I am a female, age 55. Have had a hysterectomy, but have ovaries. I am 5' 6" and weigh 105...I generally do not eat sugar or grains because of a life time of IBS. FODMAP diet works well, but hard to keep weight on. Most of my life my BP has been 110/60...last couple months only 89/58. Temperature most of my life has been 97....lately is only 94.3-95.3. My hands and especially feet are FREEZING 24/7.
My reverse T3 ratio is 15.2, my understanding is it should be at least 20. I think that suggest Hypothyroid....but my TSH is on the low side of normal which would indicate Hyperthyroid and weight loss....but have high cholesterol, not low.
A year ago my doc prescribed BIEST for atrophy....immediately my hair texture changed, but I did not realize it was the BIEST. I was on it for 7 months. Then I was put on 12 mg of DHEA and hair started falling out. I was on that for 3 months, and quit 3 weeks ago....hair seems to have stopped falling out. In spite of a very low fat diet, my cholesterol shot up this past year. Below are recent lab results....can't tell if I have high or low testosterone...and the hormone test was 3 weeks after stopping DHEA. Also having hot flashes again 24/7....haven't had them since menopause a few years ago.
Testosterone, Serum 81 ng/dL
Free Testosterone (direct) .9 pg/mL
DHEA 34 ug/dL
Estradiol <5.0 pg/mL
TSH .998 uIU/mL
Thyroxine 6.5 ug/dL
Triiodothyronine, Free, Serum 2.4 pg/mL
T4, Free (Direct) 1.04 ng/dL
Reverse T3, Serum 15.8 ng/dL
Cholesterol Total 202
Triglycerides 68
HDL 86
Non HDL 116
VLDL 14
LDL 102
Chol/HDL 2.3