Hi....need some advice.

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So I'm 27 years old and have been diagnosed with Hypogonadotropic

Hypogonadism (HH) since my sophomore year at college (6 years ago).

First question, is there a direct relationship between Hypogonadism

and depression, cause I have been depressed for years now. After I

was diagnosed, they put me on 5mg of androgel but that only brought my

testestorene levels up to 90, I was initially diagnosed with under 30

(normal range is 300-800). After a few years I switched over to

shots, but then was told that increasing androgel to 10mg was more

effective. I tried both ways and can't really tell the difference.

Also, during this time I started to see a Psychiatrist for mild

depression and anxiety. They put me on 100 mg Zoloft, but now I just

switched over to 40mg of Celexa since my insurance doesn't cover

zoloft anyomore. Anyway, I think I'm doing better now; I just wanted

to give everyone a brief history of dealing with this problem. I'm

glad I found this site.

One of the biggest things bothering me is that I have never had a

girlfriend and I'm still a virgin at age 27. (It seems that I always

end up just being just a " friend " to girls, haha.) Now that could be

due to many factors, too many to name, lol. Is there anyone else

going through this? If you don't mind, how is your sex lives going?

This problem definitely puts a hamper on it, no one could deny that.

My confidence and self-esteem is really low, yet I'm functioning (or

at least think I am) fine corporate life. In those ways, I think the

Zoloft/Celexa is working. I don't know, it's pretty depressing though.

Please tell me there are success stories out there regarding

relationships and sex with this obstacle named Hypogonadism. I did

read that some of you are married and have a kid, which is really

good. They told me the chances to have kids are slim but possible.

Anyway, just wanted to share my story, if anyone has any

advice/feedback, I look forward to reading it.

Thanks.