Victor Shaw
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Hi! I've been following Ray's work and researching on the forum for a little more than six months now, and changed my diet and lifestyle since then. I started my journey trying to understand the reasons behind my "hormonal imbalance", and the problems that came with it: acne and hair loss.
I've had acne since I was 13. The hair loss started when I was 18. I'm 22 today, and haven't been able to understand my problem yet.
One year ago, I did some blood tests trying to figure out what was wrong with my hormones. Here are the ones I think are the most important or were out of the range (range is in parenthesis):
Total testosterone: 507 ng/dL (175 ~ 781 ng/dL)
DHT: 2309 pg/mL (250 ~ 990 pg/mL) - Lab said they checked twice to confirm
Progesterone: 0,30 ng/mL (less than 0,20 ng/mL)
Estriol: less than 0,02 ng/mL (less than 0,15 ng/mL)
Estradiol: 20 pg/mL (less than 44 pg/mL)
Estrone: 157 pg/mL (13 ~ 149 pg/mL)
DHEA: 4,1 ng/mL (1,7 ~ 6,1 ng/mL)
SHBG: 33,4 nmol/L (13,2 ~ 89,5 nmol/L)
Free testosterone: 10,6 ng/dL (3,4 ~ 24,6 ng/dL)
Cortisol: 16,6 ug/dL (6,7 ~ 22,6 ug/dL)
LH: 3,74 mUI/mL (0,57 ~ 12,07 mUI/mL)
FSH: 6,59 mUI/mL (0,95 ~ 11,95 mUI/mL)
Total colesterol: 200 mg/dl (less than 190 mg/dl)
Vitamin D - 25-Hydroxy: 27,8 ng/mL (20 ~ 60 ng/mL)
TSH: 2,58 µUI/mL (0,34 ~ 5,60 µUI/mL)
Calcium: 10,7 mg/dL (8,6 ~ 10 mg/dL)
Urine PH: 5 (5,5 ~ 6.5)
I took the results to an endocrinologist. He diagnosed me with "classical MPB" and sent me home with a Finasteride 1 mg prescription, which I took for 6 months and stoped because it was turning me into a girl (gynecomastia, that I already had previously but milder, was growing a lot) and my sex drive and semen quality were very low. Hair and acne got better in that period tho.
I spent the last 6 months trying to figure out what is wrong. My diet is fine, only been eating more starch than I probably should (rice and potatoes). Milk makes my acne worse, so I only get 500mL a day with coffee. My hair is still getting worse everyday, and my skin is looking like ***t (painful cistic acne in the face and shoulders/back). I also tryed some supplements that were recommended in the forum, like taurine and niacinamide, but I didn't really felt any difference.
I didn't do lab tests again because they are very expensive, and I can't afford it right now. But I suppose my results would be the same as they were before fin.
The first thing I tryed was to correct a possible hyperparathyroidism (although I didn't test for PTH, D was low and calcium was high), supplementing vit D, K2 and eating a lot of calcium. I didn't feel any difference, but my skin got worse (probably because of the milk).
I also tryed to lower aromatase, with aspirin, coffee, estroban and everything I could fix in my diet to that regard. I didn't felt any differences.
My last hope is trying something related to the hormones, but I failed to figure out something that could help me in my situation. As you can see, DHT is very high. I have no idea why it is that high. Progesterone is also above the range, and so does estrone. What do you guys think I should try? I've thought about progesterone, but the fact that it is already above range desencourages me.
I'm only posting this here because every doctor I showed this results told me to take finasteride. And after failing for 6 months my only hope is that someone here has an idea about what I can try.
Thanks for the help, and sorry for any typos.
I've had acne since I was 13. The hair loss started when I was 18. I'm 22 today, and haven't been able to understand my problem yet.
One year ago, I did some blood tests trying to figure out what was wrong with my hormones. Here are the ones I think are the most important or were out of the range (range is in parenthesis):
Total testosterone: 507 ng/dL (175 ~ 781 ng/dL)
DHT: 2309 pg/mL (250 ~ 990 pg/mL) - Lab said they checked twice to confirm
Progesterone: 0,30 ng/mL (less than 0,20 ng/mL)
Estriol: less than 0,02 ng/mL (less than 0,15 ng/mL)
Estradiol: 20 pg/mL (less than 44 pg/mL)
Estrone: 157 pg/mL (13 ~ 149 pg/mL)
DHEA: 4,1 ng/mL (1,7 ~ 6,1 ng/mL)
SHBG: 33,4 nmol/L (13,2 ~ 89,5 nmol/L)
Free testosterone: 10,6 ng/dL (3,4 ~ 24,6 ng/dL)
Cortisol: 16,6 ug/dL (6,7 ~ 22,6 ug/dL)
LH: 3,74 mUI/mL (0,57 ~ 12,07 mUI/mL)
FSH: 6,59 mUI/mL (0,95 ~ 11,95 mUI/mL)
Total colesterol: 200 mg/dl (less than 190 mg/dl)
Vitamin D - 25-Hydroxy: 27,8 ng/mL (20 ~ 60 ng/mL)
TSH: 2,58 µUI/mL (0,34 ~ 5,60 µUI/mL)
Calcium: 10,7 mg/dL (8,6 ~ 10 mg/dL)
Urine PH: 5 (5,5 ~ 6.5)
I took the results to an endocrinologist. He diagnosed me with "classical MPB" and sent me home with a Finasteride 1 mg prescription, which I took for 6 months and stoped because it was turning me into a girl (gynecomastia, that I already had previously but milder, was growing a lot) and my sex drive and semen quality were very low. Hair and acne got better in that period tho.
I spent the last 6 months trying to figure out what is wrong. My diet is fine, only been eating more starch than I probably should (rice and potatoes). Milk makes my acne worse, so I only get 500mL a day with coffee. My hair is still getting worse everyday, and my skin is looking like ***t (painful cistic acne in the face and shoulders/back). I also tryed some supplements that were recommended in the forum, like taurine and niacinamide, but I didn't really felt any difference.
I didn't do lab tests again because they are very expensive, and I can't afford it right now. But I suppose my results would be the same as they were before fin.
The first thing I tryed was to correct a possible hyperparathyroidism (although I didn't test for PTH, D was low and calcium was high), supplementing vit D, K2 and eating a lot of calcium. I didn't feel any difference, but my skin got worse (probably because of the milk).
I also tryed to lower aromatase, with aspirin, coffee, estroban and everything I could fix in my diet to that regard. I didn't felt any differences.
My last hope is trying something related to the hormones, but I failed to figure out something that could help me in my situation. As you can see, DHT is very high. I have no idea why it is that high. Progesterone is also above the range, and so does estrone. What do you guys think I should try? I've thought about progesterone, but the fact that it is already above range desencourages me.
I'm only posting this here because every doctor I showed this results told me to take finasteride. And after failing for 6 months my only hope is that someone here has an idea about what I can try.
Thanks for the help, and sorry for any typos.