Members on TRT
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T-Bone
Banned
Lower testosterone is just a part of life as you age, or so I'm told. I never hear/heard of so many people going on TRT/HRT except for on this forum. Never had my doctor ever even discuss or bring anything like this up. Then again, lately I avoid going to the doctor because they never solve anything. Only reason to go to the doctor is an emergency or maybe to get some antibiotics for an infection. Actually the last time I went to the doctor was to get my ears unclogged. I think TRT is over prescribed more or as much as SSRI's.
deadliftz
Member
Same here. I had considered that perhaps serious lifters are just more concerned with this sort of thing than most others.
Beau
Well-known member
Although it may be exasperated by running steroids/prohormones, declining T and the need to go on TRT it is not necessarily the result of running steroids/prohormones, and happens to many men who have never run a cycle.
Andropause is very real.
It is the male equivalent to menopause, except that menopause is market by a sudden absence (of menses), while andropause usually (but not always) starts in one mid 30s and continues to gradually decline thereafter. There tends not to be any suddenness, until one day you realize that you truly feel lethargic and usually suffer from reduced libido and erection quality issues (or, medically, no longer having raging hard-on syndrome).
Andropause is very real.
It is the male equivalent to menopause, except that menopause is market by a sudden absence (of menses), while andropause usually (but not always) starts in one mid 30s and continues to gradually decline thereafter. There tends not to be any suddenness, until one day you realize that you truly feel lethargic and usually suffer from reduced libido and erection quality issues (or, medically, no longer having raging hard-on syndrome).
T-Bone
Banned
Really?. I've always got the impression from doctors that it's a joke within the medical community.
Beau
Well-known member
Well, there is a wealth of information available to MDs (and to all of us) to the contrary.
Look at T ranges; and MD will tell you that if you are above something like 300 you are in range. That is true for a range applicable to an 80 year old. For every practical purpose, there is an enormous difference between a test level of 300 for an 80 year old and a 300 test level for a 30 years old.
Many of the more progressive MDs will look at the age/test value relationship to assess an age appropriate range. I had that very discussion with my own MD.
There are several well written books on andropause; all of which make an acknowledgement that test levels decline as a function of age. There are also many health-related concerns that arise out of low T; many of them.
As with everything, "it depends". Some doctors believe that many things are just a function of getting older; and I suppose (at least at some point) there is some truth to that. However, to say that every man should have to live less than a full life as a result of Low T (and they should just accept the gelding feeling) is not necessarily the position of all MDs, and it would not be an MD I would have.
kisaj
Legend
Where are you getting your impression when you admit that you don't see a doctor and don't think they solve anything. You don't understand TRT and don't go to doctors for wellness, so really your opinion is moot. Not saying you can't have it, but it should be pointed out.
It is not considered a joke, but rather not very well understood. That is why there are a lot of misdiagnosed TRT patients. It has come 10 fold though in the last 3 years since I started.
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Beau
Well-known member
Maybe this would help - I believe andropause is very real. I will only go to a MD that also believes adropause is very real. I have a vested interest (much greater than my MD's) in my health and making sure that physiologically, emotionally and sexually my life is at an acceptable level.
Now, NO ONE can object to that.
Now, NO ONE can object to that.