Posted by stjames on November 18, 2000, at 1:17:08
In reply to get a testosterone level check, posted by MarkinBoston on November 15, 2000, at 15:35:24
> Since your drive and performance are both affected, have your endocrine levels checked. Depression will tend to raise cortisol levels and lower testosterone levels. Tell your primary MD that your libido has declined and you've had some instances of functional difficulties, or notice an absense of "morning wood".
The first screening check is for total testosterone. This doesn't really mean a whole lot, especially since the "normal" scale includes men from 18-80 years old, and while the lab may say you're normal, when its age corrected, you could be low.James here.....
This conserns me because it seems you are advocating making up stuff
to get testosterone. Any androgen carries the risk of cancer, this is clear.
I suspect we will pay the price in years to come; we are all to
willing to use harmones quite freely in infertility. AFAIK there
is not testosterone injection that comes close to the even dosing
the body can produce. There is quite a peak in the fist week after
an injection.I would be more comfortable if you had gone to an Endo and gotten a
learned opinon, without inflating symptoms. Supplementing androgens
can have significant negative effects, long term. I think you mentioned this,
I don't think we have really good studies on what is the normal range of Testosterone
throughout a man life, and how signicacant a devation from norm makes good risk/benifit ratio.I would be intrested in you opinions on this.
james
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