30yrs old, 1 functioning testicle, feeling low. TRT needed?
Hey all,
I was hoping I could get a bit of your wisdom.
I'm 30 5'6 skinny-fat and small framed. When I was around 6 years old I'd had a surgical procedure to bring down an undecended testicle. Ever since, it just hasn't developed. I've as far back as I can remember into my teenage years, had trouble with my memory and retaining key items. I've gone up and down since then, but in the last year it's gotten terribly worse - I forget things people tell me sometimes moments later (though, not always, I can certainly function in the world). This brought to get a better idea of what it might be, and when I came across low t, I could believe all of the symptoms I seem to have. I've made a list and it's not looking good:
- hair loss (since I was 22)
- grey hair (since I was 20 I was getting them here and there, now I have about 10-20 percent coverage)
- difficulty developing muscle (I used to work out, even with friends, I tone a bit but gain nearly nothing)
- increase in abdominal fat (older I get on the same diet, more fat I gain around my belly)
- thin frame
- sleepy during day and taking naps (I can sleep more during the day and at night than my pregnant wife)
- weak nails
- frequent urination (waking at night to urinate)
- low body hair (i have chest, leg and facial hair, but compared to the men in my family (we're middle eastern) I look like a 15 year old boy , my body hair is thin and not dense)
- weak word recall (I used to be a great speller, now I forget how to spell even basic words)
- weak focus (getting dramatically worse)
- foggy memory (getting dramatically worse)
- low sex drive (I can have sex between once a week and once a month - I've even gone longer in long term relationships and not noticed)
- low quantity of semen
- lack of energy (just don't have a lot of desire to do things or overall energy during the day)
- deceased strength over time
- weak ejaculations
- difficulty getting out of bed in the morning, regardless of amount of sleep
- no desire to workout/be active
- less drive during everyday life and work
- Almost no aggression
So I went to see a doc, told them and they had me do labs. They only tested Total T, but I came out to 480 ng/dl and she told me that was very normal. I couldn't believe it, thought I'd be much lower! So they said it wasn't that, and found that I had a vitamin d deficiency, so I've been cookin in the sun and taking vitamin d supplements for the last few months, but I feel exactly the same. Could it be that I just have low Free T? I feel like it's 98% certain that I have low t and probably have since I was a kid. My body completely is a tanner stage 4. Narrow shoulders and all of that.
So what do you guys think, based on my symptoms?
PS I'm going to see another doc this week and asking to have a complete workup.
Thanks ahead of time for any help.
Hey all,
I was hoping I could get a bit of your wisdom.
I'm 30 5'6 skinny-fat and small framed. When I was around 6 years old I'd had a surgical procedure to bring down an undecended testicle. Ever since, it just hasn't developed. I've as far back as I can remember into my teenage years, had trouble with my memory and retaining key items. I've gone up and down since then, but in the last year it's gotten terribly worse - I forget things people tell me sometimes moments later (though, not always, I can certainly function in the world). This brought to get a better idea of what it might be, and when I came across low t, I could believe all of the symptoms I seem to have. I've made a list and it's not looking good:
- hair loss (since I was 22)
- grey hair (since I was 20 I was getting them here and there, now I have about 10-20 percent coverage)
- difficulty developing muscle (I used to work out, even with friends, I tone a bit but gain nearly nothing)
- increase in abdominal fat (older I get on the same diet, more fat I gain around my belly)
- thin frame
- sleepy during day and taking naps (I can sleep more during the day and at night than my pregnant wife)
- weak nails
- frequent urination (waking at night to urinate)
- low body hair (i have chest, leg and facial hair, but compared to the men in my family (we're middle eastern) I look like a 15 year old boy , my body hair is thin and not dense)
- weak word recall (I used to be a great speller, now I forget how to spell even basic words)
- weak focus (getting dramatically worse)
- foggy memory (getting dramatically worse)
- low sex drive (I can have sex between once a week and once a month - I've even gone longer in long term relationships and not noticed)
- low quantity of semen
- lack of energy (just don't have a lot of desire to do things or overall energy during the day)
- deceased strength over time
- weak ejaculations
- difficulty getting out of bed in the morning, regardless of amount of sleep
- no desire to workout/be active
- less drive during everyday life and work
- Almost no aggression
So I went to see a doc, told them and they had me do labs. They only tested Total T, but I came out to 480 ng/dl and she told me that was very normal. I couldn't believe it, thought I'd be much lower! So they said it wasn't that, and found that I had a vitamin d deficiency, so I've been cookin in the sun and taking vitamin d supplements for the last few months, but I feel exactly the same. Could it be that I just have low Free T? I feel like it's 98% certain that I have low t and probably have since I was a kid. My body completely is a tanner stage 4. Narrow shoulders and all of that.
So what do you guys think, based on my symptoms?
PS I'm going to see another doc this week and asking to have a complete workup.
Thanks ahead of time for any help.
