Interconnection between thyroid and testosterone.  

Interesting. I was diagnosed with Hypothyroid a year ago. Had half my thyroid removed due to cancer. Got all my thyroid levels in the "normal" ranges. My antibodies have come down quite a bit due to diet changes. My T levels have gone up a little bit from the low end. However, I still struggle with energy and severe brain fog. I am literally forgetting my coworkers names that I have worked with for years. Dr. is putting me on TRT and is hopeful this will finally get me back to feeling normal again.

This is quickly becoming my favourite channel. It's just so interesting seeing how much is interlaced when it comes to TRT.

Personally TRT fixed most of the problems I had, but not all. Adding progesterone fixed sleep and mental clarity. Eventually figured out might have thyroid trouble, body temperature was a bit low. Started taking NDT and it fixed hypertension, high cholesterol and inconsistent energy levels. Now wondering if everything was caused by hypothyroid from the beginning. Considering coming off TRT to see if I could go without

Excellent podcast! Three comments: There are T3 receptors in the Leydig cells, so low thyroid hormones can lead to low testosterone. As Dave said, start checking thyroid hormones first before you touch testosterone. Second, unlike with testosterone, small amounts of exogenous thyroid hormones do not trigger the negative feedback loop (wouldn't we wish this with testosterone?!). Larger amounts do, though. Third, there is a link between hypothyroidism and low DHEA. Improving one can improve the other. You need to find out which was off (often, both).

Great channel. Always interested to be educated on all trt related topics. Keep up the great work.

I would recommend you check out Dr. David Brownstein on thyroid and how iodine can help thyroid and why we need it.

Reverse T3 is often never talked about or even mentioned in a typical clinical setting but one should discuss it with their endocrinologist then have it tested as it indicates what the T4 hormones are converting into; active T3 or Reverse T3. But be prepared to shell out more as it is a costly procedure done by private labs; as what I've been informed by my own endo.

Would a TSH of 1.19 be to low? For a 40 year old male

If the HPTA shuts down from sensing high estrogen then would it not be sensible to use a AI to crush estrogen to the bottom of reference range to preserve best chance for fertility???? Further more is it possible to prevent or partially prevent shut down by keeping estrogen low???

Hi Mike, I want to how much should be free testosterone,what is optimal range. And also one test for free testosterone is direct from blood and other one is calculated, which is better to find out free testosterone. Thankyou

I like very much ur content because its so knowledgeable, i m ur regular listener. I want to ask my totalt are 500ng/dl but after calclation my free t os 1.45% should i take testosterone. I have some low t symptoms. I m 37year old. And i want to ask does testosterone help in gut issues? Thankyou mike

I did a testosterone blood test just to see and my free t is very low and my t is very low and shbg is low im now starting to think is hypothyroid issue as i do allways have cold hands and feet i get very rare migraines mayb once per year ive had an outbrake in skin tags constantly feel brain fog and short term memory is terrible and feeling of numbness to everything in life im just doing a full blood test to check everything i also recently found out my dad suffers from hypothyroid im 37 years old male

great vid

Since auto-immune disorders are not a thyroid problem ... what interventions do you like to help balance the immune system?

What does heavy exercise do to tsh levels I notice when I don’t exercise and do my tsh changes

Does Balance My Hormones carry out this thorough diagnosis as mentioned by David?

Which medications are good for tyroid