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<blockquote data-quote="Cuson" data-source="post: 8498" data-attributes="member: 1459"><p>Thank you Chris for kind words. Yes, there are much more to the story than I can put in one intro post. Yes, everything happened out of the blue. He lost erection in the middle of the sex. We did not have anything that could indicate the problem, so we just decided that it was one of the "it happens to everybody" cases. </p><p>But erections did not return for couple of weeks, which prompted my husband to see a urologist. Uro offered him Cialis and did testosterone measure. T was a little over 200. So husband was diagnosed with hypogonadism and had a choice to start TRT therapy right away. We decided to go "natural" way first. So we went on Atkins diet.</p><p>To our relief, in a month everything came back, our sex became even better than before. But it lasted only 4-5 months and then all bad stuff returned. He has not been able to recover since. 2 years of nightmare. We tried to get clues from the improvement, but everything checks out to be good. </p><p>We know about hormones and their roles. My husband read so much, he could take endocrinology exam in his sleep <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />. His thyroid hormones were in the middle of range. We tried T3 - he had no reaction to it, which just proved that his thyroid is not the issue. He checked cortisol, estrogen, adrenaline, nor-adrenaline, dopamine, serotonin - you name it. </p><p>the numbers were if not in the middle, than slightly off, nothing alarming. His estrogen on another hand was all over the place. Initially our assumption was that he needs to have it at 25-30 level, so when he tried HCG and his E was over 40, he took arimidex, which killed E to a single digit. Since then it was anywhere from 8 to 50. Now, on testopel his E does not go over 20 without any arimedex. His prolactin is normal. </p><p>He is in better shape on paper than 2 years ago. But he feels miserable...</p><p>With regards to me, I have no problems in sex area (knock on the wood), except the main component - the other participant <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />. I feel so bad for him that I do not enjoy intercourse. He has nothing out of it - not the process itself, not the outcome, has no desire to have sex. I feel that I cannot push him to have sex, because it makes him feel really bad. </p><p>I could post his recent labs if it will help anybody to give me an idea. My husband strongly believes that his condition is purely physiological. His indicator is nocturnal erections. He does not get them. Random erections do not happen either. Porn has no effect on him - was not a case before. Two years ago we could watch 10 minutes of porn and it was enough to start fun activities. Now - he can sit there and watch it like a sitcom ("meh, whatever")</p><p>So anything you guys have....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cuson, post: 8498, member: 1459"] Thank you Chris for kind words. Yes, there are much more to the story than I can put in one intro post. Yes, everything happened out of the blue. He lost erection in the middle of the sex. We did not have anything that could indicate the problem, so we just decided that it was one of the "it happens to everybody" cases. But erections did not return for couple of weeks, which prompted my husband to see a urologist. Uro offered him Cialis and did testosterone measure. T was a little over 200. So husband was diagnosed with hypogonadism and had a choice to start TRT therapy right away. We decided to go "natural" way first. So we went on Atkins diet. To our relief, in a month everything came back, our sex became even better than before. But it lasted only 4-5 months and then all bad stuff returned. He has not been able to recover since. 2 years of nightmare. We tried to get clues from the improvement, but everything checks out to be good. We know about hormones and their roles. My husband read so much, he could take endocrinology exam in his sleep :-). His thyroid hormones were in the middle of range. We tried T3 - he had no reaction to it, which just proved that his thyroid is not the issue. He checked cortisol, estrogen, adrenaline, nor-adrenaline, dopamine, serotonin - you name it. the numbers were if not in the middle, than slightly off, nothing alarming. His estrogen on another hand was all over the place. Initially our assumption was that he needs to have it at 25-30 level, so when he tried HCG and his E was over 40, he took arimidex, which killed E to a single digit. Since then it was anywhere from 8 to 50. Now, on testopel his E does not go over 20 without any arimedex. His prolactin is normal. He is in better shape on paper than 2 years ago. But he feels miserable... With regards to me, I have no problems in sex area (knock on the wood), except the main component - the other participant :-). I feel so bad for him that I do not enjoy intercourse. He has nothing out of it - not the process itself, not the outcome, has no desire to have sex. I feel that I cannot push him to have sex, because it makes him feel really bad. I could post his recent labs if it will help anybody to give me an idea. My husband strongly believes that his condition is purely physiological. His indicator is nocturnal erections. He does not get them. Random erections do not happen either. Porn has no effect on him - was not a case before. Two years ago we could watch 10 minutes of porn and it was enough to start fun activities. Now - he can sit there and watch it like a sitcom ("meh, whatever") So anything you guys have.... [/QUOTE]
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