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Hello men,

Thank you for this group. I have learned a great deal but have much

to learn about my condition. I will try to keep my story brief. I

crashed in April, suffering from depression and anxiety and stopped

sleeping more than an hour or two a night. I was put on Zoloft and

was told that I was overstressed from teaching and coaching

basketball. Things improved very little and I was incapable of

teaching as I was not myself at all. My wife and I came up with the

idea of checking my T levels and were told by a Urologist and my

family Doctor that we wouldn't find anything.

My total T level was 217 in a range of 200 to 1200, and my free was

5.8, in a range of 6.7 to 26. I have been on 1% Androgel for about 3

to 4 weeks. I feel like my depression and anxiety have improved in

the last week, although today was a little rough. I hope I am on the

right track. I had a vasectamy in December. Is this a possible cause

of my condition? Believe it of not, a friend of mine had one in the

same clinic in January and is also suffering similar symptoms. Odd

coincidence or big alarm? He has not had his blood tested yet but

said that he was going to do it.Unfortunatly, my Urologist started me

on TRT before they tested by testicles, but I did have my pituitary

scanned and that looks fine.

As you all know, this had been the toughest few months of my life. I

have really felt better reading your stories and the information

provided. I have a very good Doctor, but I don't believe that he has

much of a background in this. Should I be going to an Endocronologist

to monitor this closely? I am in the Kansas City area. Thank you,