Hello,
New here to the boards. Sorry this is long and I am running behind at work so her it goes. I am a 37yrs old, been married 9yrs and have three little ones. Most of last year I was feeling suggish, tired and I would not say depressed but no "zest" or pep in my step. I started having ED problems last October. I had never had problems before, and this time it hit me right in the middle of sex one night. I was making love to wife and bam it was gone. I have been having problems ever since. I went to the Doc in Nov. he tested my T and said I was 411 which was normal. I started doing some research and found that although I was in the normal range for someone my age I needed to be in the 800's. I went back to doc because I was starting to have anxiety attacks and ED got really bad, plus I had no sex drive. He put me on Testim, after six weeks he tested me again and I was at 400. By now I had lots of researsh and told him to test my Estrodial and my prolactin. The E2 was OK at 23 but my prolactin was 15.9. Now I have an Endo appointment in three more weeks. I called and they said they treat Hypogonadism, plus I saw their urologist last month and he said he thought I had Hypogonadism, so hopefully I am going to the right place. My sex drive is still really low, still having anxiety attacks, still having ED problems though wondering if some of it is performance anxiety. Last year a Victorias Secret Catalog would get me aroused, now I could care less to see one. I called the Endo's office yesterday and asked if I could fax my last labs and ask for some more labs and they encouraged it. I faxed them yesterday telling how I felt and asked to get labs done before my visit. I asked them to test T, E2, prolactin, FSH, LH, TSH,GH, and SHGB. Any thoughts on any of this? If this Endo does not work out and I make an appt to see Dr. John, would I be able to fill prescriptions through pharmacy and insurance. I could afford the trip to see him, but the meds could get exspensive if not through insurance. Thanks.
New here to the boards. Sorry this is long and I am running behind at work so her it goes. I am a 37yrs old, been married 9yrs and have three little ones. Most of last year I was feeling suggish, tired and I would not say depressed but no "zest" or pep in my step. I started having ED problems last October. I had never had problems before, and this time it hit me right in the middle of sex one night. I was making love to wife and bam it was gone. I have been having problems ever since. I went to the Doc in Nov. he tested my T and said I was 411 which was normal. I started doing some research and found that although I was in the normal range for someone my age I needed to be in the 800's. I went back to doc because I was starting to have anxiety attacks and ED got really bad, plus I had no sex drive. He put me on Testim, after six weeks he tested me again and I was at 400. By now I had lots of researsh and told him to test my Estrodial and my prolactin. The E2 was OK at 23 but my prolactin was 15.9. Now I have an Endo appointment in three more weeks. I called and they said they treat Hypogonadism, plus I saw their urologist last month and he said he thought I had Hypogonadism, so hopefully I am going to the right place. My sex drive is still really low, still having anxiety attacks, still having ED problems though wondering if some of it is performance anxiety. Last year a Victorias Secret Catalog would get me aroused, now I could care less to see one. I called the Endo's office yesterday and asked if I could fax my last labs and ask for some more labs and they encouraged it. I faxed them yesterday telling how I felt and asked to get labs done before my visit. I asked them to test T, E2, prolactin, FSH, LH, TSH,GH, and SHGB. Any thoughts on any of this? If this Endo does not work out and I make an appt to see Dr. John, would I be able to fill prescriptions through pharmacy and insurance. I could afford the trip to see him, but the meds could get exspensive if not through insurance. Thanks.