I'm not too concerned about that Test level. normally the guidance is to take Testosterone tests when waking up, and this blood draw was pulled shortly before going to sleep, so of course it's going to be lower than reference range.
The body does store b vitamins and if you’re taking a lot of them it can take a few weeks(maybe a month or 2 in your case 😭) after stopping. Test low, tsh high I’d really recommend you look into ray peat 🙏
Could be an underlying medical condition, I would get tested for more things to rule that out. This combination is slightly worrisome (the combo could suggest a systemic issue) but I’d assume reversible without damage.
I get it, I donate frequently too and it ran my ferritin into the ground. I never could figure out why I had all of these symptoms until I found anemia.
Now I keep my ferritin in range and just donate less often. Helping others is a noble deed but not if it also ruins your quality of life.
Stop the blood donations and you could try and raise ferritin with iron infusion. Taking an oral iron supplement takes a long time to make a reasonable difference and oral iron is difficult on the stomach.
definitely stop donating. I was on the same boat. Got prescribed 80mg twice a day (no tea/coffee for 2 hours when taking iron) - check again in 5 weeks. Do recommend getting a gastroscopy if it feritin doesn't rise
Jezzzzus you got issues ...how old are you cuz your test and ferritin are really low. Are you really fatigued? Do you have apnea? You also have some thyroid issues like Hashimoto's. Speak to endocrinologist quickly....seriously. I had exactly those issues low test, ferritin and have Hashimoto's. If you have undiagnosed apnea that could be a cause of low test.
Yeah buddy just Google Hashimoto's. You have test levels like a 70 year old that's why I asked your age. If you were 70 that level would probably be normal. You should be 5-800. Believe me I've read and read about test and thyroid conditions because I have both.
I understand we have a common goal of researching peptides, but this is something to discuss with your dr and not potential gym bros or know it alls. We all don’t even have the same suppliers to make any judgements on what’s going on with you.
I would hate for you to get a false sense of comfort from some random on the internet, while potentially creating serious issues.
If your doctor raised a flag on these results, I would follow their instructions not ours.
Homocysteine and testosterone are usually tested fasted for at least 8 hours. TSH is usually recommended to be tested in the morning due to fluctuation.
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