Kingpinguin
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Noticed my prolactin is pretty high in range. Someone said that’s a good indicator of estrogen being problematic. Backs up my high shbg - high estrogen theory.
just saw your tests and was just thinking the same. Could be many several reasons for higher prolactin. I actually at one point also tested high shbg, prolactin and cortisol. But back then I did so many several combinations of things that it’s hard to remember what exactly solved it.
anyway what I see stands out the most from the test with ferritin is that all your iron parameters indicate low grade chronic inflammation.
Transferrin was low, blood iron was low, ferritin was high but your saturation normal. This indicstes that you’re body is trying to keep iron away from the blood bound up in ferritin. Its a self defence mechanism of the body to protect itself. What you want to strive for is ferritin Under 150 at least and then rather have high serum iron. That means your iron mobilization is working optimal.
From your ferritin results you might get tricked that you’re iron is high and that you are good but in fact you can likely be iron deficient caused by inflammation. Ferritin reacts to inflammation so it goes up. If you got rid of your inflammation it will likely fall to 100-200 maybe even lower. Your serum iron will go up a bit aswell as your transferrin.
On that test you did you’re body is restricting iron availablility and thats not good.
It can easily be the reason why you feel tired, fatigued and low drive.
Iron availability is extremely important in dopamine synthezis. Like you don’t know. I would call it the most important nutrient for dopamine function and energy. Also theres several studies linking iron to low dopamine and raised prolactin.
Inflammation also raises hepcidin production in the liver. High hepcidin blocks iron absorption in the intestines. Its the main regulator of iron absorption. So chronic inflammation can increase ferritin, lower serum iron and transferrin and lower iron absorption that will eventually lead to true low iron and anemia.
I would try to fix this actually.
You have to figure out whats causing you’re body to act like its inflammed.