so about a year ago, at age 24, i was diagnosed as being functionally hypo-pituitary with no tumor (via MRI). my hormone levels were all well below normal (range). this was not the case all of my life. my senior year in high school i was all state basketball and football and was in excellent health. i felt great. the only minor health problem that i had is that when i was in the 8th grade i developed anemia and was bruising very easily and really badly in football practice (my english teacher was so concerned that she called child services on my parents-no joke-she suspected me of being beaten by my folks) i seemed to get over that (just ignored it i guess) all though i was a late bloomer and after basketball practice i would get so pale and have dark circles under my eyes and get fatigued fairly easily. did not really start puberty until about 16 and then finally at 18 i really came into my own athletically during senior year and that was nice but it was still very late. hell i am 25 and still only shave maybe once a week (and that is on
trt therapy). i look like a man in my body though-6"4" 200 lbs. and i have chest hair just no facial hair. so anyway i am getting off subject. then one day when at age 19 (in college) while driving down to school from a weekend at home i got into a terrible car accident on the interstate. it was raining and i lost control of the wheel. luckily i didn't hurt anyone else (i was not under the influence) and i am also very lucky that i didn't die as well. the doc thinks the head trauma (severe whiplash, mild concussion) that i sustained from the accident probably shook my pituitary(from the whiplash) very hard. this makes sense seeing as it was a few months later that i first remember beginning to feel really awful physically. i stopped working out. i was always tired. no motivation for anything at all. no libido. i mean i had sex but it just wasn't the same, especially for a guy that was 20 years old. my relationships went down hill, even with my family. i was just not a nice guy to be around. probably because i was miserable. so i go through the next four years feeling like shit being prescribed effexor 150 mg per day, adderall 90mg per day, inderal/propanolol 60 mg per day (long acting), and depakote 500 mg per day. then at age 24 i finally did something about it. i got off my ass and went to a highly recommended endocrinologist and have been working with him ever since. he is a good guy and i know he is a well respected doctor but i don't think he knows what to do with me. he tells me that he has never seen a case like mine before. he has heard of similar one's but never run into this sort of thing. i have basically been trying to get him to prescribe me my hrt based on swale's
trt protocol and he has been open to it. i think as long as i am feeling good and he is not doing anything that he is certain is harmful to me then he will continue to listen to what i have to say. the other side of the coin is that i would feel much more comfortable seeing swale but michigan is hard to do right now. so any way after going through all the necessary preliminary tests the doc starts me gradually on hrt. so a year ago i began taking
androgel 10mg (have since switched to
test cyp. 100 mg inj. per week-suggested to my doc after reading swale's
trt protocol therapy), armour thyroid 60mg daily, hydrocortisone 20mg (cortef) daily, and
HGH(Genotropin miniquick .6mg(1.8 IU per day)) and just recently the doc added .25
arimidex every 5 days (my estrogen was a little above range at 69) and
nolvadex 20 mg as needed for any swelling or tenderness and gyno prevention. i must admit that since i have been on hrt i feel amazingly better. it's nice to have some energy. enough to even go to a gym again and enjoy exercise like i did as a kid. i have also started to supplement with DIM but i don't know how much i should take or if i should take it with the
arimidex and
nolvadex. my doc said that he would be alright with adding in the
hcg therapy starting out with the minimum dose of 150 i.u. 2 x per week. i just get the feeling that the doc does not know exactly what the hell he is doing. my father is a doctor and i was in med school for a while but dropped out because i just was too damn tired(this was back when i felt like shit). i was just curious what any of you guys had to say about this regimen that i am prescribed i am thinking about trying to make an appointment to see swale or perhaps someone he recommends. it would be a trip to go to michigan although i have not ruled it out. i have just been observing on the board for the past month. a bit afraid to say something. this is my second post. the first one was earlier today. ok thanks and if anyone has some helpful feedback it would be much appreciated.
11-13-2005, 07:04 PM
functional hypo-pituitary 25 year old/questions about my current HRT regimen 
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