hormone results

[Zircon]

hey all

28 years old 5'11 170 lbs, currently about 12% but because I haven't had time to work out the last 3 months dedicated. Used to be 176 at 10%.

When I was 23 or so I experienced a marked drop in libido, partly I think due to a traumatic sexual experience. Currently my libido is not really existant (don't really think of sex ever) and my morning wood is usually erratic or for a while non existant.

I had a small procedure done recently for phimosis (narrowing of the foreskin) and I'm still having a couple of problems with it (tight foreskin a bit of swelling etc - op was 6 weeks ago). Perhaps that is affecting me mentally. In the past it is likely that phimosis was an obstacle for me to get decent erections. Currently my erections virtually without fail go up with a girl for a while and then 5-10 min later I just lose it.

I'va had hormone tests and they look ok, but not great.

17 b 95.5 44 - 207
fsh 1.7 1.2 - 15.8
lh 5.2 1.3 9.6
proges 2.5 0.7 - 4.7
shbg 34.9 11.4 - 52.3
tot test 16.83 7.3 - 27
free test 340.2 181 - 536

everything is pretty much ballpark except fsh (not too important for men im told) and total test which I suspect is a bit low for a healthy 28 y old.

This being said, the test was done at 16:00, whereas I believe it should be done between 6-9 in the morning.

Anyhow, that's my results. I think a lot of it is my mind, but I have another small op coming up to fix up the foreskin tightness.

After that I'm not sure how I will go as currently and for the last couple of years I have really not been interested in sex, except for the odd time here and there.

cheers

 

[thelion2005]

If your mind associates sex with pain, and you are not SM, it no wonder you are shut down. I would hope that if a surgical procedure frees you of pain, you'll have no problem and maybe make up for lost time.

It is easy to raise yout test levels with a prescription of Androgel or Androil. You can try that for 90 days with little risk.

 

[Zircon]

is tht really worth it? is androgel etc not a pain to use - ie why do many ppl prefer injects over androgel?

Is this something I should ask my endo about if I have a problem with sex drive? Even though my values look ok?

Do the hormone results for me look ok?

And if I did androgel etc for 90 days or whatever, won't I be shutdown to seom extent?

Thanks
Z

 

[pursuit]

In short, your levels seems absolutely fine, especially considering that the tests were done at 16:00.

 

[Zircon]

Thanks thts good to hear. I'll have them done again in the morning some time and possibly a few times after that (as sometimes i feel very up and down etc, I wondered if it was varying hormones).

I think i'll need to test thyroid levels as well. I really struggle to put on weight.

Don't want to make issues out of nothing, so I'll make sure of hormones and then move on

Above questions I'm keen to have answers fro as they give me a plan to work on and improve the situation

thanks