mavven
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Hello to all and let me start off by saying I found Anabolicminds.com by accident while doing a search on low testosterone symptoms, and it is the greatest thing (I think) that has happened to me.
I am a 30 year old male (turn 31 in December) Extremely fit 5'9" 205 LBS. BF% I want to say between 12%-14% just a guess. I lift heavy on a regular basis 4-5 times a week. Cardio 3-4 times per week 1.5-3.0 miles per session.
Let me explain my health background briefly. I have suffered from anxiety for many years at times mild and for a few years extreme panic attacks where I could not leave my home ( I was about 25 when they were that extreme) I started lifting heavy again when I turned 28 (lifting since 18) and have always been in very good shape for the most part. I have seen every doctor that you can name, when I was experiencing my anxiety attacks I thought that there was something wrong with my body that was killing me, so I visited every specialist known to man and they all said the same thing to me time after time when the blood work came back normal (in there range of normal that is) that everything was fine and it is all me my head.
I have a tendency to drift off topic trying to put things in to words so please be patient.
As I stated above I have a history of anxiety and anyone who has experienced it before knows the grueling physical effect it can take on your body and in my case it has drained my body countless times.
Getting to the point of my post "low testosterone." I have suspected for quite some time now that something is wrong with me as far as hormones are concerned and it has progressively gotten worse, here are some examples.
1. I can't remember the last time I slept 8 hours or even 6 for that matter straight through the night. I get up every 2 hours like clock work.
2. I can't remember the last time I felt horny, my sex drive is extremely low. Erections are not what they once were. I used twin lab ZMA for about three months and my erections were rock solid. Stopped using it preparing for my blood work to check my T-levels. I wanted to have nothing in my system to try and get accurate results.
3. Extremely irritable... I snap on the drop of a dime! I have absolutely no patience and my attention span is horrible.
4. Always feeling tired and lethargic even in the beginning of my workouts. I have to push my self to extreme levels when I train. What baffles me and someone please correct me if I'm wrong... How do I have good muscle mass if my levels are low? and on that note here are the results of my recent blood work.
My local nutritionist at the vitamin shop I attend recommended that I have my Total testosterone tested, my free testosterone, my Estradiol, and my DHEA-S tested.
Here are my results as of 09-03-08
Estradiol 37 pg/ml The labs Reference Range Is 7.63-42.6
Total Testosterone 378 ng/dl Lab range 241-827
Free Testosterone 1.25 ng/dl Lab range 0.95-4.30
Testosterone %Free (Not Sure What This Is) 0.33% Lab range 0.32-0.50
DHEA-S 176 ug/dl Lab range 80-560
What prompted me to post this... Is after reading several similar thread topics of men on here saying that there levels were low I was shocked to see that they were saying there levels were low at the 400-478 range.
My doctor told me I am within range and everything is fine, when I spoke with the nutritionist (who might I ad is also a MD) at the vitamin shop he said that is absolute horse $%^& and my doctor is a moron for telling me I am within range.
My Vitamin guy recommended that I start taking some natural test. boosters, one in particular was Sci-Fit T7. Now keep in mind this is all very new to me so I am totally confused and I also am not comfortable taking supplements that are going to alter my body's levels.
Phew I will wait for some responses before I continue on, any solid and sound advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance,
Mavven.
I am a 30 year old male (turn 31 in December) Extremely fit 5'9" 205 LBS. BF% I want to say between 12%-14% just a guess. I lift heavy on a regular basis 4-5 times a week. Cardio 3-4 times per week 1.5-3.0 miles per session.
Let me explain my health background briefly. I have suffered from anxiety for many years at times mild and for a few years extreme panic attacks where I could not leave my home ( I was about 25 when they were that extreme) I started lifting heavy again when I turned 28 (lifting since 18) and have always been in very good shape for the most part. I have seen every doctor that you can name, when I was experiencing my anxiety attacks I thought that there was something wrong with my body that was killing me, so I visited every specialist known to man and they all said the same thing to me time after time when the blood work came back normal (in there range of normal that is) that everything was fine and it is all me my head.
I have a tendency to drift off topic trying to put things in to words so please be patient.
As I stated above I have a history of anxiety and anyone who has experienced it before knows the grueling physical effect it can take on your body and in my case it has drained my body countless times.
Getting to the point of my post "low testosterone." I have suspected for quite some time now that something is wrong with me as far as hormones are concerned and it has progressively gotten worse, here are some examples.
1. I can't remember the last time I slept 8 hours or even 6 for that matter straight through the night. I get up every 2 hours like clock work.
2. I can't remember the last time I felt horny, my sex drive is extremely low. Erections are not what they once were. I used twin lab ZMA for about three months and my erections were rock solid. Stopped using it preparing for my blood work to check my T-levels. I wanted to have nothing in my system to try and get accurate results.
3. Extremely irritable... I snap on the drop of a dime! I have absolutely no patience and my attention span is horrible.
4. Always feeling tired and lethargic even in the beginning of my workouts. I have to push my self to extreme levels when I train. What baffles me and someone please correct me if I'm wrong... How do I have good muscle mass if my levels are low? and on that note here are the results of my recent blood work.
My local nutritionist at the vitamin shop I attend recommended that I have my Total testosterone tested, my free testosterone, my Estradiol, and my DHEA-S tested.
Here are my results as of 09-03-08
Estradiol 37 pg/ml The labs Reference Range Is 7.63-42.6
Total Testosterone 378 ng/dl Lab range 241-827
Free Testosterone 1.25 ng/dl Lab range 0.95-4.30
Testosterone %Free (Not Sure What This Is) 0.33% Lab range 0.32-0.50
DHEA-S 176 ug/dl Lab range 80-560
What prompted me to post this... Is after reading several similar thread topics of men on here saying that there levels were low I was shocked to see that they were saying there levels were low at the 400-478 range.
My doctor told me I am within range and everything is fine, when I spoke with the nutritionist (who might I ad is also a MD) at the vitamin shop he said that is absolute horse $%^& and my doctor is a moron for telling me I am within range.
My Vitamin guy recommended that I start taking some natural test. boosters, one in particular was Sci-Fit T7. Now keep in mind this is all very new to me so I am totally confused and I also am not comfortable taking supplements that are going to alter my body's levels.
Phew I will wait for some responses before I continue on, any solid and sound advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance,
Mavven.