Hey man you know what?! Thank you so much for these videos I’m starting androgel with exercise and a some diet changes and my doctor thinks there is a chance we can boost my t enough to not be a trt lifer! This is a much covered topic but no one I have found discusses the little changes like subtle or gradual loss of energy motivation or a healthy mood. This was helpful thank you I have hepatitis so watching this and your discussion on bpd and mood helped me realize that other things can be signs of low testosterone
These are only to be used for people that actually have very low testosterone. Very few doctors will prescribe it if your testosterone levels are considered normal even if they are on the low end. This is something you literally have to take for the rest of your life. The positive/negative effects vary dramatically from person to person. You dont just simply start taking it and one day suddenly feel better. The first notable side effects are usually increased sex drive within 4-8 weeks. First few months will likely notice a change in mood which can be both good and bad. It takes a minimum of 6-8 months just to even start feeling the full benefits. It could easily take a year or more to properly regulate your testosterone levels plus you aren't supposed to take testosterone by itself there's a lot of other factors that need to be included.
@@biosphere8488 Your doctor is an idiot, i assume you are talking to your primary care doctor, but you need an endocrinologist that specifically specializes in testosterone replacement therapy (no good/legitimate doctor would give this to you). If you yourself don't even known anything about trt you should do more research. I'm not answering your question because I'm not encouraging people to take trt that don't need it. You WILL literally have to take it for the rest of your life. Seems you have found a doctor that will prescribe it to you anyway. You need to know ALOT more about trt because you don't understand how serious of a decision this is. The fact you are asking random people questions about RU-vid show you are not responsible to take something like trt which is a permanent lifelong commitment,
@@YouAreTroll I didn't know simply asking random people questions on RU-vid about TRT is an identifying factor that indicates someone is not responsible enough to take it. Yes, my doctor probably is an idiot for prescribing it to me because my T-levels were low. I expect I will be on it now the rest of my life. I think you are right though about needing to see a specialist instead of my primary care doctor. Thanks✌
@@biosphere8488 I understand but I wasn't trying to be rude I was trying to strongly emphasized this is not a light decision to make. When you take testosterone your brain detects those testosterone levels getting higher and when your testosterone levels get higher your estrogen levels get higher. At minimum if you are going to take trt you need to be on some sort of estrogen blocker. Aromatase inhibitor and selective estrogen receptor modulator are two really good classes of estrogen-blocking medication. If you take testosterone without an estrogen blocker is a 50-50 chance you will develop gyno(male breast tissue). I was just trying to be Stern because as a 28-year old that has had to deal with this since I was twenty it is absolute hell going through. But I also took steroids throughout my late teens and early 20s which permanently caused natural testosterone production to stop. Anabolic steroids are basically just different forms of testosterone. If you take trt you will have to take it for the rest of your life and if you ever come off of it you will terribly regret it. The body doesn't recognize the difference between natural and exogenous testosterone, when your brain detects an increase in testosterone it tells your pituitary gland to start producing less natural testosterone. So if you get on trt and ever stop taking it your testosterone levels will be even lower then they were before you started, your symptoms will also significantly be worse than they are now. Regardless of my steroid history or not if any male human being takes synthetic testosterone it will tell your pituitary gland to shut down. Testosterone is considered an anabolic steroid, a lot of people don't realize that because it's naturally produced by our bodies.
I'm on trt and have been for a couple of years I'm not taking anything to prevent the decrease in sperms population and I get tested every 2 years. Honestly it's 50% chance that it will affect you but you can simply go on hcg and you won't become infertile
