| dhamilton@vanner.com 2006-05-12, 1:02 am |
| On Mon, 8 May 2006 15:55:17 -0400, "tony kujawa"
<tkujawa@clappxxxdico.com> wrote:
>OK, the doc says a 284 total is in the normal range for a 36 y.o. male. It
>plainly low to me, but he says that it is in the range of normal 210-1274.
>Do I pursue another avenue or just let it be?
>
Like the others suggest, I'd start looking for another doctor. Or ask
this guy to run some additional tests.
How do you feel? How's your libido? Do you have ED?
Have you had any other blood work?
(I looked through older posts and didn't see anything describing
details of any symptoms you might have. Forgive me if they're there
and I've missed them.)
My testosterone was below average and while I had ED, depression, and
generally had a 'blah' attitude I didn't realize it until I got
treatment and my hormones came into line. I have a pituitary tumor
that caused my prolactin to go up which, in turn, caused low T.
Also. I had no libido, but I thought that was due to being tired all
the time.
I'm assuming that before my T slipped to "below normal" that it had
been edging down. That is I don't think it dropped from 600 to 147
overnight. If I would have had an awareness that something was
happening maybe, to borrow from Barney Fife, I could have nipped this
in the bud.
The tests I asked my doc to run, based on info I collected in this
group were:
SHBG, FSH, Testosterone, Estradiol, Prolactin, TSH,
LH, Free T, Total Estrogens and DHEA
As I said, my prolactin was up -- my T was down. The only thing I'm
checked for now is Prolactin.
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