03-02-2013, 19:27
(This post was last modified: 03-02-2013, 19:30 by mochaccino.)
This was copied from my program thread:
What do you think is the root cause? How is it possible to have high estrogen and low T at the same time? Is it possible that my body is aromatizing testosterone more than it should, or is there a better explanation? If there's excessive aromatization going on, why is it happening? I would love to hear any other opinions, because I've hit a dead end researching this.
Quote:Only my testosterone was actually outside the normal range, but my other 2 primary sex hormones were borderline. According to ZRT's standards, I'm deficient in testosterone while my progesterone is borderline low and my estrogen is borderline high. My ratio of P to E is very low which means I'm technically estrogen dominant, but without estrogen excess. Here are my actual numbers:
Estradiol 3.3 pg/ml (Above 3.3 is excessive)
Progesterone 76 pg/ml (Below 75 is deficient)
Testosterone 12 ng/dl (Below 20 is deficient)
Pg/E2 ratio is 23 (Below 100 is considered imbalanced)
What do you think is the root cause? How is it possible to have high estrogen and low T at the same time? Is it possible that my body is aromatizing testosterone more than it should, or is there a better explanation? If there's excessive aromatization going on, why is it happening? I would love to hear any other opinions, because I've hit a dead end researching this.