Results of Blood Tests - Help Me Interpret This Shit

Late 20s. Male. Caucasian. 6ft. 180lbs. 18% BF.


Pre Cycle Blood Results

FREE TESTOSTERONE: 49.9 pmol/L Reference Range: 15.6 - 146
****Seems low for a young dude. Since these ranges are males 18-70+.....********

TOTAL TESTOSTERONE: 13.41 nmol/L Range: 5.0 - 32.0
*****On Lower End******

All Blood Work In Normal Range

PLATELET COUNT: 178 Reference Range: 150 - 400
*****On the lower end******

THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE (Ultra Sensitive): 1.57 mlU/L Range: 0.35 - 4.94
*****On lower end again******

FREE T3: 4.0 pmol/L Range: 3.6 - 6.0
*****On lower end******

LH: 3.55 IU/L Range: 1.2 - 8.6

FSH: 5.25 IU/L Range: 1.3 - 19.3

Estradiol: 69 (heh) pmol/L Range: 40 - 161

Progesterone: 1.84 nmol Range: 0 - 6





Anyone know what the **** any of this means? For what it's worth, I always feel tired, sluggish, depressed, slow moving etc. One of the reasons to start AAS.

I see nothing that jumps out at me as far as causing your symptoms. I wouldn't call myself an expert authority on bloodwork but if I were charged with finding the root cause of your symptoms I would look at the diet first and other lifestyle decisions.

Some of your values are on the low end yes, but none are alarmingly low. It could be possible that a combination of these slightly low values are causing your lethargy but then again, there are hundreds of causes of lethargy out there.

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Originally Posted by RangerDanger830

I see nothing that jumps out at me as far as causing your symptoms. I wouldn't call myself an expert authority on bloodwork but if I were charged with finding the root cause of your symptoms I would look at the diet first and other lifestyle decisions.

Some of your values are on the low end yes, but none are alarmingly low. It could be possible that a combination of these slightly low values are causing your lethargy but then again, there are hundreds of causes of lethargy out there.

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My diet is about as good as it can be. I eat fairly clean. The only fast food I eat is pitas and burritos, made with real chicken breast or cuts of beef.

A lot of it is probably brain chemistry, but at work, if I don't have lots of caffeine in me, I am slow. Mainly because my body feels like it's 300 lbs.

Pull an iron panel.

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Originally Posted by kelkel

Pull an iron panel.

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Low iron can lead to this? A recent blood test showed I had low iron. Will iron supplements do the trick, or should I eat more foods that have it naturally occurring?

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Originally Posted by Jcz85

Low iron can lead to this? A recent blood test showed I had low iron. Will iron supplements do the trick, or should I eat more foods that have it naturally occurring?

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Yes they can. Anemia can = fatigue very easily.