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    Quote Originally Posted by Myers View Post
    Well i've finally got time to post up all the things :

    I've went to a doc like 5 weeks ago as soon as i ended my therapy , showed him my results , he said they are good , your test should stay near levels you achieved with therapy (u can see my earlier posts) , he said my thyroid was never an issue and bla bla (i didn't like that part but oh well, i needed his confirmation so i can get my gyno surgery done).
    NOW he told me to come back in february so he can check my test.

    I was on clomid therapy for 3 months , i stopped with it 5 weeks ago and did bloodwork last week(that's 5th week) , here are the results:

    TEST - 17.7 nmol/l ............................ref range: 5.54 - 25.2 CLIA
    Free Test - 5.3 pg/ml .........................2.6-9.8 ELISA - THIS is the problem , there's almost no difference before and now ( it was 5.2 so i guess 0.1 increase is miserable).

    Antibodies 12 IU/ml ................ref: <35 CLIA
    FT4 - 16.57 pmol/l................10.3-23.1 CLIA
    FT3 - 3.25 pmol/l ....................2.15-6.45 CLIA

    I can't go to another doc before my gyno removal surgery in january , and i don't know where to find another ( i've went to the best hospital we got in my country + u wait literally months to even get an appointment , i've had to pay to get mine earlier). So i guess i should just convince him next time to either prescribe me test or to treat my thyroid(the 2nd one is gonna be harder though) .

    Now what do u guys think? I'm really starting to feel hopeless + i'm feeling sleepy again all the time and my energy seems to be getting lower

    Total Test level is slightly above mid-range
    Free T is still low. Do you know what your shbg level is? Vitamin D level?
    Thyroid is still possibly indicative of sub-clinical hypothyroidism if your tsh is still elevated like a previous post. Which can cause fatigue. Do some research on Iodine (Kelp) for your thyroid. May be a good first step for you.
    Many things can cause fatigue such as adrenal issues or iron deficiency as well.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kelkel View Post
    Total Test level is slightly above mid-range
    Free T is still low. Do you know what your shbg level is? Vitamin D level?
    Thyroid is still possibly indicative of sub-clinical hypothyroidism if your tsh is still elevated like a previous post. Which can cause fatigue. Do some research on Iodine (Kelp) for your thyroid. May be a good first step for you.
    Many things can cause fatigue such as adrenal issues or iron deficiency as well.
    Yeap total test level is , but i'm guessing since the free test dropped , total will drop too in some time?
    Nope didn't check shbg and vitamin D levels .
    About iodine , i'm eating food that contain iodine every day , started doing that since my 1st bloodwork.
    Don't have problems with iron deficiency , i've had them when i was a kid , but solved and still checking that few times a year.

    So i guess my next bw should containt shbg and vitamin D levels? Free test was good as u can see in previous posts while i was on therapy. Now it went back to where it was

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