Re: Test results after stopping Androgel 5g

[Guest guest]

Weird. Low Test and low E2. From your low LSH, FSH you are

definately " secondary " . Please print out the Endo guidelines in the

Files section (to your left). You doctor should have run a

prolacting to rule out a pituitary tumor (about 5% of hypoganadsim is

caused by a tumor, which is treatable).

You may want to try the clomid stimulation test or the HCG

stimulation test in the guidelines to see how you react to that.

ALso, if you have find Dr. Shippen's HCG guidlines, that would give

you a specific protocol to " test " to see how your body responds to

HCG. Do a google search for Zolt HCG Primer Dr. Shippen and

you will find a very good primer on HCG. Your low FSH and LH (and

low E2 and SHBG) suggest that your testes are not getting the signal

from your Pituitary to produce Test. HCG mimics LH which in turn

causes your testes to produce T. Now, some people don't " feel " as

good on HCG as they do on exogenous T (Androgel, shots, pellets,

etc), but some people do. If fertility is a concern, then you

probably want to have some type of HCG in your program (you can do

both HCG and T), in order to " keep the boys in shape. " Exogeneous T

will shut your HPTA down, so your testes will stop working.

I am not sure about your other numbers, but the insulin looks out of

whack.

Good Luck!

> After being on Androgel for a few months and feeling pretty good,

my

> wife's endo wanted me to stop and get baseline test results. So

here

> they are:

>

> TSH- 3.09 ref (.4-5 to 5.50)

> Insulin- 3 (6-27)-don't know if it is supposed to be low

> DHEA- 126 (80 to 560) seems to be normal

> FSH 1.1 (1.6-18.1) this seems low

> LH 0.9 (2.0-18.0) also low

> Estradiol-0.9 2.0-18.0

> Testosterone-290 (241-827)

> Free Testosterone-5.6 (9.5-43.0)

> SHBG- 27.7 (13-71)

>

> I am making an appt. to go and see her again soon. But any feedback

> would be great.

>

> Thanks

[Guest guest]

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 01:06:13 -0000, you wrote:

>After being on Androgel for a few months and feeling pretty good, my

>wife's endo wanted me to stop and get baseline test results. So here

>they are:

>

>TSH- 3.09 ref (.4-5 to 5.50)

>Insulin- 3 (6-27)-don't know if it is supposed to be low

>DHEA- 126 (80 to 560) seems to be normal

>FSH 1.1 (1.6-18.1) this seems low

>LH 0.9 (2.0-18.0) also low

>Estradiol-0.9 2.0-18.0

>Testosterone-290 (241-827)

>Free Testosterone-5.6 (9.5-43.0)

>SHBG- 27.7 (13-71)

>

>I am making an appt. to go and see her again soon. But any feedback

>would be great.

So these are after stopping for I assume several weeks?

With low LH, FSH, and Testosterone it would seem you have secondary

hypogonadism, possibly from pituitary issues .

Has she tested earlier for prolactin?

You'd do well to read

http://tinyurl.com/2urjg

Good luck.

[Guest guest]

How long were you off of TRT? TRT will lower your LH and FSH levels

and you should be off of TRT for a few weeks so your system can clear

before you do a baseline.

I just went through this 2 months ago.

Nickso

> After being on Androgel for a few months and feeling pretty good,

my

> wife's endo wanted me to stop and get baseline test results. So

here

> they are:

>

> TSH- 3.09 ref (.4-5 to 5.50)

> Insulin- 3 (6-27)-don't know if it is supposed to be low

> DHEA- 126 (80 to 560) seems to be normal

> FSH 1.1 (1.6-18.1) this seems low

> LH 0.9 (2.0-18.0) also low

> Estradiol-0.9 2.0-18.0

> Testosterone-290 (241-827)

> Free Testosterone-5.6 (9.5-43.0)

> SHBG- 27.7 (13-71)

>

> I am making an appt. to go and see her again soon. But any feedback

> would be great.

>

> Thanks

[Guest guest]

I was off for a little over 3 weeks. My Prolactin was taken while on

Androgel and it was 4.67 (2.10-17.70) so I think it was normal. The

insulin was after a fast so I don't know what's up with that. Maybe

type II diabetes?

Thanks for the feedback.

> > After being on Androgel for a few months and feeling pretty good,

> my

> > wife's endo wanted me to stop and get baseline test results. So

> here

> > they are:

> >

> > TSH- 3.09 ref (.4-5 to 5.50)

> > Insulin- 3 (6-27)-don't know if it is supposed to be low

> > DHEA- 126 (80 to 560) seems to be normal

> > FSH 1.1 (1.6-18.1) this seems low

> > LH 0.9 (2.0-18.0) also low

> > Estradiol-0.9 2.0-18.0

> > Testosterone-290 (241-827)

> > Free Testosterone-5.6 (9.5-43.0)

> > SHBG- 27.7 (13-71)

> >

> > I am making an appt. to go and see her again soon. But any

feedback

> > would be great.

> >

> > Thanks