Posted by stann on May 13, 2004, at 23:42:13
In reply to Re: Testosterone info » stann, posted by BarbaraCat on May 13, 2004, at 13:48:39
> > Does the cream contain synthetic testosterone or a natural form.
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> **I don't know if it's the same testosterone cypionate as in the injectable but it is a natural form. There are probably other forms of natural T but I'm not up on the specifics.
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> >>Are you aware of any other natural forms to get T??
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> **DHEA is a precursor to testosterone but it's also a precursor to estrogen. Depending on the levels of other hormones in your body, you can get unwanted effects.
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> > My urologist said a man can not have to much T in his system.
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> **That's absolutely not true!! Perhaps you misunderstood? Too much can cause aggression, anxiety, acne, prostate cancer, excess body hair, head baldness.
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> >>When I had my reaction to andriol my T levels were very high. It caused me to have a lot of suicidal thoughts.Very scary!!
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> **If your levels were high already, it's no wonder. Maybe you don't need to supplement if you've already got too much? Hormones are a tricky business to get everything working together just right. If one starts predominating it can cause a whole cascade of imbalances.
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> You might want to get your basline levels through some testing. Saliva tests seem to be more accurate than blood tests, and measure the whole hormonal picture instead of just one. Most mainstream docs, especially urologists, don't know about or believe in saliva testing so you probably won't get much support there.
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> You can order saliva tests without going through a doctor from ZRT labs, which is the lab my naturopath uses. There's alot of good info on the website and you can probably contact them for more. Here's the website:
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> http://www.salivatest.com/Thanks for the info,
When I had my original T test it was very low and between different treatments my t levels came back very low. I am 40 years old and my doc said this was unusual for a man my age. I thought it might have been caused by all the ssri antidepressants I had been taking but my doc said not likly. I have read that ssri's can cause T levels to lower. I am not on an ssri at this time so I might stop the patch an see if my T will return to normal.By the way, it is my free flowing T that shows up the lowest.
Thanks again......
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