Me:
Male, 37 y/o
Symptoms
Labs:
Free T4: 0.9 ng/dL (ref 0.7-2.5)
Free T3: 3.2 pg/mL (ref 2.4-4.2)
TSH: 1.5 uU/mL (ref 0.5-3.0)
Estradiol: < 0.5 pg/mL (ref 0.5-2.2)
Progesterone: 31 pg/mL (ref 12-100)
Testosterone: 80 pg/mL (ref 44-148)
AM Cortisol: 8.9 ng/mL (ref 3.7-9.5)
Noon Cortisol: 2.2 ng/mL (ref 1.2-3.0)
Evening Cortisol: 2.6 ng/mL (ref 0.6-1.9)
Night Cortisol: 0.5 ng/mL (ref 0.4-1.0)
Hoping someone can help me hack my labs here. I've been suffering from low thyroid symptoms and despite peating for a while have been unable to resolve them. Given some of my symptoms--especially stress/anxiety, varicose veins and water retention--I expected my estrogen to be high but in fact my estradiol was extremely low.
I also tend to sleep poorly, waking up to urinate 2-3 times during the night, and it doesn't surprise me my AM cortisol is near the upper end of the range.
I'm currently keeping it very simple with the supplements but have tried almost all of the Idealabs supplements at one time or another without much impact. It seems no matter what I do I struggle to sleep well and wake up calm, rested, and warm. I tried going "all-in" and consuming significantly more calories but I just gained a lot of weight, bloated significantly, and felt poorly.
Thank you for any insight anyone may have!
Male, 37 y/o
Symptoms
- low libido
- cold/low waking temp
- constipation
- water retention
- wake up 2-3 times during the night
- skinny fat, accumulate abdominal fat easily, difficulty gaining muscle
- cracking joints
- depression/anhedonia, anxiety/stress
- history of binge eating disorder
- glycine
- collagen hydrosylate
- Idealabs: energin, magnoil, kuinone, occasional calcirol, retinil, and methylene blue
- aspirin
- caffeine (from 1-4 cups/coffee daily)
Labs:
Free T4: 0.9 ng/dL (ref 0.7-2.5)
Free T3: 3.2 pg/mL (ref 2.4-4.2)
TSH: 1.5 uU/mL (ref 0.5-3.0)
Estradiol: < 0.5 pg/mL (ref 0.5-2.2)
Progesterone: 31 pg/mL (ref 12-100)
Testosterone: 80 pg/mL (ref 44-148)
AM Cortisol: 8.9 ng/mL (ref 3.7-9.5)
Noon Cortisol: 2.2 ng/mL (ref 1.2-3.0)
Evening Cortisol: 2.6 ng/mL (ref 0.6-1.9)
Night Cortisol: 0.5 ng/mL (ref 0.4-1.0)
Hoping someone can help me hack my labs here. I've been suffering from low thyroid symptoms and despite peating for a while have been unable to resolve them. Given some of my symptoms--especially stress/anxiety, varicose veins and water retention--I expected my estrogen to be high but in fact my estradiol was extremely low.
I also tend to sleep poorly, waking up to urinate 2-3 times during the night, and it doesn't surprise me my AM cortisol is near the upper end of the range.
I'm currently keeping it very simple with the supplements but have tried almost all of the Idealabs supplements at one time or another without much impact. It seems no matter what I do I struggle to sleep well and wake up calm, rested, and warm. I tried going "all-in" and consuming significantly more calories but I just gained a lot of weight, bloated significantly, and felt poorly.
Thank you for any insight anyone may have!