28 year old male, 6' 185lbs, bodyfat likely in the high teens, fat stored around waist. Very thin all my life, started taking the gym seriously around 3 years ago and have put on roughly 15lbs since starting. Train 4-5x a week, on a modified 5/3/1 program. Bench/squat/dead are 215/365/425lb.
Went to the Doc as over the last few years my libido has been dropping steadily to the point where I no longer get morning wood, cannot maintain during sex and just overall have lost the drive that was once there. He immediately wanted blood work, seemed quite keen and said if it comes back low it's as simple as TRT. Results came back as follows for 2 tests, cancelled the third based on first two results (wtf). To note, this is a military doctor, so my ability to go elsewhere or push for more is not great and I have to tread lightly.
Testosterone total : 1st 18.9 nmol/L (544ng/dl), 2nd 13.7 nmol/L (394ng/dl)
bio avail: 1st 8.4 noml/L (242ng/dl), 2nd 6.3 nmol/L (181ng/dl)
free: 1st 357 pmol/L (97 pg/ml), 2nd 270 pmol/L (73 pg/ml)
Solution he offered was erectile medication, a band-aid which doesn't address my low libido. Should be numbers cause me concern? If both came back as high as the first, I wouldn't be too concerned. Input? Thanks!
Went to the Doc as over the last few years my libido has been dropping steadily to the point where I no longer get morning wood, cannot maintain during sex and just overall have lost the drive that was once there. He immediately wanted blood work, seemed quite keen and said if it comes back low it's as simple as TRT. Results came back as follows for 2 tests, cancelled the third based on first two results (wtf). To note, this is a military doctor, so my ability to go elsewhere or push for more is not great and I have to tread lightly.
Testosterone total : 1st 18.9 nmol/L (544ng/dl), 2nd 13.7 nmol/L (394ng/dl)
bio avail: 1st 8.4 noml/L (242ng/dl), 2nd 6.3 nmol/L (181ng/dl)
free: 1st 357 pmol/L (97 pg/ml), 2nd 270 pmol/L (73 pg/ml)
Solution he offered was erectile medication, a band-aid which doesn't address my low libido. Should be numbers cause me concern? If both came back as high as the first, I wouldn't be too concerned. Input? Thanks!
