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Hello everyone I am a new member and new to all of this. I can't seem to figure out how to start a thread or ask a question so please forgive my ignorance but I need some advice/help and would greatly appreciate some feed back....apologies but this might be long. Quick background the last 6 years I have had some issues which I now belive to be from low T levels. I had some blood work in 2014 and recently in 2014 my levels were 6 that's what the doc told me. I don't get copy of my lab results so I don't know anything except what they tell me. My symptoms for the last 4-6 years have been no energy, no sex drive and when it did happen o had a hard time staying erect and didn't get much enjoyment from it. I felt sluggish in my brain and was struggling at work and all I wanted to do was sleep. My bones ached and most of the time I felt almost sick and it didn't matter how my diet was good or bad I just kept packing fat on my stomach. My doc back then put me on anti depressants and said I was depressed those didn't help anything and made me feel more sick. A couple months ago I started taking test shots when I found out my levels in 2014 were at 6 and my thyroid was working just fine so that's ruled out. I started with 1cc of enthanate 250ml every 3 days and am now taking that dose once every 5 days. All my negative symptoms are gone my sex drive and enjoyment are back. I have energy and can concentrate on work and going to the gym. In the 2 months I have been on a good diet and with the test and gym have lost 45 pounds and can actually feel muscle where as before I was just big and soft. I went from 315 to 270. I'm 6'3 and am stocky my ideal weight is 220 which is my end goal. My problem is my doctor isn't on board with me taking the shots and wants me on SSRI (seratonin pills). I don't want to take them and want to try and be as safe and smart about taking the test as I can be. I don't know what to do without proper support from a doctor but I do know that I can't go back to how I was my health is way more at risk if I continue to be fat and have no energy. As it stands I'm lucky I'm not diabetic. Please help with any advice or info that may help currently I'm just trying to take a dose that I can maintain cause I feel I may have to take this for life. My doc thinks it's hypogonadism but wants me off the test to run more tests to be sure.
Can't you find a real doctor? The sort of an endo, or an urologist? Where you from?

What's your age?

You must pretend a copy of bloodwork from doc. I will tell you a secret: your health belongs to you, not him. You have your rights as a patient. Be more confrontative. If you feel worse on the SSRI crap then don't take it.

Now that you have commenced taking exogenous Test on your own some precious data including pituitary LH&FSH are lost, due to negative feedback (suppression). Those are needed to tell testicular failure from secondary (ie in the brain or pituitary) causes of low t. Another thing useful to know is Prolactin, as elevated levels (ie. from a tumor) can also lower endogenous T. If these were included in bloodworks ordered by your doc it would be great, also in the eventuality you decide to consult another doc.

I encorauge you to get a proper diagnosis and prescription. The dose your on is a "cycle" one and not a regular TRT protocol. It will also drove your E2 levels insane and those can trigger serious issues. This supposing you aren't taking an AI.

It's a wonder how your first bloods date back to 2014 and your doc is still about "running more tests". That probably means he doesn't know what he's doing. If the levels you reported - 6 - are in nmol/l (173 ng/dl), that means it's super low, and you're in full right of appropriate therapy.