Posted by Marc Boucher on March 14, 2007, at 12:41:33
In reply to Re: Low testosterone : Dysthymia, posted by Franz on March 14, 2007, at 12:27:31
Well, for now I'm going to have a Synacthen test on Friday morning of this week to see whether the low cortisol issue lies with the pituiatry ACTH output or if it's the adrenals been worned out. This test should have been done long ago. It's important that you know that without cortisol, One will have low GH, and low Testosterone. Cortisol is an absolutely essention hormone for other hormones to work or to be in relative balance.
Then once the low cortisol issue is worked out, i'll move the the next step, which is to wait and see whether T goes up.
By the way, I've tried Eurycoma Longifolia from this source : http://www.lj100.com/
It's quite potent I must say, but there's one thing i dont like about it, whch is major ; it causes insomnia big time ! This isn't good at all. I could probably take it with magnesium to offset the effect but then, i'm mistrustful of herbs such as this one as there's no long term studies on it's safety. Better safe than sorry is my motto.
I'll also make sure that my thyroid is doing fine, cause this can lower T as well. I really want to find out what's causing the low T and I will, but I may be a few tests away though.
My energy is really good, but it's the low libido that's being my main complaint.
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