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Well scrap that previous post.
Been about 3 months of doing fuck all now, on doctors orders. First 6 weeks of doing fuck all got my elevated t and shbg down to within satisfactory ref ranges for the first time, however my follow up tests now have these elevated again, back to where I was. Can’t say my diet or lifestyle has changed much and if it has it’s only been for the better.. so what the hell’s made them rise again. Anyone got any idea what my issue might be? Was working with the theory that taking any herbal hormone interventions or even nutritional supplements was increasing my shbg but now I can’t say that’s the cause
Doing a GI 360 stool test next week to assess gut issues.
Also did an oligoscan recently. Will post results here when I’m back home
Been about 3 months of doing fuck all now, on doctors orders. First 6 weeks of doing fuck all got my elevated t and shbg down to within satisfactory ref ranges for the first time, however my follow up tests now have these elevated again, back to where I was. Can’t say my diet or lifestyle has changed much and if it has it’s only been for the better.. so what the hell’s made them rise again. Anyone got any idea what my issue might be? Was working with the theory that taking any herbal hormone interventions or even nutritional supplements was increasing my shbg but now I can’t say that’s the cause
Doing a GI 360 stool test next week to assess gut issues.
Also did an oligoscan recently. Will post results here when I’m back home
Aleksandr
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@Enkounter whats the oligoscan results?
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Nice thanks for sharing. Hopefully I get mine next weekend.
From a HTMA perspective looks like d3, k2 and magnesium would be good for you to slow your system down and raise some of those minerals.
Also because your magnesium is lower than Ca, good to lay off the carbs to level them up.
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Post your latest hormone labs and bloods . Iron labs thyroid etc .
You’re crazily imbalanced .
Trying to get iron from my GP but they're playing hard to get so gonna have to go private. Will sort those soon.
Latest hormones are below. Gist of it is T, Free T and SHBG all elevated. That's the only hormones I've had tested recently, from last month.
Thyroid-wise, last tests were almost a year ago. TSH 2.33miu/L, dead center in range (0.4 - 4.0).
I'm getting lots of gut testing done currently, enteropathogenic organisms, trypsin, elastase, parasites etc, as had an extremely high faecal calprotectin result so actually been able to do this via NHS (alongsid ethe GI 360 i'd already ordered) so been preocuppied looking into this. So sick of all these testing periods as it means I can't experiment with any new interventions but it's great I'm getting clarity on these. Looking forward to putting together another protocol once it's all done.
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Got thyroid bloods back.. all looks ok surprisingly. I'm glad to not have another area of concern. I have enough to deal with on the malabsorption side.
Hopefully will address the gut inflammation soon with my nutritionist, just waiting on more up-to-date OAT results to indicate if there's any toxicities that need to be directly combatted first. And trying to get vitamin bloods still.
Been feeling very low. Libido has tanked the past few weeks and I'm scared my hpv is recurring. On AHCC for this currently and also been using a new ketoconazole shampoo for inflammed scalp but I'm concerned there's some 5ar fuckery going on due to these..
Biomesight also came back. Not as bad as I expected, but low butyrate and low oxalate degradation. Need to work on probiotics.
Hopefully will address the gut inflammation soon with my nutritionist, just waiting on more up-to-date OAT results to indicate if there's any toxicities that need to be directly combatted first. And trying to get vitamin bloods still.
Been feeling very low. Libido has tanked the past few weeks and I'm scared my hpv is recurring. On AHCC for this currently and also been using a new ketoconazole shampoo for inflammed scalp but I'm concerned there's some 5ar fuckery going on due to these..
Biomesight also came back. Not as bad as I expected, but low butyrate and low oxalate degradation. Need to work on probiotics.
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So more potassium would be needed in diet?
DUTCH showed prog metabolites are in range, albeit on the low end..
"b-Pregnanediol Within range 121.1 ng/mg 75 - 400
a-Pregnanediol Within range 32.9 ng/mg 20 - 130"
B6 sounds important for prog, and my low B6 is pretty consistent across testing. Hopefully addressing this soon.
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Yes b6 is literally everything for prog. B6/nad.
Those markers are preg not prog.
Nad for 3b-hsd converts preg to prog.
Really craving some B6 right now.
Ah, it's the closest thing the DUTCH measures to prog directly so they draw some conclusion from it: "The weighted average of the two progesterone metabolites shows progesterone is in range indicating normal production." Seems like they're reaching a bit and skimming over some unaccounted things
Gonna treat myself to a prog blood test
I'll be taking 10,000 IU vit D daily soon once I get on the new protocol. Still waiting on blood tests for vitamins first. So sick of being stuck waiting around in the mess of UK medical system bureaucracy.
My progesterone results came back. Within range but low, as expected.
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Also updated OAT results came back. B6 has dropped slightly lower.
A few improvements but some things a lot worse. Oxalates for instance. Hopefully that's something that will be addressed very directly by the new gut protocol.
Weight has been going down, significantly underweight, rings just sliding off my fingers constantly now. More hair shedding than before too. Feels like I'm not getting much from diet.
A few improvements but some things a lot worse. Oxalates for instance. Hopefully that's something that will be addressed very directly by the new gut protocol.
Weight has been going down, significantly underweight, rings just sliding off my fingers constantly now. More hair shedding than before too. Feels like I'm not getting much from diet.
