My Symptoms of Low Testosterone and how my Low T made me feel so awful - MyTestosteroneTherapy.com

Isn’t hypogonadism a horrible word!

The symptoms of Low Testosterone are wide and varied. I never realised just how much of our bodies depended upon the the good stuff. I will attempt to list what I can find and have researched.

Personally, I would prefer to share my own symptoms with you. This is how they affected me. I think we all have our own strengths and weaknesses and we will all react differently to being deficient in Testosterone.

Please remember I had all of these symptoms prior to getting a diagnosis. I thought I was a goner- that’s how strongly I felt affected by this condition.The only thing certain in my case is that as time has gone by the worse I have felt. I’d been working alot and put a lot of my symptoms such as fatigue and aches pains down to stress.

My Symptoms and how Low T affected me

Joint Pain and Muscle Ache

I felt at my worst in the morning just upon waking, I felt like a knackered stiff old dog struggling to get up and at ‘em. In particular it was my hips and knees and hands/knuckles that felt ‘puffy’ and swollen.

My Hair Growth Rate was slowing

No loss of hair anywhere on my body. BUT, the rate of growth of my facial hair has slowed dramatically.

Fatigue / So Tired and Weight Gain

I feel tired alot of the time even just after waking, Never feel like I get a good nights sleep. Weight gain and fat around my waist. My body does not seem to stuff it anywhere else at the moment!

Panic Attacks and Nervousness, Irregular Heartbeat

In the later stages prior to diagnosis I started to get bad panic attacks that would actually wake me up and cause me shortness of breath and a racing heart. Irregular heartbeat occasionally missing a beat with different intensity.This usually coincided with a panic attack. I think they are both related in my case. It would make me feel really uncomfortable and this was especially noticeable while laying down in bed. I could feel my pulse and not only was the beat irregular but some beats would be very weak and others strong. In particular coupled with the panic attacks definitely a nasty combo.

Bad Temper and negativity/ Aggression.

Temper, Temper. I certainly was a horrible person to share a house with. My kids are no angels but I would find myself snapping at them for the slightest thing. Mood swings and negative thoughts (Which I guess maybe could be mistaken for a form of depression?) I hadn’t noticed just how much this had changed me. I’d be jumping into DEFCON 1 at the first sign of any argument with my wife. Before all of this I was usually pretty calm and laidback. I was all Jekyll and Hyde, difficult to read and predict how I would react to things.

Impotent, little or no Erection.

I was condemed to a life of no sex. I had an understanding wife who I just couldn’t expect to remain understanding if this all carried on for much longer. Sheesh I’m mid 30′s not 90′s!

Poor memory,known commonly as “Brain Fog”

I almost forgot to actually put this down! Seriously, I’ve walked into a room in my house wondering just what on earth I had gone in there for. Even talking to myself saying “what have I come in here for.. remember, remember”. On a certain occasion that my wife still won’t let me forget. I had forgotten that I had left my 3 year old daughter in nursery school! That was definitely embarrasing. After that I now set an alarm clock to ‘remind me’ just incase I forget again. Simple arithmetic and calculations had become more complex for me. I started using lists for everything, so that I wouldn’t miss anything.