My Primary Dr says High T levels may be causing my problems?
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BG0013
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My Primary Dr says High T levels may be causing my problems?
Hey everybody. This is strange... I went to the doctors and had to get blood work done for something totally different... One of the things he checked was my testosterone levels... They came back at 1247, when normal is between 200 and 800. He thinks that the high levels may be causing me my problems... I asked him how he said he wasn't sure, and reccomended an endo... Did anyone ever hear of this happening?
Age 21.. | Symptoms: Extreme discomfort in bladder, and lower abdomen.. To the point that I can't sit still, and sleep, can't do anything.. The only that will help is getting into the bath... Urinary frequency, Urinary hesitancy, sometimes taking a few minutes to get just a little bit out.. Sometimes lower back pain when I lay down at night.. Never have the golf ball feeling everybody talks about, and never have a problem sitting down.. Helps: Hot baths, Xanax (but makes me extremely tired), stretching (it seems like only sometimes), pain killers (ex: Percocet, but if I take them, they end up making me worse the next days following, probably due to the urinary retention they cause).. Makes worse: Stress is the main main thing, caffeine and spicy foods too, but not really a whole whole lot.. only a moderate amount..
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LightningTree
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Hey there,
That's an interesting hypothesis. I can tell you that my testosterone levels are in the normal range for someone my age (~30), based on bloodwork done a few months ago.
My symptoms differ from yours though, in that mine are largely pelvic pain, with bladder and urinary symptoms being very sporadic, having only occured 2 or three times, lasting about a week, over the last year. So we might be dealing with different scenarios.
Edit: I should add that there are people with normal rectal tension, with the same symptoms as me. But when I reduce my rectal tension my pain levels drop significantly. So differing clinical evidence does not indicate that you shouldn't pursue the hypothesis further.
That's an interesting hypothesis. I can tell you that my testosterone levels are in the normal range for someone my age (~30), based on bloodwork done a few months ago.
My symptoms differ from yours though, in that mine are largely pelvic pain, with bladder and urinary symptoms being very sporadic, having only occured 2 or three times, lasting about a week, over the last year. So we might be dealing with different scenarios.
Edit: I should add that there are people with normal rectal tension, with the same symptoms as me. But when I reduce my rectal tension my pain levels drop significantly. So differing clinical evidence does not indicate that you shouldn't pursue the hypothesis further.
This is not medical advice, and I am NOT a doctor of medicine or a related field.
* Age:33 Onset: February 2004.
* 99.9% IMPROVEMENT in 2.5 Years with the first year being the really hard part
* Current Symptoms: Mild irritation of perineal muscles on occasion. Relieved for days at a time by a specific stretch (see below).
* Initial Symptoms: Terrible penile, urethral, rectal, and perineal burning/aching with addition afferent sensations.
* Current Treatments: Deep stretching of the legs and pelvis. Most effective: Deep psoas and levitar ani stretch using the first phase of the "pigeon pose" from Yoga. When a deep pulling is felt in the middle of the pelvis next to the upper rectum, symptoms are completely alleviated for several days.
* Past Treatments Hyperprotection of the perineum for 1.7 years, Walking, Rectal biofeedback, Stanford/Wise-Anderson Protocol, Conditioned deep relaxation practice, Men's Multi-Vitamin and an Extra B-complex pill, all seemed to help.
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BG0013
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Thanks for the reply. I dont have ins right now, so I dont want to put money out to see an endo for no reason ya know? Especially when I'm trying to save up to see Marilyn Freidman, a PT reccomended by Dr Wise. Thats vice versa however, I dont want to pay her and find out the endo couldn't help me either...
Age 21.. | Symptoms: Extreme discomfort in bladder, and lower abdomen.. To the point that I can't sit still, and sleep, can't do anything.. The only that will help is getting into the bath... Urinary frequency, Urinary hesitancy, sometimes taking a few minutes to get just a little bit out.. Sometimes lower back pain when I lay down at night.. Never have the golf ball feeling everybody talks about, and never have a problem sitting down.. Helps: Hot baths, Xanax (but makes me extremely tired), stretching (it seems like only sometimes), pain killers (ex: Percocet, but if I take them, they end up making me worse the next days following, probably due to the urinary retention they cause).. Makes worse: Stress is the main main thing, caffeine and spicy foods too, but not really a whole whole lot.. only a moderate amount..
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LightningTree
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Yeah, then I would say don't worry about the testosterone for the moment. You will find other people on this site reporting too low testosterone, etc. Since these values are all over the board, the PT sounds like a better shot to me at this time.
This is not medical advice, and I am NOT a doctor of medicine or a related field.
* Age:33 Onset: February 2004.
* 99.9% IMPROVEMENT in 2.5 Years with the first year being the really hard part
* Current Symptoms: Mild irritation of perineal muscles on occasion. Relieved for days at a time by a specific stretch (see below).
* Initial Symptoms: Terrible penile, urethral, rectal, and perineal burning/aching with addition afferent sensations.
* Current Treatments: Deep stretching of the legs and pelvis. Most effective: Deep psoas and levitar ani stretch using the first phase of the "pigeon pose" from Yoga. When a deep pulling is felt in the middle of the pelvis next to the upper rectum, symptoms are completely alleviated for several days.
* Past Treatments Hyperprotection of the perineum for 1.7 years, Walking, Rectal biofeedback, Stanford/Wise-Anderson Protocol, Conditioned deep relaxation practice, Men's Multi-Vitamin and an Extra B-complex pill, all seemed to help.