Question: Hello,



My english is not very good, but ok...



I am 29 years old, male, 1.84m high and 91 kg ( 6 feet and 200 lbs).



So, I took anabolic steroids 5 years ago, for 14 months, and than i stopped because i had some healthy issues, and this were high pulse and dizzines.



After i stopped i had hair loss and accumulate some body fat , but not too much, mostly over my six-pack and now i have a little belly..this was normal, but same dizzines.



Went to allot of doctors and all said i'm ok, they didn't find any problems.



Now i went to endocrinologist and found this problems :



1. Thyroid is a little inflamated (left 4,5ml and right 7ml) , tsh was 8,5 ( normal 0,4-4) but after 1 month of euthyrox 0,25mcg was 2,7. Ft3, Ft4, Anti-tgo, etc all normal.



2. Because i have low libido and i feel weak and of course dizzy all day, i took this tests:



Testosterone : 1,75 ng/ml - 6,07 nmol/L ( normal range 3,30-8.05 ng/ml) - so this is low.

LH - 1,86 UI/L ( normal 1,7 - 8,6 UI/L) - low too

Estrogen : 15 pg/mL ( normal 7,63 - 42,6 pg/ML) - ok

GH - 0,05 ( normal 0.05 - 3 ) - this is VERY low

IGF-1 - 226,6ng/ml ( normal 93-250) - this is ok, so for me seems very weird because GH is LOW.

Free Testosterone - 8,11 pg/ml ( normal at my age - 4,5 - 42 pg/ml)

ACTH - 22,4pg/ml ( normal 7,2 - 63,3)

Serotonin seric : 209 ug/ml ( normal 40-200)

Cortisol: 28 ug/dl ( normal 6.2 - 19.4) - so this is HIGH

FSH : 3.99 ui/L ( normal 1.5 - 12.4 )

Porlactine: 4.39 ng/ml ( normal 4.04 - 15.2)





All my other analises are ok, and trust me i made them all.



So now i have to take xanax so i feel a little better every day, like this : morning 0,25 , lunch 0,25 and evening 0,5 .



I feel so weak almost all day, but i found that tribulus terestis makes me feel better and also muscular tonus and that give me the mood for GYM, because feeling dizzy and weak i have no place in the gym and i really want to go back regular on exercise.



Interesting is also that i have good muscle mass and strength.



So do i have a GH deficiency or not? Because i know that this thing are conected GH-LH-Testosterone, but i also understood that is is there a GHD also IGF-1 should be low...



I also have a very high metabolism , i eat 6-7 times a day, good food, quality protein ...maybe this can explain the good look, and in 1 year i gained 2 kg and exactly 2 cm more body fat arround the waist( belly) , everything else was messured and they are all exactly the same , by cm.



Errection for example is ok, but doesn't stay more that 5s if not stimulated... but sex is ok, problem is after sex i feel very weak/tired and it takes at least 4-5 days to feel the need for sex again.



So, no one can tell me where is the problem? Why am i dizzy all day? What's with this stupid anexiety i feel and some time depresion, but this i believe is caused by the problems i have , because is very frustrating for me that i'm not feeling ok and can't find the problem.



Sometimes i feel a burnheart sensation in the left side of the heart, but went to bets cardiologist and said all is ok there, even made the effort test and was ok. If i want i can run for 4-5 km... but next day i'm waisted... so recovery it's very hard. Interesting is also the fact that i have good strenght and resistance, but sometimes when i take the stairs feels like 1km run ...



This dizzines is not when i move, or turn head quickly ( cheked also spine, head RMN, ears, all are ok), it's just there... all day, and when i'm hungry i became very dizzy if i don't eat ( also glucose levels are ok 80-85 when i'm hungry , 90-100max after eating) .



Somebody find the source of this problems please... is there a GHD or not? Or what is it then... :)



Thanks in advance!

Hello,

Anabolic steroids i used 5 years ago, nothing since.

Testosterone levels in this past years were always between 1,5 - 4 ,4(that was maximum) .
LH levels were after the steroids : 0,007 , and in this past years were between 1.4 - 3 ( that was maximum, this was when testosterone was higher too) .

Now i'm taking euthyrox 25mcg a day , tsh is now 2,4, rest are normal. But i'm not feeling good at all.

For example this day:

I wake up, i heard a little pulse in my right ear, i took euthyrox and 30min later i took breakfast. After breakfast i took 0,25 xanax. I had libido for sex, but as soon as erection was up, it was going to orgasm, if i stopped, than errection was going away quickly.
I'm feeling very dizzy, i have tension 150/83 and pulse 95, my head feels very hard and i feel also very very tired, and in the same the i'm very agitated.
I'm so dizzy i feel like i'm drunk when i walk...
I also feel a little burnheart in the left/up side of heart.
I also feel a neck tightness and it also feels like an itch, in the thyroid arrea.
I also feel a dry mouth, thirsty...but i drinked enough water.


So this is how it is...for today.
Sometimes i feel every day hungry, even if i eat very good, after 30min-1 hour i feel very hungry, somethimes this fake hungry sensation goes away, and somethimes it doesn't ...

What should i do? It's very hard to live like this... but i have to solve the problem :)

1. Yes, but i also had this simptmos when i didn't took xanax in the past, anyway it's a month now since i'm taking xanax , 0,25 morning - 0,25 lunch - 0,5 at night, so that's 1mg/day. I'd like to remove it but i think i have to drop it gradually, so how do you advice me to do ?

My family doctor prescribed it for anexiety / panic attacs said would help, maybe for first 2 weeks but now i don't think so.

2. I know that this happens when you take anabolic steroids, i also used steroids 10 years ago, but just for 3 months, full recovery was in 2-3 months maximum, last time i used for 1,5 years so i'm thinking maybe pituitary recovered but not at "full power" ... but now it's 5 years i'm clean.

3. What do you thinks it's the cause for my thyroid problem? ( steroids, stress ( i worked 24/7 at one point i had ~800 employes starting from 0) , smoking, ... ) ?

4. How does smoking affect my problems ?

5. I also made research and find out that for my thyroid problem i should avoid gluten, sugar, etc.
I also found supplements that help such as : omega 3-6-9 ,gingko biloba ,spirulina ,Evening Primrose Oil, Noni Lichid, Mega q Protect ( http://calivita.eu/products/FL0091/ ) , ASHWAGANDHA, NATURE-THYROID ( http://www.inhousepharmacy.vu/p-417-nature-throid-tablets-65mg.aspx ) , AMIX GuggulLean ( http://www.amix-nutrition.com/products/47/guggullean ) , ALGE KEMP , Now- Thyroid Energy ( http://www.nowfoods.com/Thyroid-Energy-90-veg-capsules.htm ).

Thanks for your answers, i appreciate your help.

I'm asking allot of questions here so if i need to pay more just tell me, no problem.

Hello again,

Those are ok. All thyroid analises are ok in this moment.

Anti TPO : <10 UI/ml ( normal <35)

During past years i have made more blood tests, all they could find was that TSH 8,5 that decreased after 1 month of euthyrox 25 mcg at 2,4.

I believe that tsh level was than 8,5 because i had intense stress , i say this because i took euthyrox still after tsh was ok ~ 2 , and i checked it every 3 months, and was ok 2- 2.5 XXXXXXX , so one month i had a big stress so it went to 6,2 , and after that decreased to 2.5-3 again in two months , and every day i took in the morning euthyrox 25.

Hello,

Already done that.

I had TSH 8,5 in february 2013, so i took euthyrox 25 , and after 1 month was 2,5, and i continued with it, after that i checked it at every 2 months, and results were always between 2,3 - 3,2 , in february 2014 i had a big stress and it was 6,2, after that in march 2014 was 3,7 and in april when i felt very bad , and was 3,9.

And than, i stoped taking euthyrox and i had it checked every month to see if it goes up again. So, in april with euthyrox was 3,9, from 1 may 2014 i stopped taking it, and in 1.06.2014 after one month without euthyrox TSH was 4 , than in july wa 3,9 , in august was 4,1 and in october 2014 was the same, 4,1, and in november same 4. ( normal range here is 0,4 - 4) .

So in november when i went to endocrinologist said it's notok because it's 4 because is at it's limit and i should take euthyrox again, so i did, and now i have it 2,3.

But i feel the same even if it 2,3 or 4 ... anyway doctor said i'm not feeling that bad because of the thyroid.

So what is it than since i cheked them all? :)

I'm thinking since thyroid it's inflamated maybe it's bothers blood vessel arround it and cause circulatory problems in my brain.

How else can be explained the pulse i hear in my right ear somethimes since i have MRI done to my head and it's ok, i also checked ear/inner ear inluding audiogram and it's ok, and i also checked my heart + blood vessels and they are all OK....

I'm very dizzy almoust all the time, i have no pain, but i have simptoms as i wrote up ( very tired, and in the same the i'm very agitated.
I'm so dizzy i feel like i'm drunk when i walk...
I also feel a little burnheart in the left/up side of heart.
I also feel a neck tightness and it also feels like an itch, in the thyroid arrea.)

This simptoms i have with or without euthyrox, with or without xanax ...

So what is it than?

I also want to know if you can tell me how can i reduce inflamation of thyroid and what cause it.

And one last question, from where it's that neck tightness were is the thyroid.

I wait for answer.

Thank you very much.

Hello again,

I practice yoga and meditation, it helps.

I'd like to know the answer for this if you can, please :

1. From where it's that neck tightness were is the thyroid?

2. Can you tell me how can i reduce inflamation of thyroid and what cause it? Could the thyroid be inflamed from smoking?

3. How does affect me the fact that thyroid is inflamated since blood test are normal?

Thanks.

Hello,

How can i find out if it's an infection, what tests are there to be done ?


Does anabolic steroids affect thyroid? I mean in normal case if it's not inflamated.

Hello,

I think quit smoking is a must.

I have CBC done over the years, mostly are ok but some a little over the limit.

ESR was in 2009 when problems started 2 ( normal 2-10) , and than in 2012 it was 13 , and in 2013 it was 9 , and last i have was in april 2014 and than it was 5.

So, what do you think?