Got my blood tests back and I have low testosterone so I have 2 choices.
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do a bunch of hard and long term fixes to try and drag it kicking and screaming up to as high as I can.
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Take the results to a TRT clinic, get on “the good shit” be able to adjust my dosage to get to the high end of whats naturally possible, get jacked but possibly have my nuts shrivel up and not be able to have any more kids…
Shitty decision.
How does it affect your life? Is it dangerous, or more like an inconvenience?
Also, reading a it about it, it seems that it is not a hard limit, and that some have set it to 300 where others at 250.
Providers also take symptoms into consideration when diagnosing low testosterone.
I do have most of the common symptoms to some degree, Ive had it described as “TRT makes men with low test feel the way people wish antidepressants made them feel” You gain muscle and lose fat easier, you’re more motivated, more energetic, more stable moods, less irritable…
So knowing its low enough to qualify me for TRT is like a red-pill, blue pill scenario. If I take the TRT I definitely get the results and the side effects. If I dont and try to bring it back naturally, I might achieve nothing, I might bring it back to “normal” but it could take a long time and be very difficult.
Now I know its an issue, I kind of have to do something. My biggest worry is that if I try natural I’ll raise it just enough naturally to not be eligible for TRT but not get it high enough to really feel great.
Edit: it is also worth mentioning that as a regular gym goer the idea of being able to dial in my testosterone levels to as high as I can before the side effects really kick in does have a significant appeal. Ive basically got an opportunity to be on prescribed low dose steroids.
Interesting! And thanks for describing it!
Sometimes a diagnosis makes everything even worse than the actual symptoms, but I assume that it has been bothering you, if you had it checked. I don’t know what the natural way of getting it back is, or what “normal” is, but I’d think it is normal to have a lower testosterone the older you get
Just back home after a 2 week trip to Europe, got a ton of work and a nasty jetlag. So yeah, could be better right now.
Thanks! And actually I’m European, so for me it was more of a visit back home, just don’t really call it that since I moved away almost 19 years ago now.
But yeah it was fun as always, just a bit exhausting.
Having a short work week is nice. But, man, if I’m not ready for a vacation. 3 weeks to get through.
Surprisingly well. I was on vacation Monday and Tuesday, and had some great quality time with my other half. Then today at work I got a huge unexpected bonus and a plaque commemorating my recent hard work. Feels good bros.
Doing ok: in-laws took the kids yesterday. My wife and I were able to take some pretty sweet naps.
