Posted by Maria3667 on August 6, 2009, at 12:58:42
In reply to ANY EXPERIENCES WITH TESTOSTERONE FOR DEPRESSION?, posted by deprime82 on August 2, 2009, at 11:56:46
Hi !
Well for me testosterone supplementation certainly worked.
I've tried both the gel as injections, on seperate occassions.
On both occassions I felt a bunch better. More resilent, less sensitive to remarks, more happy with myself in general.... no to mention libido increase!!
Couldn't try it longer, because of side effects (masculinzation).Just my 2 cents.
Maria
> hey!
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> i have done 3 tests on global and bioavailable testosterone and at least the global testosterone was each time too low (although the test was conducted in the early morning).
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> it was each time around 2.8 ng/ml of global testosterone (the bioavailable was okay)..
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> at that time i was on 10mg lexapro and 5mg selegiline - maybe testosterone was suppressed a little by these meds, but in my opinion testosterone would be a starting-point for treatment of my depression (i am not treatment refractory, ssris always helped me very well, but motivation was always a problem).
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> i have got no real libido problems, but i suffer from endogenous depression when i am not on ADs..
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> beard growth isn't very dense.
> as i am only 24 years old, I wonder if the low testosterone could contribute to my depression or if the testo level is a result of 5 years of SSRI use...?
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> any help would be appreciated..
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> yours, dep82
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