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Low Testosterone and Hypothyroidism
by bjamin1775, Jan 09, 2009 09:52AM
To: doctornee medical
My husband has been fighting a low testosterone level for some time now. He has seen an endo who has diagnosed him with hypothyroidism. He has been receiving treatments of Synthroid and Androgel. Unfortunately, as his TSH levels go up, his T levels are going down:
DATE T TSH
12/20/2006 222 3.397
2/5/2007 182 n/a
5/12/2007 251 4.74
8/28/2007 240 4.139
12/10/2007 388 3.849
3/18/2007 273 3.909
6/16/2008 170 2.888
9/17/2008 n/a 2.382
He is now taking 112mcg of Synthroid daily along with Androgel.
His PSA came back negative.
He does not have any ED symptoms, but his testicles have reduced in size.
He has low energy (from a man who was always on the go), sweats, memory problems (from a man who had an impressive memory), has had a few dizzy episodes, has been having continuous headaches for the last several months and is starting to have some breathing problems.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
My husband has been fighting a low testosterone level for some time now. He has seen an endo who has diagnosed him with hypothyroidism. He has been receiving treatments of Synthroid and Androgel. Unfortunately, as his TSH levels go up, his T levels are going down:
DATE T TSH
12/20/2006 222 3.397
2/5/2007 182 n/a
5/12/2007 251 4.74
8/28/2007 240 4.139
12/10/2007 388 3.849
3/18/2007 273 3.909
6/16/2008 170 2.888
9/17/2008 n/a 2.382
He is now taking 112mcg of Synthroid daily along with Androgel.
His PSA came back negative.
He does not have any ED symptoms, but his testicles have reduced in size.
He has low energy (from a man who was always on the go), sweats, memory problems (from a man who had an impressive memory), has had a few dizzy episodes, has been having continuous headaches for the last several months and is starting to have some breathing problems.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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He should also test for free T3, free T4, free testosterone (total is Ok, but just to compare), DHT and estradiol levels. People with hypothyroidism sometimes have problems in absorpsion of transdermic testosterone because of the skin become thick. Whish is the dose of androgel? 5g? 10g??
The doctors tell me my testosterone problem is idiopathic. Thats not good enough, I want to know exactly why Im taking this Testim.
I recently had a change in testosterone and have felt very fatigued. I was on 1 tube a day, and had a normal blood level of 1100. I recently got checked and the doc said I was at 750 and should increase it to 2 tubes a day. Im going to try it, I hope this gets me back to normal.
Does anyone know who or where to go to to find out WHY we have these testosterone problems?