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I do not like to get downvoted but it is usually a failure on my part to set the right tone. I think your comment has a sleazy internet video ad vibe. For sure

I do not like to get downvoted but it is usually a failure on my part to set the right tone. I think your comment has a sleazy internet video ad vibe. For sure medicine for hormonal levels can help a lot. Doctors miss diabetes and people die so of course you are right that testosteron is probably missed. The difference is accessibility everyone can check if they have high blood sugar by themselves, bad testosteron levels though the symptoms are not as clear there most certainly is not a 50% correlation between the symptoms and what you push. So what would have worked for your comment is an anecdote maybe talk about it as the low possibility it is.

omnicognate 2y ago
I don't mind being downvoted at all, and have never complained about it (and didn't here). I was just curious why. I think you're right that people perceived a "sleazy" vibe. The sibling referred to "manosphere" and "advertising". I wonder whether that reaction would have been different if the topic had been different. I.e. to what extent the reaction was due to the wording vs the subject matter. I think tesosterone treatment itself is seen as somehow sleazy, and I referred to that as a "stigma". I speculate that that perception has something to do with the fact that in 4 years I was never checked for an obvious potential cause to my symptoms. That experience is one reason I've chosen to be quite open about this treatment. I'd probably never have found it if it hadn't been for people I know talking about it. I'm not sure it is a "low possibility", BTW. The prevalence and causes of hypogonadism aren't very well understood but it is common and may be rather more common since COVID. There are valid concerns about over-diagnosis, but under-diagnosis of this condition also carries risks.

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I do not like to get downvoted but it is usually a failure on my part to set the right tone. I think your comment has a sleazy internet video ad vibe. For sure

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omnicognate 2y ago
I don't mind being downvoted at all, and have never complained about it (and didn't here). I was just curious why. I think you're right that people perceived a "sleazy" vibe. The sibling referred to "manosphere" and "advertising". I wonder whether that reaction would have been different if the topic had been different. I.e. to what extent the reaction was due to the wording vs the subject matter. I think tesosterone treatment itself is seen as somehow sleazy, and I referred to that as a "stigma". I speculate that that perception has something to do with the fact that in 4 years I was never checked for an obvious potential cause to my symptoms. That experience is one reason I've chosen to be quite open about this treatment. I'd probably never have found it if it hadn't been for people I know talking about it. I'm not sure it is a "low possibility", BTW. The prevalence and causes of hypogonadism aren't very well understood but it is common and may be rather more common since COVID. There are valid concerns about over-diagnosis, but under-diagnosis of this condition also carries risks.