mendsI had this dr. Michael chrysalis and I'd like to talk to you about testosterone this is a quick
brief rundown on testosterone is it for you what are the benefits what are the side effects so I do
see a lot of patient when it comes to hormonal balancing so when it comes to testosterone in
particular I treated a lot of men and women with low testosterone and what are some of the signs of
symptoms low testosterone fatigue is used the most common thing I see the next common thing
is like low sex drive another thing I usually see is like low mood low motivation down and
depressed sorts feelings some people can actually have weight gain as well and so when it comes to
checking out your testosterone levels what do you do what are some labs works and what some
tests that you need to do testosterone check is a it's a blood draw so no need to fast for this one
but it's a blood dry you do I typically recommend checking your testosterone levels first thing in
the morning so early morning we try to get your testosterone levels at the optimal levels which
is typically in the morning so don't want to check it later in the day so first time in the
morning sometimes I'll check it a second time just to confirm diagnosis of low testosterone
and that's a big range especially for men ranges anywhere from 300 to 1100 or a thousand for your
total testosterone and just because you're on the low end you might be indicated to
have testosterone now there's other testosterone markers I checked the blow worried it's not just
total testosterone like need I need to check free and bioavailable testosterone other more active
forms of testosterone total testosterone also included bound up testosterone that's just as
other proteins stuck to it which inactivates it and really doesn't hold do a whole lot for you
so I like to look at those markers and it's good to rule out other labs as well that's
contributing to fatigue is your thyroid off are you are you just having the wire are you anemic
so there's a number of things you want to rule out first before starting testosterone and then
you also want to find out what's causing the low testosterone testosterone normally drops
in men and women as we age but I had treated number of folks who are in their late 30s and
40s for example with low testosterone what's causing it to drop so often not what I see
what causes it to drop it's actually high-stress super high stress it's kinda like these first
world problems were just burned out because well worked in all the time not getting enough sleep
not enough exercise and then actually dropped your testosterone there's other things that
will drop it to sleep apneas to be shown to drop it if you're if you're obese testosterone if you
have a big belly testosterone can convert it to it estrogen more often which we don't want and
then and so weight can contribute to it and all the things associated with obesity like diabetes
heart disease all of those show kind of slow lower your testosterone levels so we have to identify
and treat the underlying issue rather than just putting testosterone the system we have to try
to focus on boosting it naturally too so there's a number of treatments as well which I typical for
patients what are the indications what are the potential side effects what are the benefits to
big side effects that get concerned about with testosterone but it's not just everyone can do
it it's it's really individual individualized treatment there are testosterone and shot form
cream form pellet form there's even some possibly like nasal spray for more nasal gel form but most
common GZA creams or shots or pellets pellets earlier you implant those under the skin which
slowly dissolve over time but the two biggest side effects of testosterone is it can raise
your blood pressure I keep picking up that blood too which can make you more prone to
strokes or heart attacks so you gotta make sure it's truly indicated for you if you want to go
on testosterone replacement there's also things to focus on to really try to boost it naturally
that's of course stress reduction managing stress may be sure you're not obese so eating healthy and
having a lot a good technique of reducing stress whether that's meditation exercise prayer etc so
that's always indicated those ways to boost it naturally and in addition to if you really need
to go on testosterone so those were some of the basic things about testosterone when it comes
to treatment I'll go over those few options for you whether it's straight up testosterone or the
precursors of the building blocks to stimulate testosterone production so hopefully this is
just a quick rundown of to Sasha and hopefully that helped out and I'll talk to you guys later