First Bloodwork - Thoughts?

[Youthful55guy]

Not sure I have much more to add than the advice already been give. I would not fret not having Total T, it's a worthless number. Free t is the only measure of T I look at. I would recommend watching your Free T as you ramp up thyroid hormone treatment, there are good studies that show it can increase SHBG production and that could lower your already low Free T even more. Not saying to not treat the hypothyroidism, but you will also want to consider starting TRT in parallel and then to further adjust your T dose to keep Free T in range, even if SHBG does increase.

[charger69]

Not sure I have much more to add than the advice already been give. I would not fret not having Total T, it's a worthless number. Free t is the only measure of T I look at. I would recommend watching your Free T as you ramp up thyroid hormone treatment, there are good studies that show it can increase SHBG production and that could lower your already low Free T even more. Not saying to not treat the hypothyroidism, but you will also want to consider starting TRT in parallel and then to further adjust your T dose to keep Free T in range, even if SHBG does increase.

Whoooooaaaaa. I had my thyroid removed. I am in the initial stages of dosing. They started me out at 125 mg. Tests came back with a 12 on the TSH ( range like .5-3.3). All the other tests were low as expected.
The Dr only upped it to 150. I think I should be at around 175-200.


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[Jay Dubs]

I’ve been taking 5000 iu of D3, plus there is more in my multivite. It may be an absorption issue. I am awaiting new blood tests, the endocrinologist thinks that I have an autoimmune disease or my pituitary is off. I am doing better being on the levo but just in the mood, memory, brain fog categories. Energy is still crap and I feel completely winded and exhausted. It’s just been 6 weeks on the meds though. I’ll get a much better idea after these labs, as they’ll have a broader hormone panel too.