My family doctor wanted me to discuss my prolactin levels with my psychiatrist.
According to my recent blood test my prolactin levels went up a bit, from about 25 to now 31.
Do you guys know what your prolactin levels are?
Is 31 or 32 a high number?
Do you think my pdoc will take action over these numbers?
I don’t know the numbers. But I had it checked at my last blood test and it came back normal.
Normal prolactin levels for males are between 2 to 18.
My level of 31 is high but I was wondering if it’s considered to be at a dangerous level.
High enough the my pdoc could do something about it.
Just had to go out and buy more coffee creamer so obviously not high enough.
Dangerously high levels can cause bone thinning. Mine are above normal too but my pdoc said its an OK amount for now
If it goes up further I dunno wat I’ll do since prolactin is meant to be low on aripiprazole
Mine was about 650 IU/mL when I was last told nearly 3 years ago .
Female: 59 – 619IU/mL
Male: 45 – 375 IU/mL
https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/services/pathology/tests/prolactin/
My prolactin levels are normal since I’m on Abilify.
On Paliperadone Palmitate - so mine are checked every 6 months. Thankfully doesnt affect me, no boobs here - mine are always normal.
My level was 2000. Then it dropped to around 1800 with abilify added to Lower it. However then it went back up to 1900.
So I’ve had to come off paliperidone and now on abilify.
Yeah I have all the symptoms of high prolactin. It will take a while to go down.
If they checked my prolactin levels they never told me. When it came to that and weight the pdoc barely cared. When my man breasts grew I was told about a type of shirt to wear to hide them some. I never received a drug for my weight until I developed diabetes and that was from my GP. I know my prolactin levels have to be high but there’s little I can do about it. All my pdocs generally cared about were if I were stable. Latuda reversed it and I briefly became an actual man for a time but the drug ultimately failed so now I’m more or less a freak of nature again.
I’ve had man boobs for years . I put that down to being overweight though .
My prolacting levels skyrocketed when I was on Invega. I got to 936, and on our measuring scale, 1000 is when it gets critical.
Im on risperidone 3mg so my prolactin levels are probably high
I am on Amisulpride 800mg a day. I am at risk of high prolactin. My GP didn’t bother to check in my annual check up, but the CMHT are doing a physical for me next Monday, so I will find out then
I will be very disappointed if I have to change meds again.
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