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The "high-performance" doctors (for athletes/businessmen) I've seen tend to be very pro TRT. If you're low T, TRT will increase your energy, confidence, sex dri
by concinds 4y ago
The "high-performance" doctors (for athletes/businessmen) I've seen tend to be very pro TRT. If you're low T, TRT will increase your energy, confidence, sex drive, serenity, and quality of life; and it'll also very significantly decrease your risk of heart disease and heart attacks even in old age. Even looking at the pure cost-benefit of TRT (without even considering whether it'll help GP's sex life) it's an easy decision to make.
Low testosterone is vastly underdiagnosed. Some tests define 240 ng/dL as normal testosterones levels for a 19 year old man. That's low even for a 70 year old. No man alive will even function at their real cognitive capacity at such low levels (brain fog is a low T symptom). Obviously, in a medical system that defines 240-300ng/dL Test as normal, TRT won't be the mainstream treatment. Its "controversialness" is completely unearned.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-xpm-2013-09-15-ct-biz-0915-outside-opinion-pro-20130915-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-xpm-2013-09-15-ct...
- DoingIsLearning 4y agoI am not going to argue on the pros/cons of TRT on life quality but this submission specifically describes lower sperm count in the general population. Theoretically TRT would actually make a patient's sperm count worse.
- wonderwonder 4y agoSure, but it doesn't even matter if you aren't having sex.