I got my doctor to test my T levels and they were low from the research I’ve done.
I am a 28 year old male, 5’10", 185lbs and probably in the 15% range in bodyfat. I work out really hard and have always felt the amount of effort I put into my workouts and diet I have not achieved the results I should. I have been diagnosed with depression and ADHD in the last year. Many other telltale signs of low T also. Anxiety, no motivation, trouble at work, trouble sleeping, low energy levels, etc. These have all worsened over the past couple years.
So, the results
Free T…9.0 ng/dl
Free T%…2.9
Total T…312 ng/dl
Sounds really low to me. I was able to convince my primary physician to send me to a urologist for looking into getting Androgel or something similar and he said my levels were normal and that in his experience the replacement therapies didn’t work.
I don’t believe that at all and am convinced a lot of my other problems would remedied by proper levels of T instead of anti-depressants, sleeping pills, ritalin, etc. I hate taking all that crap and have recently gone off all of it. Exercise has been the best “medication” for depression so I make sure to always get my workouts in, though I know something is missing. What do you guys think?
One problem I’ve always suspected when it comes to this is the fact that testosterone is not a propritary product like Anti-Depressants, etc.
The drug reps visit daily to your doctor and extolling the benefits and free samples of the big drug companies’ latest “happy pills”, that cost big money because they have a patent on them.
Testosterone is testestrone, and no can make big money off something that has no patent, and thus the drug reps don’t come knocking.
It’s pitiful, but my personal theory is doctors are basically prescribing what they get bribed to pass out from the big drug companies.
I’m in a similar boat, although my free test levels were quite a bit higher than yours. 28 years old, 5’10", 235, around 15% bodyfat. Total test was 361 ng/dl, free test was something like 15pg/ml. From all the research I did, my levels were quite low for my age and yours are lower than mine. I found a couple of doctors that were willing to put me on TRT using injections.
I think with those levels, you’ll certainly be able to get a doctor to put you on TRT if you decide that’s what you want. I elected not to go on TRT for a number of reasons, but the main one was that I have none of the other low test symptoms that it sounds like you have. A lot of things can impact the test, so if you’re seriously considering TRT, I’d get a couple more tests taken.
On the other hand, if you’re looking to legally get some gear, I’m sure you’ll be able to find an anti-aging or life extension doctor willing to put you on based on your current blood work and symptoms.
thanks for the info. If I can find a doctor that would put me on it, I would do it in a heartbeat and see what I get for results. The physical results I get from it would be so secondary to me, if I could get the results I desire for the mental part of it I would be happy with that.
Any ideas on how to find a doctor that is willing to give this a serious look? I don’t want to waste my time with a doctor that is against it from the get go like the last urologist I went to. I’ve got my primary care doctor on board, so that’s one step, but he won’t prescribe HRT, he wants a specialist to. Any help I can get finding a doctor would be awesome. I would think with the large medical community here in boston it shouldn’t be too hard, but I have had no luck using the internet thus far.
From reading on here, it seems that an Endochronologist is the person to see, though I need to find the right one instead of my doctor finding me one. Any ideas how to find one?
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Look for a local life extension doctor or an anti-aging doctor. If that doesn’t work, you should be able to find an online life extension clinic, there are a ton of them.
Look for a local life extension doctor or an anti-aging doctor.
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I’d like to find an EndoChron that’s on my insurance? Anybody have any idea how to find a good one? I’ve got a list of them from my insurance, but don’t know which one is on board with this thinking.