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Alex from Toronto. Super low T + low cortisol

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Hello. Name is Alex. Early 30's, 5'7, 130.

I am fortunate enough to have an Endo appointment this Thursday. Been a long while. I am hoping to finally get some treatment for extremely low Testosterone levels. Here are my may 25th 2015 results for reference which a dif doctor gave me.

Testosterone Total: 2.3 nmol/L range: 8 - 32
SHBG 34 nmol/L range: 11-78
Testosterone, Bioavailable (calc): 1.0 nmol/L range: 4-17
Estradiol: <37 pmol/L range: 40-162

And here is a test 1 year ago from may 27th 2014:

Free Testosterone 28 range: 31 -94 pmol/L
ACTH 2 <10 pmol/L
Cortisol AM 191 range: 170-540nmol/L -other times turned out 70, and 200,
Total testosterone 12.6 range: 7.6- 31.4 nmol/L
LH 2 2-9 IU/L
FSH 4 2-12 IU/L
Prolactin 8 <18ug/l
Norepinephrine 1.2 0.8-3.4 nmol/L
Epinephrine <0.1 <0.8 nmol/L
Estradiol 57 <157 pmol/L

And previous random TSH tests indicated: 5.01, 3.4, 5.6, and various ranges between 3.2 - 5. I have not TSH tested in the past few months.

My Symptoms: I basically been very anhedonic, depressed, withdrawn, unmotivated, disinterested, no sex drive, social withdrawl, low energy, poor memory, uncomfortable physical anxiety on and off, poor stamina and easily drained after physical activity, carrying anything usually causes me to feel dehydrated or dreadfully worn out, irritability, brain fog, poor memory, sleep inconsistencies, hypoglycemia, prone to fungal infections, pains and tightness and possible inflammation in my neck, peripheral circulation issues, dark circles under my eyes, collagen loss and notable wrinkles around my eyes, thin skin, poor wound healing, slightly yellow skin on my face.

Potential factor for my problems: A tremendous catastrophic decline in my health when I had a life threatening reaction to Accutane when I was 18. There have been class action lawsuits and has been removed from the market in over 11 countries including the United States. Has links to endo issues including lower T, lower serotonin levels, IBS and a whole host of other long lasting conditions. It has definitely played a role as I haven't been the same since.

Hopefully I can get some help from the doctor tomorrow. He is such an old fashioned geezer. But I did place an order with ashop.in so there's always that :).

KMC's picture

Don't depend on just a TSH , get a T4 & T3 also, some of what you said, brought back way to many memories. Get your T3 & T4 checked.

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alextoronto999's picture

FR accepted.

Low cortisol can be worse than high cortisol. It is essential for life and when it's too low you may have immense difficultly dealing with any stress, chronic inflammation, horrible mood, anxiety, weight loss, palpitations etc.

I checked and my weight is even less now. Down to 122 and not on purpose. I been trying to eat but I don't have much appetite and my stomach constantly giving me hunger sensations.