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Undiagnosed or improperly treated hypothyroidism can increase prolactin. Just one of those things to consider if you have checked all other boxes and can't figure out why the nips acting weird.
Excess testosterone levels can cause hypothyroidism by shutting down t3 receptors. Hypothyroidism will give off all the symptoms of high estrogen but along with dry skin and hair. Seems to be something I suffer from and taken years to accept or believe. I have never seen it discussed anywhere on a steroid board and i only have to have marginally high test levels to have problems. Add tren to the mix which is believed to slow thyroid and I think that's why tren has always given me gyno that no da has prevented and only extremely high levels of ai seem to stop.Undiagnosed or improperly treated hypothyroidism can increase prolactin. Just one of those things to consider if you have checked all other boxes and can't figure out why the nips acting weird.
Excess testosterone levels can cause hypothyroidism by shutting down t3 receptors. Hypothyroidism will give off all the symptoms of high estrogen but along with dry skin and hair. Seems to be something I suffer from and taken years to accept or believe. I have never seen it discussed anywhere on a steroid board and i only have to have marginally high test levels to have problems. Add tren to the mix which is believed to slow thyroid and I think that's why tren has always given me gyno that no da has prevented and only extremely high levels of ai seem to stop.
Sure, there's a sex-related difference in thyroid function. The study cited in support of this claim is in transsexuals transitioning female-to-male, showing that endogenous male circulating testosterone levels lowers TBG & increases T3/T4 ratio when replacing high endogenous estrogens with high endogenous testosterone.5 Thyroid Patterns That Won't Show up on Standard Lab Tests - Chris Kresser
If you have hypothyroid symptoms, but your lab tests are normal, you may have one of these patterns. Read on for more details.chriskresser.com
4. Hypothyroidism Caused by Decreased TBG
This is the mirror image of the pattern above. When TBG levels are low, levels of free thyroid hormone will be high. You might think this would cause hyperthyroid symptoms. But too much free thyroid hormone in the bloodstream causes the cells to develop resistance to it. So, even though there’s more than enough thyroid hormone, the cells can’t use it and you’ll have hypothyroid—not hyperthyroid—symptoms.
With this pattern, TSH and T4 will be normal. If tested, T3 will be high, and T3 uptake and TBG will be low.
Decreased TBG is caused by high testosterone levels. (5) In women, it is commonly associated with PCOS and insulin resistance. Reversing insulin resistance and restoring blood sugar balance is the key to treating this pattern.
Another reference:
7 thyroid issues your doc likely missed - Precision Nutrition
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Defect #4 – Thyroid binding globulin (TBG)
If there is not enough thyroid binding globulin, there can be too much free thyroid hormone available for cells. While this doesn’t sound like a problem, elevated free thyroid hormone shuts down receptor sites and can therefore cause hypothyroid symptoms, despite high free thyroid hormone levels. The most common cause of this is elevated testosterone in both men and women.
I was hoping you'd would know more about it and offer some insight. To an extent I was just touching on @Fa Seeshus comment about hypothyroidism and prolactin and the idea that high testosterone levels can cause hypothyroidism which becomes a cascading effect and potentially prolactin and gyno issues.