Low T Levels at 17?

Just to address things from a different perspective, I don’t think your problems will necessarily be solved by fixing your T levels. Or, at least, I think there are other solutions that should be addressed first. Specifically your training (in and out of the gym) and your nutrition.

Roughly what’s your bodyfat? Either a ballpark percentage or description - love handles, defined abs, etc. At your height and weight, I’m guessing you’re carrying more than a little fat, which is fine and common for younger lifters, but if you spent a little time dropping some of it, it’ll make you feel better (physically and mentally) and will improve your relative strength.

Spending a few months sticking to the 5/3/1 Krypteia plan would be pretty ideal. Swap out some of your “lots of carbs” with good animal fats, and take Vitamin D.

I think those would go a very long way to improving how you feel, rather than jumping right into a lifelong TRT treatment or the AAS you’ve been thinking about for a year.

Those things are pretty normal and definitely not negatives or weird.

Has your basic (non-hormone) bloodwork been tested, specifically blood sugar? Just wondering if being on a high calorie, high carb diet may be a factor. You also just might be burnt out from pushing the PL work, even with deloads.

Based on your other threads, you seemed pretty motivated to be chasing PRs and powerlifting records. It’s totally fine to have changed your mind on that end of things. Again, I think improving your diet and tweaking your training to something less stressful will kickstart things overall.

Around the same time you started powerlifting? Maybe there’s a connection? What drew you specifically to the sport in the first place, as opposed to more “general” strength training?

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