storm02

hi everyone. i just started spiro. is the spiro enough to get my hormones under control or do i need to go on a healthy diet? i think i eat ok but it could be better. it is so hard because my hubby brings sweets in the house. i have no will power when it comes to sweets. my doc tested my total testosterone and it was 47 which is in the normal range. since that is normal shouldnt my free testosterone be normal? i guess she should have tested it. thanks.

joyblack

It's the level of free testosterone that's vitally important. Hormones are rarely a simple matter and testosterone and estrogen are closely related although each tends to counteract the effect of the other. So your testosterone levels must be read against your estrogen levels. However they must also be read against your SHBG (sex hormone binding globulin) levels, because many women have high levels of testosterone yet it has little effect because most of it is "bound" by correspondingly high levels of SHBG. The most relevant figure is that for "free" testosterone.