AAS and thyroid

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alpineslide

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• Oct 20, 2003

• #1

How do AAS effect thyroid levels ? I just found out mine are out of whack....along with my hematocrit which I found out last Friday.

I'm not sure if my thyroid levels are low or high. I'll find out tomorrow.

 

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Harvey Balboner

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• Oct 20, 2003

• #2

AAS usually doesn't

have you taken T3? That is a thyroid medication, and would cause that.

 

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alpineslide

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• Oct 20, 2003

• #3

Nope I haven't used T3

 

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Badgermoon

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• Oct 21, 2003

• #4

My thyroid levels hav always tested in the normal range whenever I had blood work done. I would suspect something other than gear.

 

BLEED GREEN

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• Oct 21, 2003

• #5

Never happened to me.....

 

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alpineslide

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• Oct 21, 2003

• #6

Here are my thyroid test results :

T4, Free: 0.8 - 1.8 ng/dL Mine = 4.5
TSH: 0.4 - 5.5 mIU/L Mine = 5.99

The nurse told me if my TSH numbers are high it means that I'm not producing enough and that if my Free T4 levels are high I'm producing to much.

Both my numbers are high. I've never used T3 or anything of the sort, but did recently complete a 300 mg /week Deca cycle.

Anyone have any thoughts on this ?

 

BLEED GREEN

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• Oct 21, 2003

• #7

Rad?

 

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Harvey Balboner

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• Oct 21, 2003

• #8

have you taken anything else, prescription medicine?

 

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Max-HC

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• Oct 21, 2003

• #9

Badgermoon said:

My thyroid levels hav always tested in the normal range whenever I had blood work done. I would suspect something other than gear.

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Same here.never a problem

 

shiko24

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• Oct 21, 2003

• #10

^bump

 

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alpineslide

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• Oct 21, 2003

• #11

Harvey Balboner said:

have you taken anything else, prescription medicine?

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I started taking finasteride recently, but that's it.

I talked to my doctor today. I'm going to go in and have everything retested in about 20 days.

On a side note I'm feeling a little sick...like the flu, but I went ahead and worked out today. Anyway, All of my lifts were up. I was stronger on everything. I love workouts like that.

 

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alpineslide

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• Oct 22, 2003

• #12

I've got another thyroid question, maybe I should start a new thread for this, but I'll try here first.

I ended my 300 mg / week Deca cycle about 10 weeks ago. I would think everything would be back to normal by now after such a mild cycle.

I've recently decided to go on a bulking diet...5000 + calories per day. I went from around 3000 calories to over 5000 calories overnight.

Could a sudden caloric shift like this throw my thyroid into overdrive ?

 

Last edited: Oct 22, 2003

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BiggerStronger

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• Oct 22, 2003

• #13

I read that AS usage does affect thyroid levels. So a low dosage of T3 is benificial while using AS like around 6-12mg ed.

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Bull Dog Head

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• Oct 22, 2003

• #14

BiggerStronger said:

I read that AS usage does affect thyroid levels. So a low dosage of T3 is benificial while using AS like around 6-12mg ed.

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6-12mg a day is a huge dose...do you mean mcg?

 

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BiggerStronger

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• Oct 23, 2003

• #15

Yeah, That's what I meant. lol. MCG