Recent content by shineroid

Is that really necessarily true. I do believe that a maintenance level state is hormonally better. But I am not sure they would ever recover fully. nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1105816 I suppose it's not entirely relevant if I have had tests at maintenance and surplus over the years

Yes it was. I was taking 25mg a day. Saliva Cortisol was elevated even at midnight. As well as ACTH. doctor wants to do a bilateral Inferior Petrosal Sinus Sampling. Not exactly looking forward to that one. Really am trying to just be convinced that High Cortisol, low t3, high rT3, low T...

Been reading up on reverse t3 now some. Just from maintaining a weight loss for several years I have naturally swayed towards lower carb. There seems to be a rather large connection to low t3 and elevated rt3 in that situation.

Got some new labs but not exactly what I was looking for. I guess its time to pay for my lab work out of pocket. Tired of doctors not ordering exactly what I ask for. T3 Reverse 28 (8-25) T3 Total 61 (76-181) T4 Total 6.7 (4.5-12) TSH 2.1 (.4-4.5) Total Testosterone 285 (250-1100) Free...

Second talk with this doctor was not as eventful. Was prescribed 100 test cyp 1x a week. Wasn't comfortable with every 3 days or so but from what I have read tons of people have no problem with once a week. An MRI of my pituitary. 25mg a day of Levothyroxine because of the TSH. Really not into...

Yes the 100lbs was mainly fat. I am more muscular now than perhaps ever. I eat between 2700-3000 calories a day and depending on day to day my tdee is right there as well. With this intake my weekly trend weight has fluctuated by less than a pound over 6months. This is however a weight...

I am 29 and weight about 185lbs. been lifting for 3 years. My testosterone has measured low various times over the years. As much as I should have done something about it I simply had not. I have a suspicion it has been this way ever since losing >100lbs 5 years or so ago. End of last year I...