BOMBA and açaí!

Is it just me or is this TRT thing more of an American thing? I have never heard of any of my friends in Europe ever talk about it, but many Americans are getting steroids from their doctors it seems :D

'normal' western life has led to male testosterone levels plummeting for a long time. In fact they've had to redefine 'normal range' multiple times because few of us would be normal range compared to 80 years ago.

I started about 6 months ago with the under skin pellets. The first dose helped, but wasn't high enough so this round they did more. It is definitely noticeable and I am glad I started. I am 37 but have a beat up body from football, wrestling, and being 300+lbs. The crap part is insurance won't cover injections or shots so I pay out of pocket. It is still worth it.

My experience was around the original posting of this thread, and started with me complaining to my doctor that I was 29 going on 60. I had done some research of my own and requested that my T levels be checked. Doc told me because of my family history, he wasn't even going to check that until I had a sleep study. Got my diagnosis of OSA, a prescription for a CPAP, and sent on my way. Went pretty deep down the rabbit hole, tried some CPAP alternatives that didn't work so well, and ended up back on CPAP again for a while. I never accepted the boilerplate solutions because of the REM concentration of the events (0 events nREM, 24.7/hr REM). Finally got into an ENT who rattled off a litany of findings that kept getting longer the deeper he shoved the camera up my nose. Went ahead with an extensive three in one nasal surgery which, alongside the stress elimination from BJJ, has cleared up all my issues nicely. The moral of the story is that the impact of sleep cannot be understated. I will never know if my test levels were actually depleted by my fractured sleep patterns or if the symptoms were simply the same, but I think anyone who is concerned about feeling poorly without an obvious cause should consider a sleep study. The medical insurance companies are starting to figure out that they pay out fewer claims if they can get people treating sleep apnea before it ruins their bodies, and it's becoming more apparent that it's not an issue endemic to fat old men.

I personally find it pretty weird how freely TRT is given out in America. I travel to train at the B-Team gym (name drop :D) and literally every time I go people just assume I'm on TRT because of my age and it seems I'm fairly athletic for someone my age. For the record, I'm the most milk toast guy in Jiu-Jitsu. Not on any PEDs unless you count my morning tea and creatine Post work out shake. Hell, I don't even drink alcohol. It's kind of strange that so many assume I'm on gear because I'm pushing 50 and, well, don't feel like I'm dying all the time. Admittedly, I benefit from a job that allows great work life balance and my wife and I don't have kids which definitely leaves more time for recovery and reduces Stress.

That's gotta be cool, to train with that bunch. BTW, creatine actually is a PED, though a legal one. One of the supplements that I would recommend everybody should take, regardless of their sport.