Is Testosterone making me fat?
Hi there everyone. Im new on this forum. I have a question about testosterone. Im a 52 year old male. I have low test and as result was prescribed test by a doctor about 18 months ago. i've just been taking a very low dosage. about 1/2 ml per week. It went well for quite a while but after some time I noticed it stopped having any effect even when I doubled the dosage to 1ml/week. My libido decreased and I couldnt put on muscle but the worst and most noticeable thing was it started making me put on a ridiculous amount of weight around my waist. It became pretty unsightly, like flab. And no amount of exercise seemed to be able to get rid of it while I was on the test.
I eat quite well and exercise regularly including cardio and weights and have had a PT to help. Even when I increased the cardio and dropped carbs I couldn't get rid of this flab. I went off the test and after a number of weeks of continuing to diet and exercise it very very slowly came off. After a few months I went back on the 1/2ml per week dose of test and after about 3 weeks the flab started again and no amount of dieting and exercise would get rid of it. So I've gone off it again. Its quite frustrating.
I dont think its aromatising as I'm not getting sore nipples or anything like that. Its just this flab issue plus as I said I completely lose my libido and also my ability to create muscle. It seems as though something is happening to convert the test into something that does the exact opposite of what it was prescribed to do.
Has anyone had this strange response to test? I dont really know much about this stuff so would really appreciate some advice here.
Thanks a lot!!
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