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Well, I'm having some trouble following all of this, and I'm definately not going to wade into the IQ score debate, but about testing for CAH...
The advertising material of forza-t claims it to be an aromatase inhibitor. If that is true, then it would stimulate ovulation. No wonder you got pregnant.
What you're saying about taking testosterone doesn't really fit with 3B-HSD deficiency. The normal regulation of 3B-HSD type II is to act as a sort of switch at puberty to increase testosterone levels. At puberty, 3B-HSD expression is reduced, which causes the adrenal gland to grow and produce more DHEA. In other words, a slight 3B-HSD deficiency is a normal part of puberty. More testosterone causes more 3B-HSD deficiency. So if you had serious 3B-HSD deficiency, why would you take more testosterone? It would just make things worse.
If I had to guess, what you're describing sounds more like 17alpha-hydroxylase deficiency or 17,20-lyase deficiency.
Anyway, a standard test for any form of CAH is the adrenal stimulation test. This involves measuring cortisol levels, giving an injection of ACTH (or sometimes insulin or metyrapone) and then measuring cortisol levels again. This isn't the sort of test you can order on the sly though, since you need that injection.
The other test would be to measure pregnenolone, progesterone, 17a-hydroxypregnenolone, 17a-hydroxyprogesterone, and DHEA. With 17alpha-hydroxylase deficiency, there would be reduced 17a-hydroxypregnenolone and reduced DHEA. With 3B-HSD deficiency there would be reduced progesterone relative to pregnenolone. Being pregnant will affect the tests though since the placenta produces these hormones too. I wouldn't even try to interpret such test results on someone who is pregnant.
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