ptsd Any Info On Testosterone Injections?

[nlualum82]

I got off a phone appt. with my PCP about an hour ago.

I told her sometime back that I was spending all my time laying around in my bedclothes, weaker and fatter as it progressed and I had blood taken twice a few weeks apart.

The labs showed low testosterone and apparently I will soon be starting a regimen of an injection every 2 weeks.

Any info will be appreciated. I have read a few things online but really don't know what to expect.

I'm hoping to regain a little motivation to shower and put clothes on every day, not spend most of every day in bed, maybe tackle a few simple things I hoped I'd get around to when I retired 2 years ago.

100% P&T

70% PTSD! depression and anxiety

70% bilateral hearing loss

10% tinnitus

10% otitis externa

10% l. knee injury

10% l. knee degenerative osteoporosis

[Valhalla0321]

So, i have private Dr. that subscribed me for low t.. any mention to the VA Doctors and they say.. no no no we dun do dat...man.. i hope you get some help with that, it can be so much of a drag, i feel ya on that, i am fighting the VA so much with contentions, i am not surprised they pull a fast one on ya by saying no no no.. but never kwit.

[nlualum82]

This is being prescribed by my VA primary care physician so I'm past that hurdle.

Hoping I will resume exercising and actually benefit from it.

[broncovet]

Testosterone is available in "patches", kind of like a band aid, or a gel you can apply to your skin, also. Im thinking your doc must think its excessively low to start you on injections.

[nlualum82]

My PCP said, "well, the way WE do it is...". It gave me the impression that in the opinion of herself and perhaps a group of people at this particular clinic only do it this way.

Thinking on it, it seems like a good way to weed out the ones who aren't serious about it or want the gel or patches to give or sell to weightlifters. If someone has a passing interest they are more likely to accept gel or patches than a needle, and the stuff only leaves the clinic in the patient.

Perhaps they start that way then make adjustments. I guess I'll see.

Last lab report shows my T at 2.1 compared to a normal range of 2.8 - 8.

This was a follow-up a week or two after I finished taking a supplement they prescribed for a vitamin D deficiency and the report lists "D25-OHC" as low at 28 against a normal of 30 - 100.

[nlualum82]

Just checked myhealthevet and it lists my new prescription as:

TESTOSTERONE CYP 200MG/ML IML IN OIL