Estrogens vs Estradiol

[izverg]

I am on 100mg test cyp every 5 days and .5 Adex every other day.

I had 2 blood works this month, from a Urologist and this new wellness doctor i went to see.

Urologist only tested TSH and that was on the 12/20/2012 and on that day it's high normal.

Going back a week to 12/12/2012.

I saw a wellness doctor who took a bunch of other tests but included the complete thyroid panel, here are the numbers from 12/12/2012

TSH 1.97 , 0.40-4.50 mIU/L
T4,FREE 1.2 0.8-1.8 ng/dL
THYROID PANEL TBR
T4,TOTAL 6.4 4.5-12.0 mcg/dL
T3 UPTAKE 32 22-35 Percent
T4,FREE,CALCULATED 2.0 1.4-3.8 Units
T3,FREE 3.5 2.3-4.2 pg/mL


I didn't see the wellness doc again yet to go over my lab results , but all i see in the chart that my numbers are all in the normal range. But i could be wrong.

thanks for the input

[steroid.com 1]

I am on 100mg test cyp every 5 days and .5 Adex every other day.

I had 2 blood works this month, from a Urologist and this new wellness doctor i went to see.

Urologist only tested TSH and that was on the 12/20/2012 and on that day it's high normal.

Going back a week to 12/12/2012.

I saw a wellness doctor who took a bunch of other tests but included the complete thyroid panel, here are the numbers from 12/12/2012

TSH 1.97 , 0.40-4.50 mIU/L
T4,FREE 1.2 0.8-1.8 ng/dL
THYROID PANEL TBR
T4,TOTAL 6.4 4.5-12.0 mcg/dL
T3 UPTAKE 32 22-35 Percent
T4,FREE,CALCULATED 2.0 1.4-3.8 Units
T3,FREE 3.5 2.3-4.2 pg/mL


I didn't see the wellness doc again yet to go over my lab results , but all i see in the chart that my numbers are all in the normal range. But i could be wrong.

thanks for the input

The Thyroid labs here look fine; just goes to show how different labs can be sometimes and why we need to get evaluated every 6 months.

[rollingthunder]

as gdevine points out, your estradiol # is a bit low. you may want to cut back on your arimidex a little. i believe the optimum range for estradiol is between 20-30.

[jasondd1]

as gdevine points out, your estradiol # is a bit low. you may want to cut back on your arimidex a little. i believe the optimum range for estradiol is between 20-30.

Thats what I was thinking

[kelkel]

as gdevine points out, your estradiol # is a bit low. you may want to cut back on your arimidex a little. i believe the optimum range for estradiol is between 20-30.

Correct! But it is still based on how you feel. Some do better a little higher and some are heriditarily lower. For example I normally run at 16 and don't use AI's. All is well there.

[rollingthunder]

Correct! But it is still based on how you feel. Some do better a little higher and some are heriditarily lower. For example I normally run at 16 and don't use AI's. All is well there.

Fair point. Optimal range does, however, give one a target to shoot for initially. from there, absolutely, calibrate based on how you "feel".

OP indicates he is taking .5 mg Adex EOD, which is actually a pretty high dose. If it was me, i would scale back on the arimidex and monitor blood work in combination with how i feel.