Libido issues

zzzofsweden · Nov 26, 2008

Hey guys I suffer from an extremly low libido and I'm not even in my mid 20's yet. I've been battleing this pretty much since i hit 16 but about 1.5 years ago it got worse. I got no sex drive what so ever now.

I've been to the doc and done all the tests. Kidneys, liver, blood lipids, cholestrol etc are very good. Blood pressure is a litte on the low side but not dangerously low.
My test levels where lower then any normal guy my age. So here comes the twist.
I asked my doc about hrt/trt and he pretty much laughed at me and said you are to young. He wanted to prescribe anti depresents since I hade told him I felt a little depresed, but how strange is that when you have the libido of an 80 year old and your'e not even mid 20's yet.
He also asked me about my previous medications. I told him that I had used roaccutan about 4 years ago for 1 year, of course under the supervision of a doctor with regular blood tests.
He then continued to ask me about what drugs I took and I told him none. He belived I had been doing AAS and my levels where low because of that. I shall add that I'm a natty.

So I went to another doc and pretty much got the same answer from him except he did not say that I had been cycling.

I really don't know what to do. Here in my country where I live this isn't really considerd a problem it seems. My thoughts are on hrt/trt but that practise is very new here. We are about 10 years after the US/UK it seems.

Any one who's had the same problems? What did you do? I'm tired of having the libido of someone 3 times my age.

/Thanks in advance

marooned · Nov 26, 2008

You had Estro levels checked with your blood panel, right? If those levels were high you might approach this different than if only your test is on the low side. There are some options to boost natural test levels by inhibiting the aromatise process which lowers the estro level and creates a more anabolic state. I don't know if thats the best idea at a young age and not the best solution to a medical problem. Keep looking for a Dr. who is willing to help you. I find the key to getting the medical help you need is finding the right Dr who will care about your problem and do what it takes to help you. Unfortunatly it usually isn't the first Dr you visit. Keep looking and keep checking to see why your Test is low. Low Test levels can have serious negative health effects over the long term of your life, even worse than low libido.

thebrick · Nov 26, 2008

marooned said:
You had Estro levels checked with your blood panel, right? If those levels were high you might approach this different than if your only your test is on the low side. There are some options to boost natural test levels by imhibiting the aromatise process which lowers the estro level and creates a more anabolic state. I don't know if thats the best idea at a young age and not the best solution to a medical problem. Keep looking for a Dr. who is willing to help you. I find the key to getting the medical help you need is finding the right Dr who will care about your problem and do what it takes to help you. Unfortunatly it usually isn't the first Dr you visit. Keep looking and keep checking to see why your Test is low. Low Test levels can have serious negative health effects over the long term of your life, even worse than low libido.

Agreed. And I might add, many anti depressants will only aggravate the libido problem, not help