Please Help with my results and symptoms

[giantfan23]

Symptoms:

I'm 50 yrs. old and up until last year very active and in shape. I've taken HGH for the last 5 years but stopped 6 months ago when I thought my symptoms might be related. I Worked out with heavy weights 6 days a week for 20 years. I've had no new stress in my life, quite the opposite, been very happy. Now I work out 3 days a week when I force myself and I'm fatigued every day. During wokouts I have to sit and after I sometimes have to lay down.

Recent symptoms:
extreme fatigue
exercise intolerance
cold sensitivity (especially ny winter)
feet and fingers sometimes blue
very dry skin in winter
decreased libido
short term memory loss
unable to concentrate as I once did.

Basal Body temperature upon rising for last month: 96.5-96.9
Body temperature throughout the day:  avg. 97.1 - 97.5
Pulse: AM upon waking avg. 59-63
Pulse later in the day:  66-75

Labs 7/20:

TSH: 0.96
Free T4: 1.20  Range 0.8-1.8
Free T3: 332  Range 230-420
Both Thyroid Antibodies test Negative

I've been to 2 docs they say its something, but not thyroid. I think it clearly is. Should I push for a trial of thyroid med? Do my labs and symptoms warrant it??

Thanks for your help!

[gimel]

I can see from your test results that most doctors would decide that thyroid was not a problem for you.  To me, your low basal temperature and symptoms sound like hypothyroidism.  Many years ago, I had the same temp and symptoms, but a higher TSH.  Several doctors told me everything was normal, that I should be fine.  But I wasn't.   Took me a while to find a doctor that would pay attention to basal temp. and symptoms and prescribe a therapeutic trial of thyroid med.  Without knowing why at the time, my meds had to be consistently increased until I was taking a full daily replacement amount.  Turns out that I had Hashi's.  The meds made a huge improvement in my symptoms.  I'm boring you with all this only to encourage you to at least investigate this possibility.  I think you will get more encouragement to try this by reading this link.

http://www.hormonerestoration.com/Thyroid.html