Old - new guy, looking for advice and info

[Dannyboy51577]

Yeah, ive had apnea for years. Although i do my best not to self diagnose or self medicate, there are certain things that are just clear and obvious. No doubt i have apnea, and very little doubt i have low t. But ill leave it to my doc for the time being.

Set up appt and saw doc this past thurs. He drew blood, and is setting me up for sleep study. So will see how that goes.

No doubt that the apnea causes some of the tired feeling, etc. But ive been dealing with that for almost 20 yrs. I know what that feels like. The last year or so is a whole different story. Its not the apnea causing the issues. Probably not helping, and making it worse. But got bigger probs than apnea. So hoping my doc will address it and not just push me off to an endocrinologist or something. Guess i gotta wait and see

[TRA]

Yeah, ive had apnea for years. Although i do my best not to self diagnose or self medicate, there are certain things that are just clear and obvious. No doubt i have apnea, and very little doubt i have low t. But ill leave it to my doc for the time being.

Set up appt and saw doc this past thurs. He drew blood, and is setting me up for sleep study. So will see how that goes.

No doubt that the apnea causes some of the tired feeling, etc. But ive been dealing with that for almost 20 yrs. I know what that feels like. The last year or so is a whole different story. Its not the apnea causing the issues. Probably not helping, and making it worse. But got bigger probs than apnea. So hoping my doc will address it and not just push me off to an endocrinologist or something. Guess i gotta wait and see

If you truly have obstructive sleep apnea it needs to be treated. It isn't a benign condition like "snoring." It is progressive and has serious complications: increased risk for sudden cardiac death, pulmonary hypretension (not the same as high blood pressure and harder to treat), etc., not to mention the daytime sleepiness that Scotchguard referenced. I wouldn't foo foo this diagnosis and would consider it completely separate from hormonal issues.

You may indeed be a candidate for TRT and the reason your doc is steering you away is simply ignorance. There is little training in med school on hormones but finding a doc who understands truly low testosterone is near impossible. The doc I found who is now giving up her practices, went through early menopause and was b@tsh*t crazy from it until diagnosed, so she was sympathetic to low T and totally related to how bad and crazy it can make you feel. She understood that running me at around 1100 total T on pellets gave me a normal life, as opposed to getting me just over the low end of normal, say at 350-400 with injections and thinking I should be fine. So when a doc is ignorant, which most are (and I can say that with confidence), they can't help it and time to move on unless they are receptive to learning.

[Dannyboy51577]

Very true, and im sincerely hoping that my doc isnt one of those that pushes it off because of lack of experience or desire to deal with the prob. If that is the case, ill habe to look for another doc. I can imagine the low t, hormones, etc, were probably not the biggest part of medical training a number of years ago. It really hasnt begun to pick up steam until recently, maybe last 10 or 15 yrs.

The apnea does need to be addressed. Im gonna have a sleep study scheduled in the next couple wks, then follow their advice and see how it works. For me, i dont get to a point that im falling asleep during the day, just dont feel rested, ever. I can sleep for 15 hours if i wanted, and another 15 the next night.