Be careful wha you wish for...
I never felt the need or found it necessary to see my family doctor, I feel like I'm in the best shape of my life right now; in my prime, never felt better! ^_^
But, truth is (now that I've gotten checked out) I've always felt a little off; depressed, moody at times, apathetic to the point of living just to exist, trouble concentrating, etc. Sooo I went to my doctor to get checked out. Blood test results show ....*drum roll*.... I have low testosterone levels.
My first instinct was this happens to old men, and years of lifting weights have done me in. But, my doctor said that low testosterone is normal, it happens to males as they age and I would have been diagnosed with it regardless of going to the gym 3 squares a week or not.
So my doctor writes me a prescription for testosterone ointment that I need to rub in my skin once a day for the next 2 months to get me leveled out, said I should not feel any aggression, go through any hair loss, or any of the horrible effects that steroids give because I'm leveling out my testosterone levels, and not going overboard.
Wellll, then he tells me something a bit disturbing; within a months time of taking this I will but on more muscle mass. I then look at him like an arm is growing out of his forehead and cringe a little as I ask how much more...I'm told the average male puts on 10 - 15 pounds worth. Greaaaat, terrific. So, now I may invest in large to extra large shirts/pants so I can hide the fact that I look like a gorilla.
I try to work out, keep myself feeling young and strong so when I get older I won't have too many complications and father time still figures out a way to put years of discipline and eating right against me.
I hate getting old. >: /
But, truth is (now that I've gotten checked out) I've always felt a little off; depressed, moody at times, apathetic to the point of living just to exist, trouble concentrating, etc. Sooo I went to my doctor to get checked out. Blood test results show ....*drum roll*.... I have low testosterone levels.
My first instinct was this happens to old men, and years of lifting weights have done me in. But, my doctor said that low testosterone is normal, it happens to males as they age and I would have been diagnosed with it regardless of going to the gym 3 squares a week or not.
So my doctor writes me a prescription for testosterone ointment that I need to rub in my skin once a day for the next 2 months to get me leveled out, said I should not feel any aggression, go through any hair loss, or any of the horrible effects that steroids give because I'm leveling out my testosterone levels, and not going overboard.
Wellll, then he tells me something a bit disturbing; within a months time of taking this I will but on more muscle mass. I then look at him like an arm is growing out of his forehead and cringe a little as I ask how much more...I'm told the average male puts on 10 - 15 pounds worth. Greaaaat, terrific. So, now I may invest in large to extra large shirts/pants so I can hide the fact that I look like a gorilla.
I try to work out, keep myself feeling young and strong so when I get older I won't have too many complications and father time still figures out a way to put years of discipline and eating right against me.
I hate getting old. >: /