Climbing out of the abyss

[kelkel]

One hell of a story and I'm very sorry to hear of your problems. It is great to see the amount of work that you've done to solve the issue. Putting a band aid on it is not a means to an end. Trauma, either head or testicular can impact hormone production. I'm surprised the doc's at the Mayo Clinic feel the need to actually see something on an MRI (pituitary or otherwise) to actually concur.

I've read studies on progesterone combined with Vit D as a possible remedy but can't remember the outcome of the research at the moment. Also, as you are no doubt aware pain meds in higher doses can also impact T levels. So your hormone levels are getting hit from two sides.

Easy to say "If it were me" but, I'd more than likely opt to start with a solid HRT protocol and give that some time on it's own and see how you do. Know that it can take months for the beneficial effects of testosterone replacement to help. It's also important that you have a doctor that understands hormone replacement as some are in the stone ages unfortunately.

This particular forum is really just for introductions but I wanted to respond to you. I will see about getting this moved to the HRT Forum for more responses.

Welcome!

[Todayistomorrow]

One hell of a story and I'm very sorry to hear of your problems. It is great to see the amount of work that you've done to solve the issue. Putting a band aid on it is not a means to an end. Trauma, either head or testicular can impact hormone production. I'm surprised the doc's at the Mayo Clinic feel the need to actually see something on an MRI (pituitary or otherwise) to actually concur.


Welcome!

Thank you and I appreciate you moving my thread to gain more insights into HRT!

In regard to Mayo, basically Post concussion symptoms and mTBI fall outside the standard protocol of care. There are no massive research trials that show any one of therapy of having success. Each injury is unique and complex that their answer is either to blame depression, or that some people just don’t get better.

Now that could be a possibility that it doesn’t matter what I do and my symptoms will stay with me forever. The overwhelming amount of evidence from my life experience and in general from people who don’t recover after 1 year, this shit never ends. Every day is Groundhog Day, no escape from the fog and pain. I like to say pain is my best friend, he never leaves my side.

Certainly after suffering for so long, depression/suicidal thoughts is going to come into play. SSRI’s did not work for me, and actually made me much worse. But I’d say it’s not really depression, it’s frustration going from doctor to doctor, going down countless rabbit holes, having your family and friends accuse you of being an addict because they read an article on CNN about the opioid crisis.