Should I Try TRT?

[sebco]

Hi All,

I am debating on jumping into TRT. I believe I had low testosterone levels growing up. Everyone in my family has fairly amounts of facial and body hair, except for me. I got tested around 8 years ago before a varicocele surgery. My total testosterone came around 350 when I was 25 years. Two years later I tested again and it was around 460. This week I got test again and my total came at 529 and free at 12.8.

The reason I am just considering trt is that I just learned that trt has a significant impact in mood, libido, concentration, confidence and energy. All of these have been really low through most of my life, so I am curious to see if jumping into TRT would have a positive impact in my life.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

 

[stevep]

Personally, I'd be concerned with a doctor that wanted to start you on a treatment without having a full panel run to see everything. I'm not familiar with vital4men, but it sounds like they have a cookie cutter treatment plan for everyone. If I'm paying for individual medical care, that is what I expect to receive and not being lumped into a pool of patients for treatment.

My wife and I both use Defy and we are very pleased with them. I truly believe their staff has a personal interest in my success.

 

[CoastWatcher]

You are talking about a life time commitment without providing anything more than a few isolated blood test results.

How old are you? What is your medical history like? Any steroid use? Extended use of opiates? Medications and supplements? Your thyroid, has it been evaluated? You mentioned a varicocele - any other testicular issue? What do you mean when you write you had low testosterone growing up? It was evaluated? You had delayed puberty?

These are are just some of the questions needed to start filling in the gaps.

 

[ScottM]

Sebco,

Feel free to sign up at www.Telthera.com, part of the sign up process is what is called the ADAM questionnaire which can help begin the process from a clinical standpoint of whether you may benefit from TRT. From a diagnostic standpoint if you test in on the ADAM we will get you set up and sent out for a complete lab panel to evaluate what is truly going on. While TRT may help with the conditions you describe, you will only see benefit if TRT is the root cause of the symptoms. A lot of the symptoms you describe can be caused by a host of other factors, diet, lifestyle, sleep, stress, thyroid conditions, electrolyte imbalances, Vitamin B or D deficiencies, and a slew of others. without proper testing it is hard to see what will help, without proper management it is hard to gain maximul benefits.

Whether you go with us here at Telthera, Defy as mentioned above, or anyone else please make sure to read up about what made other peoples experiences positive and ensure that whomever you use is as good or better.

In the interim, myself and the others here at ExcelMale are here to answer questions and get you started on the right track.

Thanks!

-Scott
-Telthera

Hi All,

I am debating on jumping into TRT. I believe I had low testosterone levels growing up. Everyone in my family has fairly amounts of facial and body hair, except for me. I got tested around 8 years ago before a varicocele surgery. My total testosterone came around 350 when I was 25 years. Two years later I tested again and it was around 460. This week I got test again and my total came at 529 and free at 12.8.

The reason I am just considering trt is that I just learned that trt has a significant impact in mood, libido, concentration, confidence and energy. All of these have been really low through most of my life, so I am curious to see if jumping into TRT would have a positive impact in my life.

Any thoughts or suggestions?