Low testosterone

Hey everybody, so this really isn’t that important but it’s just something I wanted to ask you all.

So thanks to Lyme I have the testosterone of a 80 year old man.. ( I’m 21 years old) I don’t believe it will raise until I fix my health problems, which I’m working on but I’m really really wanting to try to get in better shape. Since becoming ill with Lyme I have really let myself go & I wanna change that but the low testosterone really stunts any muscle growth.

One point last year I really worked out hard & done evergbrubf right but wasn’t having progress & that’s when I found out my low twstoesone. & this was actually before I figured out I have Lyme and connected the two.

Basically I was thinking about taking some testosterone supplements to raise my levels but I’m not sure if that’s a good idea considering I do have Lyme disease. & posssibly some mild issue.

What’s your all’s opinion on this?

Not that I could come close to the level of research in Georgia's reply, my understanding as always been that high fat foods - especially nuts, seeds and good oils - supplementing zinc, and most effectively, weight lifting (high weight, low rep) where tolerated is instrumental in boosting testosterone.

Hi, My "doctor" who denied me Lyme diagnosis for 3 years jacked me up with TRT (I call him Dr. Lucifer) against my wishes. I told him, low T was a sign of an infection,parasite, and lyme. He ignored me. Then I got back up to normal levels (800) for my age and still felt sick, horrible skin rashes horrible back pain, insomia. Basically now I was jacked up with T and even more sick with lyme. Yes it was nice, I could do pull ups without working out and I lost weight. When I fired Dr. Lucifer and found a LLND (my state banned Lyme Doctors), they told me to stay on it. But one day I decided to stop it, cold turkey. Which is against the advice of everyone I know, and everything was fine.

I think a combination of Alinia and the 5-6 herbs I take, that plus the antibiotics, for my treatment helped me the most. Perhaps my T levels went back to normal with the Lyme protocol and I no longer need to inject T, or maybe I am very low -- I have not done any tests. But I feel fine now. I do not think I will go back to T now that I've fully stopped. It kills your sex drive and changes your personality. After I finish treatment with Lyme, I will look into this. I am hoping everything goes back to normal.

Now my sex drive is insane without T and I am symptomatic with lyme. I have to deal with it. I tried MACA pills, thinking it would help, but this made it even worse because it works really well. I bet if you start lyme treatment, after 6 months, your T will go up -- but like I said I never did any tests so I don't know. High fat, fiber, protein, and high fat -- did I say high fat, plus Maca can help. The Pro-T herbs you buy contain Turmeric, Maca, Selenium, and Zinc which I already take as part of my lyme (minus the Maca)

I was actually dx'ed with low Testosterone. My LL put me on Tribulis. I have not started it yet however. I have gained 15 lbs over 6 mos w/no change in diet or exercise. Most of my hormones were jacked but she only said to take Tribulis. I'm also hypothyroid.
I'm hoping that, along with the increase in T3 will help the weight issue.
I don't give a darn about libido. Just want to get rid of this darn nerve pain.

Well be mindful that there a quite a few so-called supplements that are sketchy. Be thorough with your research before taking. I only take the ones, usually in low test sampling quantities, from reputable sources with no extra ingredients. I've only found a handful that work for me. I look at the ingredients of pills supplements (like Onnit brand stuff) and buy small quantities of what's listed in its main ingredients, like for focus, stamina, energy, cordyceps, lions mane, siberian ginseng etc.

Well anyway listen to gfields because things can get fouled up if you take the wrong stuff. Case in point: I had taken Green Tea Extract (very strong stuff!) for a bit, to lose weight, until I found out it might have been killing my liver! As there was a young man that took that stuff and destroyed his liver, even had to have a transplant etc!! he was one of those wrestlers or weightlifters trying to "cut weight" or something. Just be careful.

and none of those "miracle" pills, gas station viagra type stuff!

Like I had taken Yohimbine and even Ephedrine way back to have energy to work out...but that REALLY jacked up my already high blood pressure...this was before I knew about my Lyme & Co. & Friends' MSIDS disease complex.

I had low T and ended up on TRT before figuring out I had Lyme and co. After a period of time (16 months or so) on the testosterone gel we decided to start weaning off of it, and by then I had been treating lyme for many months. My testosterone levels stayed within the normal limits for my age and well above where they were before treatment, long after stopping TRT completely. It was only when getting off the TRT that I learned that lyme can cause lower T levels. It all seems to make sense now, but I played sports regularly and lifted heavy weights 2-3/week and could never figure out why I had such low T.

Have you considered DHEA? It's way safer than test in the sense that it doesnt raise your estrogen levels to compensate