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fatigued
by: Ken on Fri, Apr 10 2009
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I just turned 50 and have always had a reasonably healthy sex drive and energy level, but now my energy is near-nil. For months, I’ve been battling some kind of fatigue which has gotten worse over the past 3 to 4 months. I could crash out on the couch at 630 in the evening for an hour, and I normally get 7-1/2 hours of sleep. Recently (past couple of weeks) it’s gotten bad enough where I could take a 30 minute nap at 11 am and then a 1 hour at 4. Waking up I feel hungover. I have had very little energy and drive, and it’s been affecting my work.

I thought about the depression route, but it just doesnt seem like depression I also thought it could be low thyroid levels. I had both thyroid and testosterone tested and both came in normal…….though my testosterone was on the low end of normal and he is convinced it is my testosterone (he was convinced before he ordered the test).

I just started (today) on androgel, so I am hoping and praying to see some improvement so I can feel normal again.
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  1. Wed, May 27 2009
    That was in April. You have been on the new medication now for several weeks. Have you noticed any difference? No one says how long it should take ...Read
  2. Sun, Apr 12 2009
    Could be any of a multitude of causes. Could be lack of exercise, lack of healthy diet, mild depression unhappiness at work, unhappiness in a relati...Read

April 2009

  • Testosterone Deficiency??? - by C.Baum - (Tue, Apr 21 2009)
    I have been married for 14 yrs.and have thought from the beginning that my husband’s sex drive is not “normal!” In the first 2 yrs of our marraige I actually asked him if he was gay because it seemed like sex was not a priority for him. [more..]
  • Good results - by Ken - (Tue, Apr 21 2009)
    As a followup to my original post….I have been on androgel for almost 2 weeks now, and the difference is stunning. [more..]
  • fatigued - by Ken - (Fri, Apr 10 2009)
    I just turned 50 and have always had a reasonably healthy sex drive and energy level, but now my energy is near-nil. [more..]

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