Re: Re: New member, some questions

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> From: hardasnails1973 <hardasnails1973@...>

> Subject: Re: New member, some questions

>

> Date: Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 10:01 AM

> Matt please lookk for a knowledgable

> HRT dr in your area or you can PM me with information on DR

> O and my self, but get proper Hormone evalution other wise

> you are going to spend months or even years chasing your

> tail as I have untill I got with a good DR. There are other

> factors that need to be explored such as potential hidden

> stressors which needs to be ruled out. 

>

>

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > From: Matt

> <mattjon332@>

> > > > > > > > Subject:

> New member,

> > > > some

> > > > > > questions

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > Date: Tuesday, April 6,

> 2010, 9:52 AM

> > > > > > > > I am 31 years old and

> was recently

> > > > > > > > diagnosed with Low

> T.  On two

> > > > different AM

> > > > > > blood draws

> > > > > > > > 3 weeks apart I had 263

> on one and 257

> > > > on the

> > > > > > other. I am

> > > > > > > > very active, I do

> martial arts

> > > > training,

> > > > > > functional type

> > > > > > > > workouts (pushups,

> pull-ups, sit-ups,

> > > > etc..),

> > > > > > HIIT, and

> > > > > > > > things like that at

> least ~10hrs a

> > > > week,

> > > > > > sometimes as much

> > > > > > > > as 15-20hrs.  If

> you want to see

> > > > what I

> > > > > > actually do, I

> > > > > > > > started blogging it in

> March at http://mattjon332.wordpress.com, it seems

> like my

> > > > > > > > testosterone should be

> very high with

> > > > this

> > > > > > activity,

> > > > > > > > especially considering

> my age? 

> > > > I have been

> > > > > > on an

> > > > > > > > extremely low calorie

> diet since March

> > > > 17th

> > > > > > (doctor

> > > > > > > > supervised and

> monitored) to lose my

> > > > additional

> > > > > > weight, so

> > > > > > > > my activity did slow

> down some, but has

> > > > started

> > > > > > to pick back

> > > > > > > > up. 

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > What made me test my

> testosterone was

> > > > that I have

> > > > > > had

> > > > > > > > trouble losing all the

> weight I need

> > > > too.Â

> > > > > > Over the

> > > > > > > > course of 3 years I lost

> ~50lbs on my

> > > > own with

> > > > > > becoming

> > > > > > > > active and cleaning up

> the diet a

> > > > little, from

> > > > > > ~260lbs to

> > > > > > > > ~210lbs, but my ideal

> weight is more

> > > > around

> > > > > > > > 170-180lbs. 

> According to the

> > > > segmented

> > > > > > bio-impedance

> > > > > > > > measurements I have

> 20-30% more muscle

> > > > then the

> > > > > > average 5'8 "

> > > > > > > > guy.  I don't

> understand how I

> > > > can have low

> > > > > > T yet be

> > > > > > > > muscular, be fit, and so

> forth? 

> > > > Do you

> > > > > > think that low

> > > > > > > > T could also be

> preventing me from

> > > > losing the

> > > > > > extra

> > > > > > > > weight? 

> Previously on my own

> > > > diets it

> > > > > > seemed like even

> > > > > > > > on 2k calories a day I

> was struggling

> > > > to lose

> > > > > > weight,

> > > > > > > > shouldn't that calorie

> amount with the

> > > > amount of

> > > > > > exercise I

> > > > > > > > was doing burn the fat

> off?  My

> > > > diet now is

> > > > > > only around

> > > > > > > > 1100-1200 calories, and

> I have lost

> > > > about 15lbs

> > > > > > in 3 weeks

> > > > > > > > and I am down to 195lbs

> now, my diet

> > > > will change

> > > > > > tomorrow on

> > > > > > > > Dr orders, but this was

> just a jump

> > > > start type

> > > > > > part of the

> > > > > > > > program.

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > Overall for me I seemed

> to have all the

> > > > emotional

> > > > > > and

> > > > > > > > mental symptoms more

> than the physical

> > > > (except

> > > > > > my

> > > > > > > > weight).  I have

> had a lack of

> > > > confidence,

> > > > > > lack of

> > > > > > > > drive (seems like

> everything I have

> > > > been doing is

> > > > > > sheer

> > > > > > > > willpower), and also

> battling

> > > > depression.  I

> > > > > > have been

> > > > > > > > this way for a very long

> time, who

> > > > knows how

> > > > > > long.  The

> > > > > > > > labs showed my testes

> were ok, they

> > > > suspected a

> > > > > > pituitary

> > > > > > > > tumor and I have had a

> MRI done last

> > > > week that I

> > > > > > am waiting

> > > > > > > > to hear results back

> on.  In the

> > > > mean time

> > > > > > my Dr put me

> > > > > > > > on 2.5g of Androgel a

> day, I think this

> > > > is the

> > > > > > lowest

> > > > > > > > dosage, but since my

> physical

> > > > attributes were ok

> > > > > > my Dr had

> > > > > > > > even said one option was

> to not treat

> > > > it but I

> > > > > > wanted to go

> > > > > > > > ahead and try. 

> I believe he is

> > > > may be new

> > > > > > to this

> > > > > > > > treatment, he is an

> excellent bariatric

> > > > doctor

> > > > > > but only

> > > > > > > > looks at these hormones

> when there are

> > > > > > issues.  My

> > > > > > > > workouts are better now

> and I recover

> > > > faster, but

> > > > > > the

> > > > > > > > emotional/mental aspects

> have only

> > > > slightly

> > > > > > improved.

> > > > > > > > However I am also only

> on day 14, I

> > > > think I will

> > > > > > not feel

> > > > > > > > full results until 6-8

> weeks? 

> > > > My weight has

> > > > > > not moving

> > > > > > > > down as fast as it was

> either, but

> > > > perhaps that

> > > > > > is muscle

> > > > > > > > conservation or could

> just be the

> > > > normal course

> > > > > > when on a

> > > > > > > > diet such as I have

> been.  I

> > > > expected that

> > > > > > it may speed

> > > > > > > > up when on Androgel.

> > > > > > > > 

> > > > > > > > Are there any additional

> concerns I

> > > > should have?

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > > Anything to look out

> for?  Will

> > > > Androgel

> > > > > > shut down my

> > > > > > > > own T production, and if

> so what do I

> > > > do about

> > > > > > that?

> > > > > > > > Have to use a higher

> Androgel dosage or

> > > > are their

> > > > > > other

> > > > > > > > options?  Are

> there any natural

> > > > remedies to

> > > > > > bringing my

> > > > > > > > T back inline? 

> I have tried

> > > > Tribulus,

> > > > > > Fenugreek, and

> > > > > > > > things like that in the

> past and it

> > > > seemed like

> > > > > > the first

> > > > > > > > few days my T felt like

> it was higher

> > > > but it

> > > > > > faded after

> > > > > > > > that.  I

> honestly would rather

> > > > not be on

> > > > > > any

> > > > > > > > testosterone if I could

> normalize it by

> > > > other

> > > > > > means.  I

> > > > > > > > had some other blood

> work that was a

> > > > little out

> > > > > > of optimal

> > > > > > > > (DHEA a little low,

> vitamin D a little

> > > > low,

> > > > > > cholesterol

> > > > > > > > numbers a little off

> etc..), combined

> > > > with my

> > > > > > excess weight,

> > > > > > > > my Dr said I may have a

> 30% chance

> > > > testosterone

> > > > > > could

> > > > > > > > normalize once we get

> everything else

> > > > normalized

> > > > > > but my odds

> > > > > > > > would be much greater if

> I were a lot

> > > > > > heavier.  So

> > > > > > > > maybe in a couple of

> months if my T

> > > > has

> > > > > > normalized on

> > > > > > > > Androgel and my other

> blood work has as

> > > > well we

> > > > > > may take me

> > > > > > > > off Androgel for a month

> and recheck

> > > > it. 

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > Anyways any advice is

> greatly

> > > > appreciated.

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > >

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