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There's something similar for testosterone. Many, if not most, doctors use the current average testosterone levels to diagnose if a person has some kind of hypo
by User23 3y ago
There's something similar for testosterone. Many, if not most, doctors use the current average testosterone levels to diagnose if a person has some kind of hypogonadism. But there are also doctors who use the historical baseline before the secular testosterone decline, and thus virtually every man who walks in their door gets meditated for low testosterone. Coincidentally the latter clinics tend to charge cash and present much more of a medi-spa than a clinical experience.
- Auracle 3y agoThe latter method isn’t necessarily wrong, however. I have genuine low testosterone (using the current, quite broad, range). When I first tested I was at…352? And the low end of the range was 350. The doctor wouldn’t prescribe me anything but let me see an endocrinologist. That endocrinologist let me test again, and that time I came in close to 200. I had actual symptoms that made me test in the first place and testosterone supplementation has greatly helped with that. The downsides aren’t great for most though. It’ll wreck your fertility and you very well may suppress you levels even further without supplementation for life. All that said, we’re living in a time where we know levels are low for men - and they very well might be for women. Teens are having less sex than ever, many identify as asexual or trans, etc. Sperm counts have absolutely ranked. A lot of that could very well have the same root cause and we need to figure it out. Testosterone supplementation is a cudgel but it’s basically all we’ve got right now.