I have PSSD

[Juvo]

Test 585 range 300 - 1080 ng/dL
Test Free % 2.0 range 1.6 - 2.9%
Test Free Calc 119 range 47 - 244 pg/mL
SHBG 30 range 11 - 80 nmol/L
TSH 4.64 (H) range 0.20 - 4.50 uIU/mL
Free T4 0.9 range 0.7 - 1.5 ng/dL

In case anyone is curious, this is a blood test from a couple months ago. I have since managed to lower TSH to under 2.0 with no change in symptoms. Is it common for you PFS folk to have semi-normal return to androgen levels with no remit in symptoms?

[coppersocks]

It is normal to return to "normal" levels and still have persistent symptoms, yes. There is more going on with PFS and likely other conditions with similar symptoms than testosterone, TSH and estrogen levels. Even DHT levels are rarely indicative of where someone is at symptoms wise. It is likely that neuro-steriods such as dopamine, GABA and allopregnanolone, their production and our brains ability to interact with them through it's receptors play a key part the issue and it's solution. The good news is that the brain is a highly plastic and fixable organ and living and thinking (yes, thinking as a major impact) in a way that supports its well being and supports good hormonal health is the key.

[xxLUK]

It is normal to return to "normal" levels and still have persistent symptoms, yes. There is more going on with PFS and likely other conditions with similar symptoms than testosterone, TSH and estrogen levels. Even DHT levels are rarely indicative of where someone is at symptoms wise. It is likely that neuro-steriods such as dopamine, GABA and allopregnanolone, their production and our brains ability to interact with them through it's receptors play a key part the issue and it's solution. The good news is that the brain is a highly plastic and fixable organ and living and thinking (yes, thinking as a major impact) in a way that supports its well being and supports good hormonal health is the key.

yea its because our livers/gut are messed up in ways we dont realize. the liver has its own hormones that helps regulate your body's balance that go undetetced, thats why everyone thinks "PFS" is so mystical, but it really isn't. most of the issue dwell in the liver/gut, 90% of serotonin is in the gut, why else you think we're so numb lool.