Why We Wake Feeling Like Crap

Training Over 35 Lifter
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Middle-Aged Men Secrete Less Testosterone at Night Than Young Healthy Men
Rafael Luboshitzky, Zila Shen-Orr and Paula Herer

Endocrine Institute, Haemek Medical Center (R.L.), Afula 18101, Israel; and Endocrine Laboratory, Rambam Medical Center (Z.S.-O.), and Sleep Research Center, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology (P.H.), Haifa 32000, Israel

Aging men largely maintain their testicular androgen production. Cross-sectional studies have demonstrated that after the age of 40 yr a 0.2�??2% annual decline is observed in morning total testosterone. In elderly males, the coordinate release of LH and testosterone became asynchronous despite normal serum levels of these hormones.

http://www.worldhealth.net/p/4195,4550.html

In other words, put on some Androgel before you hit the sack or your ‘sack’ takes a hit! (That WAS terrible, I know! ;D )

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Interesting. But it might be slightly more than that. If the researchers are pointing to LH as well, then the loss of hormonal coordination is a little bit more unnerving, to me at least, than T levels. Hormonal coordination may or may not be fixed by supplemental T. But you’re right, androgel might help :). I always wondered why I felt even better when I took my Alpha Male before bed.

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I don’t want to get old.

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[quote]tveddy wrote:
I don’t want to get old.[/quote]

You only have one alternative

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I have always felt like crap upon waking, i think that is why i skipped so many morning classes throughout grade school. I dont think this crap feeling has anything to do with tesosterone.

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[quote]Aragorn wrote:
But you’re right, androgel might help :). I always wondered why I felt even better when I took my Alpha Male before bed. [/quote]

I’m not 35 yet, but I wake up feeling better after I take ZMA before bed than when I don’t take anything. I can tell I have more testosterone whenever I wake up to pee, and I’m saying this in a PG-rated way.

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I don’t think it’s just testosterone although it obviously would contribute.

What about toxicity, homeostatic balance, organ function, internal health, digestive processes, enzymatic activity, lifestyle habits, sleeping patterns (or lack thereof) etc etc?

Surely they would play a bigger role physiologically than just testosterone alone in determining how one feels when they wake up.