Hello All,
I just signed up. I have been trying to research how to handle my TST problem all day and it finally brought me here to this forum. I am 29, 6’2 and weight near 400 pounds. (I was at 435, and have been fruit juicing and exercising to get the weight off – a couple more hundred pounds to go) Anyway, I have an array of health problems ranging from high blood pressure and sleep apnea, to epilepsy and Low Testosterone (and erectile dysfunction – which sucks because I have a beautiful girlfriend).
I have known about my low testosterone for about 3 years now. My numbers are usually high 200’s low 300’s. Originally, my primary care physician put me on the injections which were a pain in my ass (no pun intended) bc I had to wait forever for him to administer them and I hardly saw results. I was on them for about 3 months. I recently decided to see an Endocrinologist about my low tst and after testing my levels, Catscanning for pituitary tumors, blood testing for klinefelters and cortisol problems, he started me on tst replacement where I rub a gel on my underarms – called Axiron. I did that for a month or two with little results. (Maybe I didn’t try it long enough?) Most recently, he had me do a semen analysis. The only thing that came back negative was that the viscosity was a little low. So he wanted to start me on HCG shots, which I was excited about bc I thought they could really help me. Well, the shots never panned out due to my insurance company saying that the shots could effect my epilepsy. As of today, he started me on the Androgel which I rub on my shoulders (Two pumps daily) I was reading about this stuff and I’m very scared of the side effects, especially since I’m already so overweight (already have man boobs) already have sleep apnea, already have high blood pressure, already have had prostate problems in the past.
So my questions are … Should I go back to the shots even though they can have bad side effects as well? The Axiron? Should I stick with the Androgel? Or should I maybe try a natural testosterone booster? I read about a few of them today, is there perhaps a good one that anyone recommends? Thanks to anyone who reads this, I am in dire need of help. I think getting this problem solved could literally be the difference in me living or dying.