Guest guest Posted July 18, 2010 Report Share Posted July 18, 2010 54 year old male with symptoms of brain fog, fatigue, muscle soreness, sensitive to sound for last 4 years .Started erfa in april and has slowly worked up to 4 grains. morning temps started at 96.5 and have risen to 97.4. gets to 98.5 in afternoon at its peak.Bloods /Saliva as follows: Blood 3/5/10 Dhea sulfate 163 25-240 pregnenolone 12 13-208 cortisol a.m. 19 4-22 T3 Free 314 230-420 T4 free 1.1 .8-1.8 tsh 1.37 .4-4.5 tyroid perox ab <10 <35 thyroglob ab <20 <20 hemoglob A1c 5.5% <6 Blood 5/19/10 Iron 138 45-170 TIBC 331 250-450 % sat 42 20-50 UIBC 193 110-370 Ferritin 37 20-380 FT3 372 230-420 Ft4 1.0 .8-1.8 T3 Uptake 32.2 27.8-40.7 tsh .51 .4-4.5 estradiol 34 13-54 testosterone total 403 250-1100 testost free 101.2 35-155 testost.% free 2.51 1.5-2.2 Started on gentle iron 2 pills daily.also i have been on testosterone for 2 years, 120mg injections weekly.when these were taken i was on 3 grains erfa. Saliva 5/24/10 Diagnostechs Cortisol AM 23 13-24 noon 7 5-10 PM 6 3-8 midnight 17 1-4 I do suffer from insomnia as well.isophos at night helps w low dose melatonin. Saliva 6/24/10 ZRT labs Cortisol am 9.5 3.7-9.5 noon 3.0 1.2-3.0 eve 1.5 .6-1.9 night .7 .4-1.0 Blood spot zrt PSA 1.3 <5.4 FT4 1.6 .7 - 2.5 FT3 4.1 2.5-6.5 TSH <.2 .5-3.0 TPO 27 0-150 Bloods 6/24/10 IGF 1 314 87-238 Vit d 52.4 32-100 Sex hormone binding 18.3 14.5-48 Ferritin 112 30-400 Currently taking 4 grains erfa, 15 mg HC, gentle iron, testosterone 80 mg every 3 days, 250 hcg every 3 days, arimidex 1/4 tab every 3 days.. I feel tired and spacey all the time. where to go from here? No morning erections and very low libido. I feel like there is a blockage somewhere but i cant figure it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2010 Report Share Posted July 18, 2010 Hi , I don't like blood spot labs think about it you get labs taken at Quest Lab or LabCorp and they mess them up. How do you think putting some blood on a peace of paper and sending it in the make is good. Your TRT is the same as mine but I don't see labs for them except 5/19/10 your Testosterone is low it needs to be up into the upper one 1/3 of your labs range if your testis work or your secondary try doing 400 IU's of HCG the 2 days each in between your T shots. Doing this got my levels way up there. Your Estradiol for me is to high for your low SHBG mine is this low and I need to keep my Estradiol at about 15 pg/ml to have good night time and morning wood. I use my wood to gage how my Estradiol is doing. If I go to low I lose it even taking Viagra will not get it up. Going to high I get sore and hard nipples, feel hot and look red on the upper part of my body and face like a sunburn. I get brain fog and have Panic feelings even attacks as it get higher and my wood is not as strong the higher I get the weaker my wood until I end up with ED. A copy of how to not go to low on Arimidex will follow. Your not taking enough HC to support your Adrenals people need 5 mgs 4x's a day to support there Adrenals or more I do 30 mgs a day. Also when your go to bed eat some nuts our cheese to help keep your sugar levels up having Adrenal problems at night your sugar can fall to low and this will wake you up in a sweat not everyone has the sweat but if your fall real low you can wake up wet. Your Thyroid looks good to me talk to your Dr. and try what I said. Here is a FAQ's I helped make about Adrenals read this every thing you need to know is in this. http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/adrenal-info/faq/ Also some people with Adrenal problems dump there sodium try drinking a glass of water with a 1/2 tsp full of good Sea Salt in it if this makes you feel better in the morning try it every day and even 2x's a day stop all table salt it's no good for you anyway. =================================================== How To Take Arimdex and not go down on your Estradiol to Low. What I found is if you go to low taking arimidex, it's the length of time your to low, if your too low say for 8 weeks it can take your body a longer time to make more Estradiol. Bottom line is to know how not to go to low. Keep a log on your dose and how you feel men going to low can't get it up taking Viagra. I went to low when I first tried Arimidex and did not know about going to low or how one feels to low, so I was low a good 8 weeks. I did not know I was low until my next labs. The best gage I have found to control your Estradiol levels is to gage your night time and morning wood. At good levels or what I call the sweet spot you get your night time and morning wood back so strong it will wake you up and you can hang a coat on it. Most men do good taking .25 mgs or 1/4 of a 1mg. pill, I use a pill cutter to cut the small pill in half then I stand it on the cut end and use a single edge razor to cut this in half. A good way to take arimidex is by how high your levels are. I tested over 90 pg/ml so we tried doing .5 mgs every other day after 8 weeks my next set of labs showed it did not move below 90, test said >90. So we did .5 mgs. every day in about 2 weeks I got some strong night time and morning wood back after not having them for many yrs. I kept doing this dose and in 8 weeks my next set of labs said <20 back in the day labs were like this they did not have to good labs we have today they could not read lower the 20. My Dr. told me this looks to low to stop taking the Arimidex. The one thing I noticed was my wood stopped and stopping the Arimidex my wood came back in about 7 weeks my next test at 8 weeks was 24 pg/ml. So we went back on the Arimidex but the Dr. told me to take .5 mgs every 3 days I was on this dose not a week and lost wood. This is when I figured out going to low you lose wood. And the longer your too low the longer it takes to get levels back up. I stopped the arimidex right away and got my wood back in 4 days. I then after playing with the dose for a time found the best dose is .25mgs every 2 to 3 days. So lets say your labs are less the 50 pg/ml if your take .5 mgs you can go down so dam fast your miss the sweet spot of your wood and go to low. It's best with lower levels 50 and under to do less Arimidex .25mgs every 2 days if later your lose wood when it comes back go to every 3 days. I have found estradiol is the hardest hormone to control, it goes up or down from month to month some times I need .25mgs every 2 days other times I need ..25mgs everyday most of the time I do well on every 3 days. So between wood and labs I do great and so do most of the men I have told this to. I keep a log on how much I am taking and how I feel. Doing this and reading back in my log I was able to tell when I was going to high or to low my Dr. lets me dose my arimidex by how I feel. Over the yrs. I have posted this story until I am blue in the face. Co-Moderator Phil > From: yinyang42b <acupet@...> > Subject: help with meds > > Date: Sunday, July 18, 2010, 12:36 PM > 54 year old male with symptoms of > brain fog, fatigue, muscle soreness, sensitive to sound for > last 4 years .Started erfa in april and has slowly worked up > to 4 grains. morning temps started at 96.5 and have risen to > 97.4. gets to 98.5 in afternoon at its peak.Bloods /Saliva > as follows: > > Blood 3/5/10 > > Dhea sulfate 163 25-240 > pregnenolone 12 13-208 > cortisol a.m. 19 4-22 > T3 Free > 314 230-420 > T4 free > 1.1 .8-1.8 > tsh > 1.37 .4-4.5 > tyroid perox ab <10 <35 > thyroglob ab <20 > <20 > hemoglob A1c 5.5% <6 > > Blood 5/19/10 > > Iron 138 45-170 > TIBC 331 250-450 > % sat 42 > 20-50 > UIBC 193 > 110-370 > Ferritin 37 20-380 > FT3 372 > 230-420 > Ft4 1.0 > .8-1.8 > T3 Uptake 32.2 > 27.8-40.7 > tsh .51 > .4-4.5 > estradiol 34 13-54 > testosterone total 403 250-1100 > testost free 101.2 > 35-155 > testost.% free 2.51 1.5-2.2 > > Started on gentle iron 2 pills daily.also i have been on > testosterone for 2 years, 120mg injections weekly.when these > were taken i was on 3 grains erfa. > > Saliva 5/24/10 Diagnostechs > > Cortisol AM 23 13-24 > noon > 7 5-10 > PM > 6 3-8 > midnight 17 1-4 > > I do suffer from insomnia as well.isophos at night helps w > low dose melatonin. > > Saliva 6/24/10 ZRT labs > > Cortisol am 9.5 3.7-9.5 > noon > 3.0 1.2-3.0 > eve > 1.5 .6-1.9 > night .7 > .4-1.0 > Blood spot zrt > > PSA 1.3 <5.4 > FT4 1.6 .7 - 2.5 > FT3 4.1 2.5-6.5 > TSH <.2 .5-3.0 > TPO 27 0-150 > > Bloods 6/24/10 > > IGF 1 314 87-238 > Vit d 52.4 32-100 > Sex hormone binding 18.3 14.5-48 > Ferritin 112 30-400 > > Currently taking 4 grains erfa, 15 mg HC, gentle iron, > testosterone 80 mg every 3 days, 250 hcg every 3 days, > arimidex 1/4 tab every 3 days.. I feel tired and spacey all > the time. where to go from here? No morning erections and > very low libido. I feel like there is a blockage > somewhere but i cant figure it out. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 31, 2010 Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 i have been on it for at least the last 6mo. with no problem. i also take rifampin, azithromycin, and grapefruit seed extract. On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 6:42 AM, Robyn Iuliano < hamptonroadsaspergers@...> wrote: > > > Anyone have experience with Cefdinir for treatment for lyme? > > Robyn > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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