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What caused you to need TRT?
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<blockquote data-quote="jdthoosier" data-source="post: 109452" data-attributes="member: 14623"><p>In my case, I had GI issues (possibly Celiac being triggered) that resulted in a quick weight loss of 20-25 pounds in a short period of time; and I was already fairly lean. I suffered from fatigue, crippling brain fog, anxiety, etc.; I was a train wreck. I went from someone who walked miles every day to someone who got bone-tired just hobbling down the street 100 yards. </p><p></p><p>I went months in this state, and every damn test known to mankind was applied - to no avail. My PCP gave up, said it was in my head and wanted to prescribe Xanax. I snapped at him and said "there is *something* physically wrong with me" - and he got mad and sent me to a psychologist, who tried to put me on Buspar. My wife suggested seeing a NP she liked, and this NP had the idea to do testosterone testing; and it turned out my levels was dirt low, like 131 total T or so. </p><p></p><p>Ultimately a dietitian though I may have triggered some gluten sensitivity or Celiac; and put me on a GF diet. That, along with starting gels and eventually injections, put me back on the road to health. It also turned out that I do have the primary genetic marker for Celiac.</p><p></p><p>Furthermore, the dietitian suggested that it was the combination of weight loss, and the inability to get enough nutrients/calories that dumped the T. And that I may have been able to avoid TRT if I could have started this diet and got my weight back quickly enough, so that the nutrients/calories needed to maintain T levels were there.</p><p></p><p>During this whole ordeal, I also saw two GI docs, an ENT specialist, an autoimmune specialist, and an endo. Every damn one of them was worthless, other than helping themselves to my wallet with the boatload of tests they performed. It was the dietitian and the NP who were the heroes. It's literally a nightmare in my mind when I look back to that time, and I shudder at where I would be if the NP had not tested my total T.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jdthoosier, post: 109452, member: 14623"] In my case, I had GI issues (possibly Celiac being triggered) that resulted in a quick weight loss of 20-25 pounds in a short period of time; and I was already fairly lean. I suffered from fatigue, crippling brain fog, anxiety, etc.; I was a train wreck. I went from someone who walked miles every day to someone who got bone-tired just hobbling down the street 100 yards. I went months in this state, and every damn test known to mankind was applied - to no avail. My PCP gave up, said it was in my head and wanted to prescribe Xanax. I snapped at him and said "there is *something* physically wrong with me" - and he got mad and sent me to a psychologist, who tried to put me on Buspar. My wife suggested seeing a NP she liked, and this NP had the idea to do testosterone testing; and it turned out my levels was dirt low, like 131 total T or so. Ultimately a dietitian though I may have triggered some gluten sensitivity or Celiac; and put me on a GF diet. That, along with starting gels and eventually injections, put me back on the road to health. It also turned out that I do have the primary genetic marker for Celiac. Furthermore, the dietitian suggested that it was the combination of weight loss, and the inability to get enough nutrients/calories that dumped the T. And that I may have been able to avoid TRT if I could have started this diet and got my weight back quickly enough, so that the nutrients/calories needed to maintain T levels were there. During this whole ordeal, I also saw two GI docs, an ENT specialist, an autoimmune specialist, and an endo. Every damn one of them was worthless, other than helping themselves to my wallet with the boatload of tests they performed. It was the dietitian and the NP who were the heroes. It's literally a nightmare in my mind when I look back to that time, and I shudder at where I would be if the NP had not tested my total T. [/QUOTE]
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