I have Sleep Apnea. When I was first diagnosed with it my total Testosterone was 233ng/dl on a scale of (241-827). That was in 2008. Switch to today and when I recently had blood work done my Total Test has dropped to 1.22 ng/ml on a scale of (1.75-7.81). These are Military scales BTW. But this time my LH was low 1.15mIU/ml on a scale of (1.24-8.62) but my FSH was normal 1.88mIU/mL on a scale of (1.27-19.26) and so was my TSH Sensitive 1.12(.34-5.60) uIU/ML and Prolactin 9.86(2.64-13.13 was normal as well. There was no evidence of Pitutitary tumor and other blood work came back good. Now I have been told from a urologist and Sleep doctor that Sleep Apnea can lower your LH and Testosterone.
It did not help that I gained weight from my first diagnoses of the apnea, from 232 to 255 back in November. Just lifting and eating and forgetting that I was getting older(I am 43) and can't do the same way I did 20 years ago. I also was only getting about 5 hours of sleep while using my CPAP. So I started dieting back in November and I have now dropped down to 227, and want to continue getting the bodyfat down even more(it was at 24%). When I took the bloodwork I was in the midst of dropping a lot of weight. Have you guys heard of Apnea affecting testosterone? I am ready to start Testosterone either by cycling or TRT. My military docs are no help at all. They wanted to start me on TEST C at 200mg once a month for three months. Crazy thing is I have no symptoms of Low T, NONE WHATSOEVER. Ughhhhhhh. Any thoughts, suggestions, etc. Thank you
It did not help that I gained weight from my first diagnoses of the apnea, from 232 to 255 back in November. Just lifting and eating and forgetting that I was getting older(I am 43) and can't do the same way I did 20 years ago. I also was only getting about 5 hours of sleep while using my CPAP. So I started dieting back in November and I have now dropped down to 227, and want to continue getting the bodyfat down even more(it was at 24%). When I took the bloodwork I was in the midst of dropping a lot of weight. Have you guys heard of Apnea affecting testosterone? I am ready to start Testosterone either by cycling or TRT. My military docs are no help at all. They wanted to start me on TEST C at 200mg once a month for three months. Crazy thing is I have no symptoms of Low T, NONE WHATSOEVER. Ughhhhhhh. Any thoughts, suggestions, etc. Thank you
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