Posted by Phil on February 15, 2004, at 1:19:30
In reply to Re: Is testosterone more accepted now?, posted by rvanson on February 14, 2004, at 23:58:52
I disagree. I confess to not knowing how low you have to be to get testosterone but if you don't have enough, that's why it's there.
I live in Austin which is much different than many parts of the country and way different than across the pond.
See a psychopharmacologist. I have never had a problem with Klonopin which is a lifesaver and my family doc wouldn't hesitate to prescibe T if I didn't have enough. That is why it's there.
Your case is way different than an athlete taking crap steroids on advice of people at a gym, for instance.
Compare T to self administered steroids as you would Ritalin to methamphetamine. Compare Klonopin from a doc to eating handfuls of Quualudes in the 70's. I have never upped my dose or felt the need to with Klonopin. Stevie Nicks had problems with it but she also ran thru a kings ransom worth of coke daily. She's great but she's still in denial, blaming the drug, not the fact that she ate it like french fries. A good doc will never hesitate prescribing what's needed but there are tons of docs that enjoy watching people suffer instead of prescribing a benzo. Benzophobia rules the UK from what I've heard and read here.
If you have panic attacks and constant anxiety that nothing can touch, not prescribing a benzo is irresponsible(unless you are like Stevie Nicks).
Anyway, if you are just a tiny bit low on T, it won't help matters to take it and could hurt you. Good docs prescribe on medical necessity.
And yes, low T mimics depression almost to the T so, of course they'll prescibe it. If they won't, you are seeing the wrong doctor.
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