Hormones, HPG axis- For Sharon
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:49 pm
Hi Sharon,
Wanted your wisdom and input....
We had my husband do a saliva hormone test, recommended by a holistic doc who is a good friend. Jeff has been taking DHEA supplements (50mg) daily, so his DHEA was slightly elevated, but what really surprised my friend were his levels of lutenizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone...off the charts. His levels were 10x normal. Usually these high numbers signal infertility and testicular failure.
But Jeff's testosterone was normal, just a bit low, and his progesterone and estrone were OK as well. As my doc friend explained it, Jeff's body is working on overdrive to keep his hormone levels normal. She said he "must be exhausted!" And he is...
We're going to get him on a testosterone supplement, to see if his LH and FSH will come back into normal range. We're also going to test his adrenals.
Have you heard of this before, Sharon? If we had just tested his testosterone level, it would have been low normal, and we wouldn't have known anything was amiss. Those LH and FSH numbers show that the MS is affecting his hormones. I wonder if this also happens to women?
any input?
AC
Wanted your wisdom and input....
We had my husband do a saliva hormone test, recommended by a holistic doc who is a good friend. Jeff has been taking DHEA supplements (50mg) daily, so his DHEA was slightly elevated, but what really surprised my friend were his levels of lutenizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone...off the charts. His levels were 10x normal. Usually these high numbers signal infertility and testicular failure.
But Jeff's testosterone was normal, just a bit low, and his progesterone and estrone were OK as well. As my doc friend explained it, Jeff's body is working on overdrive to keep his hormone levels normal. She said he "must be exhausted!" And he is...
We're going to get him on a testosterone supplement, to see if his LH and FSH will come back into normal range. We're also going to test his adrenals.
Have you heard of this before, Sharon? If we had just tested his testosterone level, it would have been low normal, and we wouldn't have known anything was amiss. Those LH and FSH numbers show that the MS is affecting his hormones. I wonder if this also happens to women?
any input?
AC