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Just started on Axiron, That is one of those gells you put under your arm. After about a week got a rash (not at the application site) and had to stop. Anyone else with this reaction to supplementation?? Can you recommend a good product?
Sheesh Im 43 and it was 290-310 depending.
On shots last yr I was only 380 and was using more than I should.
Come to find out Estrogen levels were super high in fact off the chart high so was converting whatever T I had in me to Est. Talk about tired worn out and pissed off all the time. Hate it. Oh and ya cant sleep either. Now need to take en Est. blocker so the T can actually work.
Last edited by cuisinartvette; 06-10-2011 at 10:22 PM.
What made you guys go in to get this test, and how long for results?
dieting and working out but still count not lose the gut! Prime symptom so doc tested and sure enough. Had not really affected me the other way, yet. Also signs of some bone thinning. The kind of bone your skeleton is for those of you wondering.
What made you guys go in to get this test, and how long for results?
Cause I felt like crap like literally half dead all you want to do it sleep
Weak, unwanted weight loss no energy drive, memory brain function slows etc. You lose the ability to care at some point about pretty much anything. Kind of like an 80 yr old man
What blows is ins doesnt cover any of it except bloodwork.
Last edited by cuisinartvette; 06-11-2011 at 09:56 AM.
HHMM, I will have to get some blood work. At least to start monitoring it. Cant hurt, especially when the clinic is one bldg from my work. Health is something we cant afford not to afford.
Honestly, I would sooner live w/ low testosterone than do HRT.
Gels like androgels can have some very negative side effects down the road. Same with any form of test replacement, but the most effective/lowest risk would be getting it in shot format.
However, I've chatted with several individuals who've been on test replacement long-term (4-6yrs on average), and I'd say 75% of them wish they had just lived with the initial problems rather than open the hormone can of worms. Short-term they were pleased with it. Long-term not so much.
I've had low test - low 200s - since I've been like 22 (i'm 28 now). I have no sex drive, my energy is low a lot of times, and I get irritated easily, but I've learned to live with it. You can build decent muscle mass - i'm 5'7, 175lbs, 18'' arms, 30'' waist, 8% bf - by training hard. Yea, you won't be as big/lean/strong as you could be, and building muscle/losing fat will be harder and require more dedication than the average person needs to give (although still more than possible, so if you're sitting there using low T as a reason to be fat, get off your *** and train), but after hearing some of the horror stories (cancers, other hormones going out of control) it isn't worth it (edit: and by horror I mean the real serious health problems, not problems like ********* shrinking to 50% or androgel being suppressive).
I've used androgel for a short while but stopped after it started wrecking havoc on my immune system - basically I took it for months, was doing okay, then started developing random muscle paralysis (sometimes my legs went dead, sometimes my arms, the worst was when my neck felt like it weighed 1000lbs and for 40minutes I had my head on my desk unable to move). That was my last experience with HRT. It took about 1 1/2 weeks or so before it started it kick in - recovery time from physical activity was much less, and my sex drive instantly came back.
Anyways, everybody will have different opinions for sure, but do your research before going on that path. Most doctors know DICK ALL about hrt (even endocrinologists; most of them just specialize in issues like diabetes and suck *** with hrt), don't trust what they say.
And read online and think and make your own opinions from your research. There's a reason a lot of people doing test replacement (either pills, or patches, or shots) long-term say they wish they'd given up their sex drive and learned to manage low energy instead of doing hrt.
Last edited by hyp3r3xt3nsion; 06-11-2011 at 03:47 AM.
Honestly, I would sooner live w/ low testosterone than do HRT.
Gels like androgels can have some very negative side effects down the road. Same with any form of test replacement, but the most effective/lowest risk would be getting it in shot format.
However, I've chatted with several individuals who've been on test replacement long-term (4-6yrs on average), and I'd say 75% of them wish they had just lived with the initial problems rather than open the hormone can of worms. Short-term they were pleased with it. Long-term not so much.
I've had low test - low 200s - since I've been like 22 (i'm 28 now). I have no sex drive, my energy is low a lot of times, and I get irritated easily, but I've learned to live with it. You can build decent muscle mass - i'm 5'7, 175lbs, 18'' arms, 30'' waist, 8% bf - by training hard. Yea, you won't be as big/lean/strong as you could be, and building muscle/losing fat will be harder and require more dedication than the average person needs to give (although still more than possible, so if you're sitting there using low T as a reason to be fat, get off your *** and train), but after hearing some of the horror stories (cancers, other hormones going out of control) it isn't worth it (edit: and by horror I mean the real serious health problems, not problems like ********* shrinking to 50% or androgel being suppressive).
I've used androgel for a short while but stopped after it started wrecking havoc on my immune system - basically I took it for months, was doing okay, then started developing random muscle paralysis (sometimes my legs went dead, sometimes my arms, the worst was when my neck felt like it weighed 1000lbs and for 40minutes I had my head on my desk unable to move). That was my last experience with HRT. It took about 1 1/2 weeks or so before it started it kick in - recovery time from physical activity was much less, and my sex drive instantly came back.
Anyways, everybody will have different opinions for sure, but do your research before going on that path. Most doctors know DICK ALL about hrt (even endocrinologists; most of them just specialize in issues like diabetes and suck *** with hrt), don't trust what they say.
And read online and think and make your own opinions from your research. There's a reason a lot of people doing test replacement (either pills, or patches, or shots) long-term say they wish they'd given up their sex drive and learned to manage low energy instead of doing hrt.
do you think that was just the way it affected you for some reason or is this common? Why did/do people on this stuff for years regret it? I would like to hear from others who have been on HRT a while and see what their experience has been. Thanks for sharing.
Honestly, I would sooner live w/ low testosterone than do HRT.
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wish they'd given up their sex drive and learned to manage low energy instead of doing hrt.
Thought the same thing when I was your age, just wait. It will get to a point to where you almost cannot function at all. Think you get irritable now just wait my friend. Im downright volatile, not irritable/temperamental you almost have nocontrol...like you are a different person all together. Scary.
You cant stay awake for more than 4-6 hrs at a time yet cant sleep either. Pure hell buddy. Even if you do get lucky and get some good snooze time youll still shut down in the same time frame. Wont be holding a job or going to the gym lol. Many other side effects of NOT treating it too, and they are internal.
on managing low energy you can for awhile then eventually you lose the ability.
The fatigue can be overwhelming...not like youre getting sleepy buy your system can shut off like a light swtich like it goes into limp home mode.
I knocked out 2 wks ago while driving didnt feel it come on just woke up with my truck in the bushes...happens at work, too. Look at the watch and an hour has passed and have no memory of going out. Fun stuff!
Stuff to look forward to if you leave it untreated
Forget about those gels/patches, shots are the way to do it imo
Last edited by cuisinartvette; 06-11-2011 at 10:22 AM.
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LOW T, taking AXIRON
