25-02-2014, 11:01 PM
Hi girls,
Wow! PM has really clobbered my total testosterone!
I got my semi-annual blood test results today. I requested that a testosterone test be included this time. My total serum testosterone (reference range of 280 to 1100 ng/dl) was 109 ng/dl on Feb. 21
I was taking 2000 mg of PM for 10 weeks, dropping down to 1000 - 1500 mg for the next 10 weeks. I also took 2 X 400 mg caps of Spearmint for 17 days, and 2 X 100 mg caps of Pygeum for 10 days stopping both on Feb 12.
I don't have a breakdown of my T-levels, but it's amazing how much my total T was reduced pretty much by PM alone. That explains the regrowth of scalp hair even before taking any AA. Makes we doubt that I need to take an anti-androgen at all. Comment?
Anyway, the doc prescribed Androgel, which I won't take obviously. I wasn't going to provide an explanation for the low T measurement. I'm going to find a new doctor in the coming months, so there's no point to it. I may have to fess up to the new doc and get a full sex hormone analysis done to make sure my estrogen levels are high enough to prevent bone loss.
Have any others seen their T-levels drop so significantly on PM alone?
Clara
Wow! PM has really clobbered my total testosterone!
I got my semi-annual blood test results today. I requested that a testosterone test be included this time. My total serum testosterone (reference range of 280 to 1100 ng/dl) was 109 ng/dl on Feb. 21
I was taking 2000 mg of PM for 10 weeks, dropping down to 1000 - 1500 mg for the next 10 weeks. I also took 2 X 400 mg caps of Spearmint for 17 days, and 2 X 100 mg caps of Pygeum for 10 days stopping both on Feb 12.
I don't have a breakdown of my T-levels, but it's amazing how much my total T was reduced pretty much by PM alone. That explains the regrowth of scalp hair even before taking any AA. Makes we doubt that I need to take an anti-androgen at all. Comment?
Anyway, the doc prescribed Androgel, which I won't take obviously. I wasn't going to provide an explanation for the low T measurement. I'm going to find a new doctor in the coming months, so there's no point to it. I may have to fess up to the new doc and get a full sex hormone analysis done to make sure my estrogen levels are high enough to prevent bone loss.
Have any others seen their T-levels drop so significantly on PM alone?
Clara