Testosterone and Muscle CK levels?

[ferretboi7312]

So usually, my doctor has me get blood work done every 5 weeks. When I first got it done I had been working out a lot because I'm a big guy. So, my muscle ck levels were high. They took tests again because if it, (about a week later) and decided to lower my dose because they were still high. Now, my dose is extremely low, I've gotten my period back, and it made me feel very depressed and void of energy. Anyways, not to long ago my next test was taken. My levels had gone down and they said if they're still going down in four weeks, they'll increase my dose. Something I'm worried about though, is that I hadn't exercised for weeks before that test because of some unexpected complications. I'm worried now because I've started to work out again. My question to you all is: should I keep from working out for four weeks? Or should I work out a few times a week and just wait a week for my system to even out? I want to take steps to improve myself, but it's hard for me when it's affecting the changes I've been waiting on for years.
Thanks in advance,
Kai

[Deborah]

Do you know the cause of the high muscle CK?  It's not caused by testosterone.  Possible causes are:

Clinically, creatine kinase is assayed in blood tests as a marker of damage of CK-rich tissue such as in myocardial infarction (heart attack), rhabdomyolysis (severe muscle breakdown), muscular dystrophy, autoimmune myositides, and acute kidney injury.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creatine_kinase

If you've been working out too hard with weights it could be rhabdomyolysis.  I did that to myself a couple of times in the past.  If it's one of the other things then the Dr. should be doing something to identify the cause.


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[ferretboi7312]

Do you know the cause of the high muscle CK?  It's not caused by testosterone.  Possible causes are:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creatine_kinase

If you've been working out too hard with weights it could be rhabdomyolysis.  I did that to myself a couple of times in the past.  If it's one of the other things then the Dr. should be doing something to identify the cause.


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Yeah, my doctor even told me to stop exercising for a little while after it happened. For some reason they were really concerned about it. I hadn't been lifting a lot of weights, but I was doing a lot of bodyweight exercises.

[Deborah]

It can happen with any exercise where you push your muscles way to far.  The reason it's serious is because the byproducts from the muscle damage and breakdown go into your bloodstream and can in the worst case lead to kidney failure and death. 

The good news is that the condition clears up after a few days of letting the muscles heal. 

If that was in fact the problem then in the future ramp up your workouts more gradually.  What will cause problems in the beginning will be easily handled by the muscles later if you progressively build up to that workload.

A couple of signs that you had that issue would be extremely sore and weak muscles a day or two after the exercise and extremely dark urine from the muscle breakdown.


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