jomamma007
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I'm almost 23 and realizing now that my problems were related to adrenal fatigue am going to fix this.
I'm thinking about giving my adnreals 6-12 months to recover then coming off trt. My numbers are great, thyroids optimal, no sleep apnea, but low dhea and low cortisol.
Anyways I don't want to be on trt at such a young age. I was thinking of just getting off now but I don't think I'd recover as I didn't last pct and I believe the reason for this was my underlying adrenal issues. Numbers were over 1000 during clomid+nolva but couldn't hold.
Have blood work as far back as 2011 showing AF (low dhea and cortisol).
1/7/14
Cortisol (saliva) 5.3 ng/mL 3.7-9.5 (morning)
Cortisol (saliva) 4.4 H ng/mL 1.2-3.0 (noon)
Cortisol (saliva) 1.3 ng/mL 0.6-1.9 (evening)
Cortisol (saliva) 0.5 ng/mL 0.4-1.0 (night)
Dhea-Slevels aren't low anymore as I'm supplementing but that isn't quite accurate depiction of my adrenals function.
Before supplementing back in September 2013
170(40-700)
1. Should I get off now? I believe this would be a poor choice as having Low T once again will just add more stress burning out my adrenals even further.
2. Do you think if AF was the cause of my fatigue,depression, anxiety in the first place fixing them up and getting off TRT would lead to a more sucessful PCT.
3. Should I lower my T dose? I know the higher your T the more stress you will put on your adrenals and thyroid. My TSH went from 1 to 3 since starting TRT. I know TSH isn't a great indicator of thyroid function as free t3 and 4 are healthy but I still feel like my 1100 Total T is just going to make recovery harder and that a 6-700 would be just fine.
I also feel the reason HCG makes me feel trippy isn't from the minor bump in estrogen. I've read that poor adrenal and thyroid function can be over stimulated by HCG and cause temporary anxiety and such which I tend to get when I take my hcg shot.
I'm thinking about giving my adnreals 6-12 months to recover then coming off trt. My numbers are great, thyroids optimal, no sleep apnea, but low dhea and low cortisol.
Anyways I don't want to be on trt at such a young age. I was thinking of just getting off now but I don't think I'd recover as I didn't last pct and I believe the reason for this was my underlying adrenal issues. Numbers were over 1000 during clomid+nolva but couldn't hold.
Have blood work as far back as 2011 showing AF (low dhea and cortisol).
1/7/14
Cortisol (saliva) 5.3 ng/mL 3.7-9.5 (morning)
Cortisol (saliva) 4.4 H ng/mL 1.2-3.0 (noon)
Cortisol (saliva) 1.3 ng/mL 0.6-1.9 (evening)
Cortisol (saliva) 0.5 ng/mL 0.4-1.0 (night)
Dhea-Slevels aren't low anymore as I'm supplementing but that isn't quite accurate depiction of my adrenals function.
Before supplementing back in September 2013
170(40-700)
1. Should I get off now? I believe this would be a poor choice as having Low T once again will just add more stress burning out my adrenals even further.
2. Do you think if AF was the cause of my fatigue,depression, anxiety in the first place fixing them up and getting off TRT would lead to a more sucessful PCT.
3. Should I lower my T dose? I know the higher your T the more stress you will put on your adrenals and thyroid. My TSH went from 1 to 3 since starting TRT. I know TSH isn't a great indicator of thyroid function as free t3 and 4 are healthy but I still feel like my 1100 Total T is just going to make recovery harder and that a 6-700 would be just fine.
I also feel the reason HCG makes me feel trippy isn't from the minor bump in estrogen. I've read that poor adrenal and thyroid function can be over stimulated by HCG and cause temporary anxiety and such which I tend to get when I take my hcg shot.
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