Bobby
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Been struggling with lack of sex drive/urge for years. Weird thing about it is that I have no problem with erections (morning, etc); when I am actually with another person, no performance problems. I just don't have any desire or sex urge at all; no urgency to ejaculate after a prolonged time of abstinence (weeks, not days !!!), no response or excitement to visual stimulation. Also noticed that penis sensitivity is decreased from what it used to be and intensity of orgasm is about 30-40% reduced. Was on TRT about 5 years ago (worked great but for some reason just stopped producing results); no longer on TRT at this time.
52 y.o. 5'6" 128 lbs
Labs:I know they are not complete, but if any suggestions could be made from what is here, they would be appreciated. I am basically dictating to my doctor what tests I want done as he is basically not concerned or interested in further testing once he saw my total T was 719.......(typical GP attitude)
Total test: 719 ng/dl (normal)
Free test: 6.8 pg/ml (Low) *******
Estradiol (sensitive): 8 pg/ml (normal)
T4: 8.5 ug/dl (normal)
TSH: 1.32 uIU/ml (normal)
T3 Uptake: 23 % (Low) (archaic calculated measurement)
Free Thyroxin Index : 2 (normal)
Igf 1: 165 ng/ml (normal)
Cortisol: 11.1 ug/dl (normal)
Cholesterol total: 189 mg/dl (normal)
LDL: 102 mg/dl (high)
HDL: 66 mg/dl (normal)
Triglycerides: 87 (normal)
All other values of CBC, urinalysis, metabolic panel, etc are normal.
*****If free test is supposed to be at least 2% of total test, my free test is VERY low, should be 14 min. Also understand that there is nothing that can be done to increase free test; is this true? I think this is where all the trouble is.
Any feedback would be appreciated...thanks. I am assuming I should be seeing a hormone specialist due to the low free t issue. Something with the "axis" is probably messed up from being on TRT 5 years ago.
52 y.o. 5'6" 128 lbs
Labs:I know they are not complete, but if any suggestions could be made from what is here, they would be appreciated. I am basically dictating to my doctor what tests I want done as he is basically not concerned or interested in further testing once he saw my total T was 719.......(typical GP attitude)
Total test: 719 ng/dl (normal)
Free test: 6.8 pg/ml (Low) *******
Estradiol (sensitive): 8 pg/ml (normal)
T4: 8.5 ug/dl (normal)
TSH: 1.32 uIU/ml (normal)
T3 Uptake: 23 % (Low) (archaic calculated measurement)
Free Thyroxin Index : 2 (normal)
Igf 1: 165 ng/ml (normal)
Cortisol: 11.1 ug/dl (normal)
Cholesterol total: 189 mg/dl (normal)
LDL: 102 mg/dl (high)
HDL: 66 mg/dl (normal)
Triglycerides: 87 (normal)
All other values of CBC, urinalysis, metabolic panel, etc are normal.
*****If free test is supposed to be at least 2% of total test, my free test is VERY low, should be 14 min. Also understand that there is nothing that can be done to increase free test; is this true? I think this is where all the trouble is.
Any feedback would be appreciated...thanks. I am assuming I should be seeing a hormone specialist due to the low free t issue. Something with the "axis" is probably messed up from being on TRT 5 years ago.
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