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Antidepressants and TRT...How do they mix together?
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<blockquote data-quote="NicholasFrench" data-source="post: 120773" data-attributes="member: 22328"><p>I can only speak for myself and relay info from my best friend who's also on TRT. </p><p></p><p>About 3 years ago I had my test level check by my primary doc. I rang in at 270. He said I was, "fine" and as to my depressive symptoms wanted to be me back on Wellbutrin (I had previously been on that med and if you are interested I ordered it with a discount <a href="http://www.rx-discountcoupons.com/pharmacies/1-pills-com/" target="_blank">http://www.rx-discountcoupons.com/pharmacies/1-pills-com/</a>) long story short, I did everything to naturally raise my testosterone (lost weight, ate peanuts/almonds/etc., avoided soy) and got rechecked last April - I was then at 190 ng/dl. </p><p></p><p>I can say that I've not felt this emotionally stable since my college years. I still have tough days now and then, but I'm not on any anti-depressant medications, my emotional self is less like Eeyore and more like Thor, and can rationally think through the hard times now instead of contemplating eating my deer rifle. </p><p></p><p>My best friend was worse off than I was. He was on two different anti-depressant meds. He got checked after seeing how well I was doing physically, mentally, and emotionally, and found out he was operating with a low test as well. (I was 33 at the time, he was 39.) That was six months ago. He's now off both of his anti-depressant meds and literally every week I get a text or something saying, "thank you" from this bud because it changed his life for the better. </p><p></p><p>Depression and low test levels are a bit of a "chicken and egg" situation. Is low test causing the depression? It can/will do that. Or is the depression causing low test? That can also be true. For me and my bud, the former seems to have been truer than the later. What I gather from those who I've to know who've done something about their hormonal health, they inevitably feel more emotionally stable. I don't think a test is a panacea by any means, but for depressed males, in particular, I think it's certainly one of those weapons we should utilize. </p><p></p><p>For myself, I know there will always be some part of my brain susceptible to depression. I also know that I'll never win the war against it, but by God, I'm not losing another battle. And I'll add that it's really nice to not have that psychological-physiological pain just getting out of bed in the morning. </p><p></p><p>My only regret is that I didn't get a second opinion sooner when that idiot doc told me a 270 test level or a 33-year-old was, "fine."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NicholasFrench, post: 120773, member: 22328"] I can only speak for myself and relay info from my best friend who's also on TRT. About 3 years ago I had my test level check by my primary doc. I rang in at 270. He said I was, "fine" and as to my depressive symptoms wanted to be me back on Wellbutrin (I had previously been on that med and if you are interested I ordered it with a discount [URL]http://www.rx-discountcoupons.com/pharmacies/1-pills-com/[/URL]) long story short, I did everything to naturally raise my testosterone (lost weight, ate peanuts/almonds/etc., avoided soy) and got rechecked last April - I was then at 190 ng/dl. I can say that I've not felt this emotionally stable since my college years. I still have tough days now and then, but I'm not on any anti-depressant medications, my emotional self is less like Eeyore and more like Thor, and can rationally think through the hard times now instead of contemplating eating my deer rifle. My best friend was worse off than I was. He was on two different anti-depressant meds. He got checked after seeing how well I was doing physically, mentally, and emotionally, and found out he was operating with a low test as well. (I was 33 at the time, he was 39.) That was six months ago. He's now off both of his anti-depressant meds and literally every week I get a text or something saying, "thank you" from this bud because it changed his life for the better. Depression and low test levels are a bit of a "chicken and egg" situation. Is low test causing the depression? It can/will do that. Or is the depression causing low test? That can also be true. For me and my bud, the former seems to have been truer than the later. What I gather from those who I've to know who've done something about their hormonal health, they inevitably feel more emotionally stable. I don't think a test is a panacea by any means, but for depressed males, in particular, I think it's certainly one of those weapons we should utilize. For myself, I know there will always be some part of my brain susceptible to depression. I also know that I'll never win the war against it, but by God, I'm not losing another battle. And I'll add that it's really nice to not have that psychological-physiological pain just getting out of bed in the morning. My only regret is that I didn't get a second opinion sooner when that idiot doc told me a 270 test level or a 33-year-old was, "fine." [/QUOTE]
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