Low Testosterone

I was wkndering if there are any men on here currently taking testosterone replacement therapy. If so I have skme questions I would like to ask.

What specific treatment are you using? IE : topical creams, pills, injections, etc.

How do you feel physically over all now compared to before?

Did it substantially improve your sexual performance and/or libido?

Did you loose weight and if so how much?

Have you noticed any adverse side effects and if so what are/were they?

I have been taking testosterone replacement therapy for about a year. We researched the various methods of administration...... creams being the most common, but are extremely expensive and run the risk of exposing my wife to it. We settled on injections, which cost only about $100 for a 3-month supply, and we have lot's of fun when I pull my pants down and expose my bare ass to her so she can inject me. Here's the answers to your questions:

How do you feel physically over all now compared to before?

I am as horny as a 16-year-old (I'm sixty now). I love it, but my sexual needs have exceeded those of Sirensong's (my wife). We manage though.... when she's not in the mood, occasionally she'll have me masturbate for her which takes the edge off for a day or so.

Did it substantially improve your sexual performance and/or libido?

It has not improved my "performance". I still get and maintain nice erections, I just get them more often. As for libido... see above - I'm like a 16 year old.

Did you loose weight and if so how much?

Nope, not an ounce.

Have you noticed any adverse side effects and if so what are/were they?

Yes, Sirensong likes to spank my naked ass before she gives me the shot...... so I have a strange (but nice) warm tingling sensation on my ass cheeks twice a month! 😃

Damn.....I wish I could get my doctor to give me one of them shots!

Just got married to a lady that is 19 years younger than me and I could really use a boost.

Geminitom, what is the specific brand name that you use?

I have been on weekly testosterone injections since August 2012. The first one did nothing that I could tell. The SECOND one kicked in a couple of days after the injection and made me crazy horny for a whole day. I remember that day quite well because it was my 57th birthday, and my partner was having shoulder surgery that day. So I was stuck in a hospital waiting room trying not to go insane with lust. It was NOT that much fun!

Since that day, though, I have not had a repeat of that libido surge. The injections have caused my T levels to rise into the high-normal range, but other than that I have had just a few positive results from the therapy. My mood has improved somewhat, allowing me to reduce the level of antidepressants I was taking by a third. I have noticed less frequency of a "foggy-headed" feeling at work when trying to concentrate. But I feel as tired as before (my own fault, since I don't really get as much sleep as I should.) And my sex drive has been still pretty low; I seem to go in definite up and down cycles, with the "down" ones being more common.

I'm on four different medications that can cause or contribute to erectile dysfunction, and they definitely have that result on me. Viagra and Cialis have no effect. I realized that my weight was probably a big factor, too, so in February 2013 I decided I needed to get into better shape if I wanted to have any chance of my dick working again.

I started eating better and working out, and I lost 30 pounds. Whether or not taking the testosterone helped with losing weight is hard to say; I think my diet was the main factor, followed by exercise. I've been keeping an eye on the scale and have managed to keep my weight fairly stable.

Has the weight loss helped my libido? Again, it's hard to tell. It increased my confidence in how I look and let me wear things that I looked better in, so I started to get more attention and a lot of offers to play. But there are still a lot of times when I am just not in the mood. My last play session (with a guy I met on this site) let me indulge in all of my medfet fantasies for the first time, but it seems to have drained me of most sexual interest for awhile.

I continue to take testosterone shots every week just so that I don't get any worse. I'm doing a fair amount of muscle work with a trainer, and I hope it will help with that (I'm making progress, though it's slower than I'd like). Ironically probably the biggest thing I have gotten out of it is the opportunity to play with injections a bit, even though I end up being the recipient. I always load up the syringe myself, and at least that gives me a bit of a kinky thrill!

I think the shots are worth it because they are inexpensive and not very painful, and they seem to be having at least some positive effect. I just wish they would work half as well as they did the second time, before my body apparently adapted to the dosage.

I've been on TRT for eight years. Currently I use two packets of Androgel every morning.

I gained weight when I started (I was underweight) and have stayed a healthy weight.

My libido is much stronger, but it faded after a couple years and I had to double the dose. Since then, it has been very strong.

Not a huge difference in erection quality.

It does cause testicles to shrink.

Docs do require more prostate exams because of it.

Let me know if you have any other questions about it.

P

So for the past few years wife and I have been trying to get pregnant.

I had varicocele surgery because my count had plummeted from 20M to less than 1M.

My T is low but my urologist has told me that to bring that up I would need low T treatment but that would kill sperm and I would not get wife knocked up.

So he told me chlomid could help but that the varicocele surgery would be the key factor.

Well, a year or so later and it's still low...

I started noticing that I can get an erection but lose it easily. I have lost about 20lbs in a year, my tricglicerydes are high but have improved, bad cholesterol is normal but in the high end of the normal range. Good cholesterol is too low which is genetical.

So are my erection issues because of my low T?

If i masturbate, i precum even soft and then as I get close to orgasming i get firm and then it dies down quickly after ejaculation.

Chubby, With all due respect here and I am absolutely not trying to come across as rude here. Please remember that due to my recent illness I sometimes struggle with concepts as well as short term memory at times. Please keep that in mind as you read the following.

I appreciate your post, and I am sorry for what you are going through. Usually when people post things they have a question they are asking, or they are looking for more information, something. I read your post and I am not sure what or how to comment on it. And unless this is your first day here, and I know that it is not, then you know I of all people is seldom at a loss for words, lol.

Your post is very personal, which I for one greatly appreciate. I believe that posts like yours are what set this forum far above that of other kink sites especially. Maybe I am over thinking this, but why did you share this with us? I would hate nothing more than after someone decides to share personal issues that others don't reply to you. So please can you tell us how we can help you, respond to you, or answer questions you might be having?

Thanks in advance,

Mashie

Just wanted to see if others that maybe went through something simile can share what they went through.

I'm 34 and it feels safer and less embarrassing to ask here in my anonymous status than to my doctor.

I searched online and can't find a definete answer if low T can cause ED. I don't mean to offend anyone.

Oh Chubby, you are not offending anyone and I hope you didn't get that from my reply to you. I usually can read people fairly well and sensed that you just were not telling your story just to be telling your story. Most people as I said are looking for something, answers, to know they are not alone etc. Just as you are.

I understand how it can be sometimes easier to discuss private things with strangers. It's a safe way to get information, to be heard, or to get questions answered just to name a few.

I have to be completely honest with you, I know absolutely nothing about what you are going through your medical condition and what not. I just don't have that kind of medical knowledge to help you and I am sorry for that.

With that being said, I hope some of our members who know more than myself or who have been in your shoes step up to the plate and help you. I know it's easier said than done, but please do not be afraid or embarrassed to talk to your doctor. Trust me when I tell you, she/he has heard it all before and your doctor will know, or should know how to answer your questions and help you better.

I wish you the best of luck here and if I find out anything I will be sure to pass that information along to you. In the meantime, I greatly appreciate your posts. You are articulate and friendly. We need more members like you, so thank you.

Mashie

Has anyone had good increase in testosterone with vitamins and exercise ? They say rigorous exercise and certain vitamins like folic acid are a way to increase testosterone naturally. Some people say they haven't had much increase with it.

Turmeric is said to help as well.

I'm fortunately not in a situation where I'm concerned about low testosterone yet, but every time I see something about "boosting testosterone" I wonder if it would also boost the rate of growth of my prostate as well.

If so it would seem like a bit of a Morton's fork, although I imagine that on testosterone replacement you'd at least be able to enjoy sex more until the prostate finally screws everything up for you, whereas without it you'd just be sitting and waiting for the inevitable.

I have low-T so in the morning I always rub some Andro-Gel on my shoulders. I guess it does something keep my 60-year old body in contact with my horniness.

As for weight, I haven't lost a single pound.

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