Low Libido; good tes, high dht, high sbhg, etc...

[uptownm]

So here is the deal. I have low libido and not really sure why. It started a year ago out of the blue and then I took one arimidex for 3 days to see if it'd help and I think that messed me up more. I saw a doctor and she doesn't really know how to solve this either.

• I'm 40 - in shape with low body fat, good activity, decent cardio; eat very healthy (lots of veges, some meat and fish, etc...)
• High Stress at work and life, 5 to 7 hours of sleep and I wake up throughout the night and have my entire life; high anxiety
• I don't take any medications
• I take a bunch of supplements; multi-vitamin, hyaluronic acid, green tea, vitamin c, reservatrol, tumeric, fish oil, CLA, Tocomin Suprabio (Vitamin E) and EDTA twice a month.
• Took steroids when I was 19 to 21 years old, not since. I messed up my sex drive back then and a doctor gave me arimidex and hcg that fixed me
• I've taken some IGF-1 DES3, Sermorelin, GHRP-6, Melanotan-II, Epitalon over the last year in small dosages (and not in 3+ months except for Epitalon)
• Test is normal/low DHT is high, SHBG is high for my age, cortisol is high, FSH/LH is in range I think; uric acid, bilirubin and iron are high.
• Is the problem my SHBG? If so, how do I lower, how do I fix?

Here is my bloodwork from last week
Testosterone Serum; 636, range 348-1197
Free Testosterone; 12, range 6.8-21.5
DHT; 101, "HIGH"
SHBG Serum; 47.2, range 16.5-55.9
DHEA Sulfate; 358, range 102-416
Estradiol; 24.7, range 7.6-42.6
Cortisol; 21.96, range 6.2-19.4
Prolacton; 4.9, range 2.1-17.7
Vitamin-D; 31.5, range 30-100
FSH; 6.9 ,range 1.4-181.
LH; 6.9, range 1.5-9.3
TSH; 4.4, range .45-4.5
IGF-1; 165, range 83-233
IGFBP3; 4472, range 2571-5892
Uric Acid; 9, range 3.7-8.6 - HIGH
Bilirubin; 1.4, range 0-1.2 - HIGH
Iron; 189, range 38-169 - HIGH
HDL Cholestrol; 58 mg/dl (negative risk factor for CHD?)
Cholestrol and Trigylcerides are fine

 

[2016aldoraine]

Just from taking a quick look I could tell you your LH and FSH are pretty high. Your total testosterone is pretty good but your free testosterone is shit! That's due to your high SHBG. I would look at some supplements/diet changes that might help free up some testosterone and lower your SHBG.

Are you on any prescription medications? Because many of them can raise your SHBG.

 

[2016aldoraine]

And I forgot to mention, your tsh.... Definitely higher than I would want mine. But I'd dig further on that. Pull your free t3/t4 to find out what's going on.

Also, I'd start supplementing some vitamin d... Your suboptimal on that. Very easy to bring up. I'd try 3000iu per day.

Cortisol may also be an issue but there is a lot of controversy on the different methods of testing.

 

[uptownm]

Thanks, my T4 (free)direct is 1.15 with a range of .82 to 1.77 - so that seems normal

any clue as to what supplements can bring down my T4 and my SHBG ?
I think proviron and winstrol can do my SHBG but it also leads to hair loss, which I'm going through right now anyways... I read about Boron, Stinging Nettle

 

[raw33man]

Proviron, Winstrol, Masteron, Vitamin D, any other DHT will bring SHBG down.. High DHT lowers SHBG, it's weird you have high DHT and high SHBG

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