Let’s say I go to a Walmart in Mississippi and weigh all the female shoppers and come up with an average weight of 300 pounds. If you fall within that reference range, you’re considered ‘normal’. What does ‘normal’ mean, exactly, when it comes to testosterone? Labs develop reference ranges based on what’s normal for the individuals tested at that lab. The words, “You’re just getting older,” need to die a fiery death. We’ve now done enough studies about testosterone and how it impacts a man’s well-being to move out of the Dark Ages, and accept that testosterone is a real thing, not just male vanity and a desire to stay forever young. I guess you’re allowed to lower your T levels at will you’re just not allowed to raise them back up.Ĭoncerns about low testosterone are legitimate, not just male vanity and a desire to stay forever young. In fact, statins are one of the most widely-prescribed meds of all time, while the government has declared testosterone a Schedule III controlled substance. It’s ironic that your doctor will readily prescribe you a statin that saps T levels, and yet balks at prescribing testosterone, a hormone produced by your own body. Instead of giving you an antidepressant, why aren’t we checking testosterone levels first? Dark Ages, I tell you. Yet, if you go to your doctor for depression, he’s quicker to write a script for an antidepressant – with all its attendant side effects – than to talk about restoring testosterone levels. Lowered testosterone levels and depression go hand-in-hand, and testosterone therapy has been shown to alleviate depression. I’ve seen too many men walk away demoralized and feeling like hypochondriacs after talking to their doctor about T levels. Walks you out of the office with a condescending pat on the shoulder. He tests you if you push hard enough, and lets you know you’re ‘normal’, even when it’s clear your levels aren’t optimal. You talk to your doctor about T levels, and he looks at you like you’re a flake. The thing that bugs me most about the whole thing is that no one seems to notice. Which is why these four apparently healthy, young BuzzFeed reporters whose T levels are ‘dangerously low’ should be concerned.
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