Adding the clinical framing, because it changes how the question reads. If two explanations both fit, the useful question is which one predicts something the other does not. That is answerable; arguing about which sounds more plausible is not.
Dr.SleepRoch said:If two explanations both fit, the useful question is which one predicts something the other does not.
Mine went the same way, slower. Nothing to add that would improve it.
Dr.SleepRoch said:If two explanations both fit, the useful question is which one predicts something the other does not.
Coming at Dr.SleepRoch’s question from a different direction. Order of operations matters more than any single choice here: establish a baseline, change one thing, wait long enough for it to express itself, then measure again under the same conditions.
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Browse GL BiochemAdding the numbers, since they settle part of this. Worth stating the units and the reference range whenever you post a number here. A large fraction of the apparent disagreement in these threads is two people using different units and both being right.
One thing that is still open after Dr.SleepRoch’s answer:
Did your prescriber agree with that reading, and if not what was their objection?