Re: 50 yr old male needs input

[Guest guest]

Welcome - it is good to have you!

With low LH and low FSH and low T, it sounds like you are

probably " secondary " and that your testis are probably working fine

(of course check into this).

Like many here, sounds like you are having issues generating proper

messaging from your pituitary (or even possibly thyroid - important

to get this checked and fixed first).

Read as many of the files in database as you can to educate yourself

and then get the full battery of tests and start treatment.

We will be here for questions based on our experiences and

treatments.

Try not to beat yourself up with " girlie man " thoughts - there are a

lot of treatment options and it certainly doesn't mean that you are

less of a man (in fact you are more because you care to discuss it

and address it head-on - BRAVO).

Blessings,

Bill

>

> Recently I had a full battery of blood tests for a physical. I had

been

> feeling run down, forgetful, low libido etc. I was shocked to find

out

> that my testosterone and free test were on the low side. 285 ng

and .7

> for free test. It is completely devastating to find out that my

nuts

> are not functioning properly. LH and FSH were on the low side of

> normal. My thyroid tests came back within normal limits but the

Doc.

> says that I have a nodule on my thyroid and ordered a sonogram he

says

> that its probably nothing but wants to make sure. What the hell

could

> be causing the low T? Where do I go from here? I feel like a

girlie man.

>

> Thanks for your input

>

[Guest guest]

Hello and welcome to the group - you just took the best step to getting back to

normal you could. There is a wealth of experience and information here. Start by

reading some of the past post. You can search on specific topics also. We have

all been where you are and let me tell you its worth the fight to get back.

Being low really causes you to get real passive about the whole thing and not

want to take the effort to do something about it. At a T of 285, you should be

seeing symptoms of low T. Since your hormones associated with the pituitary (LH)

is also low, it could be your body just isn't sending your testicles to make the

right amount of T. As Phil has stated, you need to figure out why this is the

case. There are options such as HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) that can

increase the signal and see if your testicles can make enough T. If not, then

you will be on TRT the rest of your life. We can get into the details later.

Keep us posted with your results and we can

give you our opinions.

Good Luck - Arkansas

volusia40 <volusia40@...> wrote:

Recently I had a full battery of blood tests for a physical. I had

been

feeling run down, forgetful, low libido etc. I was shocked to find out

that my testosterone and free test were on the low side. 285 ng and .7

for free test. It is completely devastating to find out that my nuts

are not functioning properly. LH and FSH were on the low side of

normal. My thyroid tests came back within normal limits but the Doc.

says that I have a nodule on my thyroid and ordered a sonogram he says

that its probably nothing but wants to make sure. What the hell could

be causing the low T? Where do I go from here? I feel like a girlie man.

Thanks for your input

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[Guest guest]

>

> Thanks guys for your responses. It's nice to have people with

> similiar experiences to talk with. I saw the doc yesterday and he

> just looked at my labs and wrote me a script for testim. How long

> does this stuff take to kick in? cause I've been feeling kinda

> frisky since I started. The Doc didn't order a pituatary scan even

> after I asked. He said my LH and FSH were OK and that likely my

> testes were becoming resistant to the pituatary signals,though I am

> scheduled for a Thyroid scan next week. I really don't want to have

> to take HRT for the rest of my life. For someone who is in good

> shape and has exercised his entire life it's shocking to suddenly

> find out that I'm falling apart all at once. High cholesterol, now

> on Liptor and borderline Diabetic. The doc wants me to take a

> glucose tolerance test. I'm not looking forward to that since I'm a

> big wimp when it comes to needles. The other weird thing is 15

> months ago I took saliva tests that I ordered off the internet. My

> tests levels came back so high that the lab report sugessted that I

> was on hrt or something which I wasn't. I promptly ordered another

> set of saliva tests from another company and they also came back

> with very high test levels. I now believe that these internet tests

> are worthless. I took a home cholesterol test from " cholestrac " and

> it came back at 170, Labcorp 4 months later says 244. So my

> confidence in these home test kits is now zero. BTW is there

> anything else I should do now that I'm using Testim? I'm concerned

> with Estrogen conversion or DHT conversion?

>

> Thanks guys

>

> Randy

Don't rely on saliva tests for testosterone. Being on testosterone

may improve your glucose problem. If you didn't have your prolactin

tested, you may want to do that.

Brad