Recent content by littleguy289

so yeah, woke up this am and found a tender lump on the right side of my neck about halfway up right next to my trachea. It feels like when you get sick and your lymph nodes get swollen and tender but it's right where your thyroid would be I've been on T3 and tapering up for about 3 weeks now...

Yeah, so... I'm a fuckin idiot. Ordered some thyroxine sodium awhile back based off of some misinformation which had me thinking it was T3. Come to find out, it's T4. So, yeah. I suck at life. Stopping it and now hunting for a source for real T3 bc the place I got this shit doesn't have T3...

So yeah I finally broke down and got some on the way. Obviously I plan on keeping the diet as clean as possible, but do I need to drop calories an equivalent amount that I normally would when cutting? Or less? Like is your maintenance calorie level actually higher when on? I guess I don't fully...

Thanks for the replies. The reason I was asking about "off label use" is money is tight atm and I'd very much prefer to get the stuff covered by my ins and not have to pay for it out of pocket.

So for anyone unfamiliar with my situation, I've been back on TRT since around the beginning of this year. One of the issues I've been dealing with is that I've always been a high converter to both androgens and estrogens, and I'm increasingly beginning to suffer from the side effects of both...

So I've been in TRT since around the beginning on this year and it's coming time for another follow up appt with my doc. He normally just calls for total test, cbc, rbc, lipid panel, etc. The basics. I would feel much more comfortable seeing more of a complete endocrinological picture especially...

I really had no intentions on trying it, just made me wonder. Like how do diabetics diet to lose fat? If what we know is true about insulin blocking fat loss, would they need to take a shot of short acting like humalog right with their last meal and then fast for awhile with no insulin?

No I understand all about the risks of hypoglycemia/hypoglycemic shock. I am saying what if you have enough carbs/glucose to keep your blood sugar levels stable but just in a caloric deficit? If the insulin keeps your body in an anabolic/non-catabolic state, then where do the calories to make up...

Actually I came up with something else I'm confused about- if insulin keeps you anabolic and out of catabolic, what happens when you're in a caloric deficit?

Ok that makes more sense in real world shit. I got looking into the actual science just out of curiosity but anything I found led me to question what I already knew.

Ok, I understand what insulin does, but that's just it- insulin is anabolic, but ONLY to insulin receptors. Right? And insulin receptors are gates that are only receptive to glucose. So, I can understand the value of wanting to pack as much glucose into muscle cells as possible, but that's more...

This And this. Demand a referral (if you need one? I dunno how your health care systems work there) to an endocrinologist. A decent one will send you for a complete lab workup and will know all the key indicators to look for to better diagnose exactly what your problem might be. Pituitary...

So I have a tendency to be a high converter to both estrogens and DHT. I just started back on TRT in the past few months and wondering if I should wait to get bloodwork rechecked and hope the doc will write me a script for these? Or are these strictly off label uses and it won't be covered by my...

My lh and fsh have always been right near the middle of their normal ranges. I think I've figured out that I'm partially primary hypo, partially secondary hypo, and I've always had a tendency to be a high converter as well. So what little test my body is actually able to produce, it gets...

So I understand the differences between the 3 types, but I'm wondering if I have kind of a unique situation(?) - my lh and fsh always have tested within the normal ranges, but my T values have always been right at the bottom end of the normal range or below. Anyone have any idea what this could...