I’m not a physician, and this certainly isn’t medical advice, but I don’t disagree with him for waiting. Free test and cortisol were barely out of range. If it were me, and I was in the situation where I’m getting consistently interrupted sleep (in the example of a newborn), I wouldn’t have even bothered with a hormonal test. Also, who knows how accurate these at home tests are anyway. I’d personally just wait a few months then re-test.
And on the flip side, if the tests are inaccurate and lower then what the "home test" shows.
What happens if this continues to get worse? If his testosterone is actually "Low" and it continues to drop or come out of range then it will just lead to making things harder to progress.
If cortisol stays high then trying to keep his mood/energy/sleep in check will be very hard.
You can easily get labs done and have the results in one week for a matter of 15 minutes of your time by going to a walk-in clinic for bloodwork. Better safe than sorry IMO.
Again your health, do as you please. I just got bloodwork done last Monday. All I had to do was take my papers to an ACL/Quest Lab and get my blood drawn, and one week later the results were in my inbox. I was around 3 people max.
You have a higher chance of getting COVID and being around people at a grocery store, then going to a walk-in clinic for bloodwork. But to each their own. Especially as we age our bloodwork isn't always going to constantly get better. It is better to troubleshoot an issue in the early stages than just "Let it wait"
For someone as disciplined as Seg is with his workouts and nutrition. I just want him to get the max effort and results for what he puts in. Having your body not 100% or firing on all cylinders is just going to delay the process. The one thing I would hate for anyone to do is to look back and say "What if", or "If I would have done this". We all live and learn, but I hate for people to roll the dice on their health, or not take a stand when they can improve all aspects of their life off getting a test done and correcting the issues.