I am now 26. I did not do proper PCT and I have the following side effects which followed my last Testosterone enanthate cycle:

*feeling very lethargic, I litterally could sleep all day! I am not depressed I just feel tired. (I had this feeling going into the third cycle)
*I have body hairloss in which my facial hair, pubic hair, leg hair, and scalp has thinned out
*Scalp, back and face is constantly oily
*Short/long term memory loss

Was wondering if it would be too late to do PCT? Also I have been taking finasteride 1mg ED for the past 8 months, and my symptons have not changed.

These symptoms could describe a variety of things. For example, the bolded symptoms could be related to sleep apnea? The other two symptoms are more commonly found in those with other than low test levels.

The best thing you can do is get a complete blood panel worked up and then go from there. Your T levels may be fine and you have some other issue(s) going on.

Good luck!
---Roman

[tb500]

Thanks! I posted my blood work that I have received and pending my tester one levels.

[tb500]

Thinking about taking arimidex to lower E2. Still waiting for my testosterone results. What do you guys think?

[tb500]

Got my results now..

Total testosterone 531 ng/dL
Free testosterone 141. ng/dL

FSH 3.2 mIU/mL
Prolactin 16.4 NG/ML
TSH 1.4 MCIU/ML
T4 Free 1.09 ng/DL
LH 3.8 mIU/mL
Flexitest total estrogen 138.4 pg/mL


I was thinking of taking aromasin to lower e2 or what do you guys think

[tb500]

I am thinking 5mg ed (adjust to my personal feeling) for a month and retest my levels again after.

[tb500]

Now i am thinking of adding prami for the prolactin. Jesus there is much info out that there

[tb500]

anyone?

[tb500]

bump

[tb500]

anyone?

[tb500]

tried aromasin at 12.5ed for a couple weeks and it did nothing to my symptoms. Should I try prami?

[fit2bOld]

You did not list the ranges for the result but be careful with the estrogen as you can crash it and feel even worse. You test and free test are normal. Did you get a thyroid panel done?

[tb500]

Total testosterone 531 ng/dL
Free testosterone 141. ng/dL

FSH 3.2 mIU/mL
Prolactin 16.4 NG/ML
TSH 1.4 MCIU/ML
T4 Free 1.09 ng/DL
LH 3.8 mIU/mL
Flexitest total estrogen 138.4 pg/mL

[fit2bOld]

Ranges for the result would help but appear normal. Did they test RBC that can make you feel like crap. Sleep apnea? Many things to investigate.