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Hypogonadism (Low Testosterone) or Depression - How to Differentiate
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<blockquote data-quote="Gman86" data-source="post: 134756" data-attributes="member: 15043"><p>As far as I know, depression can’t directly cause low testosterone. Consequences of depression can, like stress, staying in and not getting any physical activity, maybe eating poorly due to the depression, etc.</p><p></p><p>But to answer your question, the only two ways to tell if your depression is caused by low testosterone, is to get a blood test and see if you in fact have low testosterone, and/ or go over the symptoms of low testosterone, and see how many you have. I would go more by bloodwork though. Just because hypothyroidism can mimic hypogonadism pretty closely, so you don’t want to make a mistake and start treating for hypogonadsim when it could be another gland/ organ system that’s the real issue.</p><p></p><p>But again, to answer your original question, there isn’t any specific symptoms that you would just see in hypogonadal depression, compared to say major depressive disorder, or any other types of depression.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gman86, post: 134756, member: 15043"] As far as I know, depression can’t directly cause low testosterone. Consequences of depression can, like stress, staying in and not getting any physical activity, maybe eating poorly due to the depression, etc. But to answer your question, the only two ways to tell if your depression is caused by low testosterone, is to get a blood test and see if you in fact have low testosterone, and/ or go over the symptoms of low testosterone, and see how many you have. I would go more by bloodwork though. Just because hypothyroidism can mimic hypogonadism pretty closely, so you don’t want to make a mistake and start treating for hypogonadsim when it could be another gland/ organ system that’s the real issue. But again, to answer your original question, there isn’t any specific symptoms that you would just see in hypogonadal depression, compared to say major depressive disorder, or any other types of depression. [/QUOTE]
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