Hi all,
I finally got a blood test to try to figure out why my focus is so poor and why I so quickly get excess estrogen symptoms whenever I stop using progesterone, and I found out I have extremely low testosterone. 310 ng/dL at 22 years old. (I took the blood test after stopping progesterone use for several months, so I don't think progesterone was reducing my testosterone levels.)
My TSH is .6, my vitamin D is 80, and my blood glucose is 87, all of which seem to be really good, so does anyone know why else my testosterone might be so low? My TSH is low, my temps are in the 98s (99s after a big meal), and my pulse is in the 70s (80s-90s after large meals), so I don't think it's hypothyroidism.
I think my testosterone is rapidly aromatizing (instead of low steroid production in general) because I have several high estrogen symptoms. I'm not overweight (165 pounds at 5'10"), my thyroid seems to be working well, and my vitamin D levels are high, so I'm not sure why there's so much aromatase.
I do have low cholesterol (125) even though I have a high fructose intake, so maybe that's the root of the issue? But I'm not sure how else to increase cholesterol.
Thanks for reading.
I finally got a blood test to try to figure out why my focus is so poor and why I so quickly get excess estrogen symptoms whenever I stop using progesterone, and I found out I have extremely low testosterone. 310 ng/dL at 22 years old. (I took the blood test after stopping progesterone use for several months, so I don't think progesterone was reducing my testosterone levels.)
My TSH is .6, my vitamin D is 80, and my blood glucose is 87, all of which seem to be really good, so does anyone know why else my testosterone might be so low? My TSH is low, my temps are in the 98s (99s after a big meal), and my pulse is in the 70s (80s-90s after large meals), so I don't think it's hypothyroidism.
I think my testosterone is rapidly aromatizing (instead of low steroid production in general) because I have several high estrogen symptoms. I'm not overweight (165 pounds at 5'10"), my thyroid seems to be working well, and my vitamin D levels are high, so I'm not sure why there's so much aromatase.
I do have low cholesterol (125) even though I have a high fructose intake, so maybe that's the root of the issue? But I'm not sure how else to increase cholesterol.
Thanks for reading.
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