Low Testosterone High TSH High Prolactin levels ! Possible thyroid problem

[Musabz]

Hi everyone,

First of all i'm 28 years old ! Have been lifting serious for 3 years now my stats are currently 5'10 185lbs ! Here is my story and i would appreciate if you guys would put in some of your time and give your insights based on your experience !
Last September I injected 150 mg of Test E (made a mistake and didn't do blood work) per week for 3 months ending in December solely for the purpose of putting some mass because it seemed like no matter how hard I lift or how perfect my diet It would be almost impossible to put on some decent mass ! so by the end of the cycle I was 197 lbs from 179 lbs . Anyway after that comes end of January when I started feeling symptoms like no sex drive at all, very weak, sleeping was bad and I was getting Irritated easily and decided to take a blood test at my doctor's office at 10 am and the results were as follows :

Test, Serum 194 ng/dL range : 348-1197 ng/dL

Free Test 5.1 pg/mL range : 9.3-26.5 pg/mL

TSH 4.080 uIU/mL range : 0.450-4.500 uIU/mL
LH 2.4 mIU/mL range : 1.7-8.6 mIU/mL
FSH 1.6 mIU/mL range: 1.5-12.4 mIU/mL

Prolactin 23.1 ng/mL range : 4.0-15.2 ng/mL

So the doctor was concerned mainly about the prolactin and said there is the possibility of a tumor in the pituitary gland causing it to produce high prolactin that would suppress the testosterone levels making them very low and asked me to do a second blood work to check the test levels and prolactin level which I did about 2-3 weeks after and Testosterone, serum was 404 ng/dL and prolactin was 22.6 ng/mL so he sit me up with an endocrinologist and asked me to get an MRI in the meantime

My MRI showed a 3 mm shadow in the pituitary gland which my doctor thought it was prolactinoma but told me to double check with the endocrinologist
So today I had my appointment with the endocrinologist who told me that my symptoms say there is a problem with my thyroid and he wants to put me on synthroid for 2 months and then will do blood work and see what my test and prolactin levels are !

What do you guys think of all this based on any experience you had or someone you know ?? I would really appreciate all the help possible

Thank you

 

[halfwit]

Wow, I actually give props to your medical team. Most guys I know seeing a doc don't have that extensive of an investigation! It looks like they're treating one thing at a time and hoping that it will cascade into fixing your HPTA. I've not really seen any cases where hypothyroidism treatment fixes hypogonadism, but I am an average Joe so take that for what it's worth. Stick with it, hopefully they get you all sorted out!

My .02c

 

[THE-DET-OAK]

you need a full thyroid panel, with antibodies If you do thyroid you gotta do saliva cortisol and DHEA - S blood. Getting on thyroid med without fixing possible adrenal insufficiency can have some serious negative effects.

Hope this helps

 

[THE-DET-OAK]

BTW I doubt you have tuma, usually when that is the case PRL would be in hundreds. Worth it to get the MRI to make sure though since it is high.

 

[jedi_master]

I almost wish I were you. Free test cyp and t3 as well as prolactin agonists covered by your insurance company... beauty!!

But seriously, hope they get you sorted out bud. Seems like your in good hands.

 

[Musabz]

you need a full thyroid panel, with antibodies If you do thyroid you gotta do saliva cortisol and DHEA - S blood. Getting on thyroid med without fixing possible adrenal insufficiency can have some serious negative effects.

Hope this helps

Thanks for the information buddy I will bring that up to my endo when I call him and see what he thinks

Thanks guys for your responses .. I do think i'm in good hands and hopefully get to a solution and find the exact problem but I'm still wondering if the Test E injections I had for three months has anything to do with all this