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Testosterone Replacement, Low T, HCG, & Beyond
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Seconday Hypogonadism?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dave B." data-source="post: 104059" data-attributes="member: 17807"><p>I had numbers similar to yours and am 15+ years older than you. My physician told me I needed to go see a specialist and referred me to an endocrinologist for more testing. At your age, with those numbers, your doctor should be doing the same. </p><p></p><p>Also, this forum is great but don't substitute google searches and forum wisdom for a skilled practitioner. Some people live in remote areas or are under-served for various reasons, and rely on remote doctors and forums. Just see a good doc if you can, is all I'm saying. </p><p></p><p>Also "good diet" could mean anything. Maybe a vegan who hasn't eaten an egg yolk in 6 years is a "good diet" and yet is starving the body of cholesterol. Or maybe you have pre-diabetes or genetic insulin resistance? Diet is great but genetics is a whole other story. Maybe you microwave every meal in plastic and cook in teflon pans, and use hand-sanitizer 10 times per day and have chemicals interfering with your hormones. Way too many things could be going on to just point to a couple of numbers on a test. Some people look for functional medicine doctors or nutritionists to help straighten out hormonal issues, so that's another area you could investigate. As young as you are I would think a doctor would look hard at other causes before assuming age-related decline or something "natural" (ironic quotes) is causing testosterone to be low. So maybe your doc is being extra cautious before considering TRT, rather than being merely ignorant. Putting a young person on lifetime therapy isn't ideal, as they say.</p><p></p><p>Best of luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave B., post: 104059, member: 17807"] I had numbers similar to yours and am 15+ years older than you. My physician told me I needed to go see a specialist and referred me to an endocrinologist for more testing. At your age, with those numbers, your doctor should be doing the same. Also, this forum is great but don't substitute google searches and forum wisdom for a skilled practitioner. Some people live in remote areas or are under-served for various reasons, and rely on remote doctors and forums. Just see a good doc if you can, is all I'm saying. Also "good diet" could mean anything. Maybe a vegan who hasn't eaten an egg yolk in 6 years is a "good diet" and yet is starving the body of cholesterol. Or maybe you have pre-diabetes or genetic insulin resistance? Diet is great but genetics is a whole other story. Maybe you microwave every meal in plastic and cook in teflon pans, and use hand-sanitizer 10 times per day and have chemicals interfering with your hormones. Way too many things could be going on to just point to a couple of numbers on a test. Some people look for functional medicine doctors or nutritionists to help straighten out hormonal issues, so that's another area you could investigate. As young as you are I would think a doctor would look hard at other causes before assuming age-related decline or something "natural" (ironic quotes) is causing testosterone to be low. So maybe your doc is being extra cautious before considering TRT, rather than being merely ignorant. Putting a young person on lifetime therapy isn't ideal, as they say. Best of luck! [/QUOTE]
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