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RE: AHI is fine.... mental fatigue is not - Chicago - 04-18-2018
What was your level with testosterone?? Did they check your e? and SHBG??
RE: AHI is fine.... mental fatigue is not - ardenum - 04-19-2018
I had low testosterone due to hypoparathyroid issue, after replacement i felt about 30% of my energy came back. I usually get replacement 2-3 times a year.
The cause for your low testosterone being "stressfull life" is of no importance. Medicine is there to fix stuff that is out of whack due to life. It's off no importance whether you have that after you hit your head or whether you have stress from being in afghanistan/irak on duty. Medicine is there to fix that right now, period. Thats why with replacement therapy you get labs done every 2 weeks to see if the values are in the norm. Then the replacement stops until you have your symptoms back. Then you replace again. First things first, get values back to norm, then you can think or stress management, or not.
I live my life how I want it and medicine is there to fix that which brakes along the way. I've been on testosterone replacement for 4 years now and im literally drowning in cortisol from stress. I can tell you it's way easier to use a gel for a few weeks, than to manage that which is beyond someones management. You can't manage stress in today's life unless you're a millionaire and live in the forest.
RE: AHI is fine.... mental fatigue is not - Chicago - 04-19-2018
Are you talking about testosterone replacement ?? Why would you stop the replacement and wait for symptoms to come back ? Not sure I understand the reasoning. I would imagine you wanna keep steady T number.
RE: AHI is fine.... mental fatigue is not - ardenum - 04-19-2018
(04-19-2018, 09:19 AM)Chicago Wrote: Are you talking about testosterone replacement ?? Why would you stop the replacement and wait for symptoms to come back ? Not sure I understand the reasoning. I would imagine you wanna keep steady T number.
That's how therapy works here. You get replacement until your symptoms go away and your labs are in range, then you don't get any prescription anymore once your values are in the middle.
I did mention gel in my previous post because that's what most people get but I'm actually getting injections since I had rashes everywhere from the gel.
RE: AHI is fine.... mental fatigue is not - Chicago - 04-19-2018
injections are better comparing the gel. However, I still don’t get why would you stop being on tesyoterone. I’m sure you know that the moment you start using testosterone your own production shutdowns. Thus you will end up with lower testosterone’s than before the treatment when you stop taking it. How often do you inject? Where do you live ?
RE: AHI is fine.... mental fatigue is not - Sleeprider - 04-19-2018
In the U.S. T replacement therapy is used to maintain a steady exogenous testosterone level. It is prescribed for life or until you choose not to use it. Testing is used to verify appropriate levels are attained, but once dose is determined, it never really changes. It's got to be very hard to cycle on and off therapy. You would continually crash, then using gel slowly build back. With T-cypionate injections a very stable level is attained and maintained immediately, at a fraction of the cost of proprietary gel, and with very precise results that don't depend on absorption.
RE: AHI is fine.... mental fatigue is not - Sleep2Snore - 04-19-2018
(04-19-2018, 10:43 AM)Sleeprider Wrote: In the U.S. T replacement therapy is used to maintain a steady exogenous testosterone level. It is prescribed for life or until you choose not to use it. Testing is used to verify appropriate levels are attained, but once dose is determined, it never really changes. It's got to be very hard to cycle on and off therapy. You would continually crash, then using gel slowly build back. With T-cypionate injections a very stable level is attained and maintained immediately, at a fraction of the cost of proprietary gel, and with very precise results that don't depend on absorption.
Yes, the injections are a lot better for keeping the correct levels.
With Gel it can be all over the place and there is also risk of passing it on to women that do not need testosterone.