Living with Testosterone Deficiency

My story starts when I was in pharmacy school about 7 years ago. I had lost interest in sex, working out, and the general joy for life. I gained a lot of weight. My then fiance, now wife, was not happy with me at all. I went to the doctor and of course the diagnosed me with depression and put on a SSRI.

Skip ahead to about 1 year ago. I gained even more weight, had trouble being motivated at work and home, and am on more antidepressants. Even being a pharmacist I never thought of low T. at this point because of my age. We didn’t do much men’s hormonal health in pharmacy school.

For some reason I asked my new doctor to check my T. My free T came back at 13, and this was is the “normal range” for our lab, but at the low end of normal. I didn’t think anything else about until this last summer.

After reading several articles in men’s health and fitness magazines I did some research and considered my value of 13 was too low for my age. What I did next I do not recommend. I bought some T on the black market over the internet. Following proper doses I did 1 month of T replacement. I felt great and my libido returned. I stopped the T and took clomid to help my body start its own again.

I finally had my T levels checked again about 1 month ago and they were low. Total 240. forgot what my free was. My doctor put me on injections 200mg every 2 weeks and I am starting to feel great again. I am working out and training for an amateur MMA fight in the future, my love life with my wife is great, and I am able to concentrate better at work. I have even cut down the dose of my antidepressants. Hopefully things will get even better.

I will post progress.