Among the many symptoms related to ANDROPAUSE, chronic depression is one of the most difficult.
MALE MENOPAUSE DEPRESSION is often caused by low testosterone levels. Testosterone is important to the proper functioning of the male body -- and mind.
Low testosterone levels are termed hypogonadism, a medical term for a defect of the gonads that results in the underproduction of testosterone.
Nearly 40% of andropausal males have hypogonadism. Men with low levels of the testosterone hormone are far more likely to be diagnosed with depression.
