Got my blood tests back and I have low testosterone so I have 2 choices.
do a bunch of hard and long term fixes to try and drag it kicking and screaming up to as high as I can.
Take the results to a TRT clinic, get on “the good shit” be able to adjust my dosage to get to the high end of whats naturally possible, get jacked but possibly have my nuts shrivel up and not be able to have any more kids…
Got my bloods done and my Testosterone levels are LOW. I’m working out a lot and kind of pissed Ive been doing it on “hardmode” for god knows how long, but before I take the doc up on the script I’m doing my due diligence on the realities. It seems like every article I find is either written by a trt clinic or is a one...
I didnt want to create a wall of text in the post and I’m not looking to massively overshare but the truth for me is somewhere in the middle.
Ive been counting calories, tracking macros, wearing a fitbit and hitting 4 to 6 crossfit workouts a week for 2 years and while I’m happy with the progress Ive made, Ive also watched people who started well after me experience more dramatic transformations in their physiology in shorter time and after bitching about it at the gym, one of the guys said “Bro, your almost 40. You have a small child, you get up at 4am for work and you’re always stressed about something. I bet your T levels are destroyed” So I got them checked and they are. So I googled “Symptoms of Low Test” and fuck me if “harder to lose weight and put on muscle” werent right next to “Irritable moody asshole who sleeps like shit and always seems unhappy” (Yep… not like I’m proud of it) which was a very welcome surprise because yeah… if the shoe fits but I cant find the other one I will be a grumpy ass about it and it will ruin my day.
The big catch is that TRT in my country is something some doctors just dont take seriously (Which is why I got my bloods done privately) They think everyone asking for it just wants to look like Jack Reacher so they tell you “Reduce stress, sleep better and get some exercise” then charge you $80. The ones that do take it seriously will refer you to an endocrinologist who will take 6 months to see you, is just as likely to do the same as the first doctor, or will have some set of wacky criteria that they use to determine if they will give it to you. I got told a story from a nurse friend of a guy who literally lost his balls to cancer and still had to go have his bloods taken 2 months apart to prove that he had low test because that was the practices policy on prescribing TRT. That and I havent had a regular GP since I moved so any doctor I see is going to be our first meeting and I’m going to be like “Hey, I want testosterone please” which even with bloods is likely to go poorly.
We also have private TRT clinics, which is who I showed my results to because fuck jumping through the other hoops just to ask some questions and I’m absolutely eligible BUT (and this is me being a self aware grownup) the TRT clinic would never tell me about the possible pitfalls and side effects and negative experiences because they want my money and (If I’m honest) I DO want to look like Jack Reacher and private medical practices arent always known for setting healthy limits on their customers and being even more honest, I’m not super great at doing it to myself. I want the mental improvement as well as the physical, but I know how good I am at lying to myself about shit too.
So I’m trying to do research online but its a bit of a mixed bag, lots of heavy bias. I DO plan on talking to a GP before I make a concrete decision but I want to have smart questions to ask before I do.
I did catch the beginning of that one when I had a look on YT and I was planning on coming back to it, glad you recommended it because its a really good video.
Just dropping this one here too for anyone else curious on the topic. Its from a very “Bodybuilding and steroids” community viewpoint but also some good no-bullshit information.
Ive mentioned it in a other reply but theres a private TRT clinic thats happy to take my money and give me what I apparently need. But regular GPs often treat guys wanting TRT like junkies seeking pain meds. They will only prescribe it or recommend it if your levels are utterly fucked mine are pretty damn low but not abysmal.
Im going to talk to a GP before signing up (If I decide to) but I want to have smarter questions to ask than I have now.
Truth be told some of the supposed benefits of TRT are improved sleep, improved moods, feeling more “whole” and being less Irritable. Is it low because I sleep like shit and Im stressed or do I sleep like shit and I’m always stressed because its low.
Edot: That answer seemed a bit flippant, Theres a bit of light at the end of those tunnels, in that my daughter gets more reasonable every day and we just sold our old place and moved into a tiny shitshow of a place to save money while the new one is built so hopefully in 12 months she might ne going to bed on time in her nice new bedroom. Works always going to be work though.
I mean, I’m only reading the quotes and its laughably offensive. Like if you told me that was a sketch written by great comedy writers depicting an absolutely terrible comedian doing a bit Id say they went too far down stupid lane. Its so nuts it sounds like a parody.
Wouldnt it be amusing if everyone jumped on his facebook and asked him to review the Tec-9. I’m sure his depiction of what he thinks the average user of that gun would look and sound like wouldnt be at all horrifying.
Probably a gambit to remind people that Red Lobster exists and trying to pump the brand back up before offloading it or an attempt at a loss leader strategy hoping they would make up any loss on the shrimp in drinks and extras.
Ive explained it to people as "On the grand scheme of entertainment, its insane and not very good. On the scale of “indie films made on a $0 budget” its better than it has any right to be and for what it is, which is an animated science fiction war movie with no dialogue made in an ex soviet country on a pc by one guy its a fucking masterpiece. "
The worst part about my best concert story is that it was a Kid Rock concert. Imagine being 16, getting right into the middle of the crowd thinking “Im totally up for this” right before he opens up with Bawitaba…
You felt the anticipation build with the intro, like the whole growd just simultaneously shotgunned a whole pot of espresso. he started screaming his name. Some big ass dude behind me leaned over and shouted “Kid, when he says “Rock” jump for your fucking life.” and grabbed a fistful of the back of my hoodie. That dude kept me on my feet the whole song, Ive never been more scared or filled with adrenalin my whole life.
He might be a right wing asshat now, but 24 years ago his show was epic.
Dont be fishist man! How dare you assume his species. If he identifies as a salmon its fine, so long as he doesnt swim up my stream to spawn I’m fine with it.
Its all about a single Games Workshop game, The fantasy football one - Blood Bowl. Ben the guy who runs it is just so full of life about a nice of a niche of tabletop gaming that I do enjoy it, even if I never play anymore.
Shedding light on the possible reasons for a dip in such news coverage, a report released Friday found that school shootings were either way down or too depressing for the media to cover. “Really, there are two possibilities here: It could be that there’s been some remarkable progress on getting guns out of the hands of...
Edit: Yes affordability is the problem, but if demand keeps outrunning supply the situation will NEVER improve. The only way landlords will start to bring their prices down is when the tenant is the one with options.
The more houses built the better supply gets, the better supply gets the more prices will drop. Every one of these thats built and someone in the inner city scrapes together the cash to buy in suburbia frees up an apartment.
The thing is Lemmy is a pretty terrible cross section of society. Theres plenty of people in inner city apartments with solid careers who are fed the fuck up with living in an overpriced shoebox when they could buy a house in the suburbs, but those are overpriced too.
The more affordable all types of housing get the more everyone benefits, more supply is the only way to counter more demand.
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Got my bloods done and my Testosterone levels are LOW. I’m working out a lot and kind of pissed Ive been doing it on “hardmode” for god knows how long, but before I take the doc up on the script I’m doing my due diligence on the realities. It seems like every article I find is either written by a trt clinic or is a one...
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