Andy Help Please HORMONES: Very High Androstenedione Very Low Testosterone - OK to Supplement??

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Dear Andy:

Cannot find any info. in Amalgam Illness or the Archives on when NOT to take

Testosterone.

Very Elevated Androstenedione, Very low Testosterone. Very high hair mercury:

Would like to try Testosterone while chelating but am concerned....

My research to the best of my ability:

My body is not maintaining normal Testosterone levels even at the expense of a

higher Pituitary LH stimulation and an increase in demand for adrenal

Androstenedione. This decline in testicular testosterone production is prompting

my adrenals to produce more Androstenedione to compensate for the lagging

testicular performance. Diagnostechs kinda suggests a low dose of natural

micronized testosterone HOWEVER, I have read elsewhere that elevated

Androstenedione also binds to testosterone receptor sites making these sites

unavailable to testosterone. So, because I have this excess Androstenedione in

the system, it will start to increase Estrogen levels and further adding

testosterone will only convert it to more Estrogen. Complicating things more, I

have also read that testosterone significantly potentiates mercury toxicity,

whereas estrogen is protective and therefore maybe my body is deliberately

defending itself by shutting down testosterone ON PURPOSE??

Therefore, adding more may not be the smart thing to do??

My Body becomes extremeley fatigued, massive brainfog, hypoglycemic and

detoxification pathways (sweating and regular bowels) shuts down several

days AFTER exercise especially anything that works the muscles and lasts for

WEEKS until the muscles revert back to flab and I've slept all day for weeks,

THEN I start to detoxify and feel better. I want to take Testosterone to keep my

things moving during chelation as it appears all my metabolic bodily functions

slow down and grind to a halt.

Male: Age 44, eight Amalgams removed 2002, Used BAD Protocols with Cilantro,

Chlorella, ALA in 1999-2004. Then tried IV EDTA in 2005.Male Hormone Panel

SALIVA (Diagnostechs)

DHEA Normal 4 (3-10ng/ml)

Progesterone Normal 20 (5-95pg/ml)

Androstenedione High 736 (151-350pg/ml) ****

Estrone Normal 38 (30-58 pg/ml)

Testosterone VeryLow 7 (40-70 pg/ml)****

DHT Low 51 (52-123 pg/ml)

FSH High (normal less than 125uIU/ml all ages)

LH High (normal 10-25uIU/ml all ages)

Adrenal Stress Index SALIVA (Diagnostechs)

Cortisol Burden 42 Slightly Elevated (23-42)

DHEA Normal 6 (3-10ng/ml) pooled value

ISN Insulin 3 Normal (3-12uIU/ml) Fasting, 5 Post Prandial

P17-OH Progesterone Normal 49 (Optimal 22-100pg/ml)

SIgA: 10 Depressed (nomal 25-60mg/dl)

Comprehensive Thyroid Assessment BLOOD (Genova)

TSH: Elevated 2.58 (0.4-2.5)

Free T4 Normal 1.2 (0.8-1.9)

Free T3 Low-Normal 1.90 (1.8-4.2).

Reverse T3 Low-Normal 13.4 (9.0-35-0)

Anti-TG Normal (<32)

Anti-TPO Normal (<14)

Hair Elements (Doctor's Data)

Mercury: 9.3 High (<1.1)

Borderline Deranged Mineral Transport according to Counting Rules.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Mike.