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About a year ago, a friend of mine who lives in the US severely lacked energy and libido. He did blood testing through a doctor and found that his test was low. He had never done any AAS, prohormones, etc. whatsoever. He was totally 100% natural. He felt like shit and wanted help, but the doctor said it was no big deal and told him to check back in a year.
He said fuck that and hopped on test without doctor supervision. Nowadays, he is much much better but still doesn't feel 100%. He lacks energy and libido as compared to what he was just 2-3 years ago. He's in his mid-20's by the way. Anyway, he did some private blood testing and found his T4 was low and his T3 uptake was high. His Free Thyroxine was normal, but on the low end of normal. Hypothyroidism does run in his family to some extent apparently. He said his mom almost died from it.
His free Test was over 100, normal being 5-21. His estrogen was 5, with normal range being 3-70. Only other hormone out of whack at all was Cortisol which was 28, normal being 2-19. I thought the cortisol might be a little high just because he's a workout freak.
He found a new doctor and wants to get a full thyroid panel, since he suspects that as his problem. His only worry is that his new doc might want to blood test for testosterone, which is through the roof compared to the average Joe. He has insurance currently, but doesn't want anything to endanger his future coverage. Of course, he would never admit to AAS usage to the doctor, but would having super-high test levels be count on his record as a pre-existing condition that would fuck up his insurance in the future? Any advice on what he should do? Should he just ask for the thyroid panel and flat-out refuse to have his test levels checked no matter what? He's not familiar with the law. Nor am I since I wasn't born in the US and only live here part time.
His appointment is tomorrow. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks.
He said fuck that and hopped on test without doctor supervision. Nowadays, he is much much better but still doesn't feel 100%. He lacks energy and libido as compared to what he was just 2-3 years ago. He's in his mid-20's by the way. Anyway, he did some private blood testing and found his T4 was low and his T3 uptake was high. His Free Thyroxine was normal, but on the low end of normal. Hypothyroidism does run in his family to some extent apparently. He said his mom almost died from it.
His free Test was over 100, normal being 5-21. His estrogen was 5, with normal range being 3-70. Only other hormone out of whack at all was Cortisol which was 28, normal being 2-19. I thought the cortisol might be a little high just because he's a workout freak.
He found a new doctor and wants to get a full thyroid panel, since he suspects that as his problem. His only worry is that his new doc might want to blood test for testosterone, which is through the roof compared to the average Joe. He has insurance currently, but doesn't want anything to endanger his future coverage. Of course, he would never admit to AAS usage to the doctor, but would having super-high test levels be count on his record as a pre-existing condition that would fuck up his insurance in the future? Any advice on what he should do? Should he just ask for the thyroid panel and flat-out refuse to have his test levels checked no matter what? He's not familiar with the law. Nor am I since I wasn't born in the US and only live here part time.
His appointment is tomorrow. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks.