A Boost In Testosterone : Therapy Has Helped Some Men

Posted: Mar. 10, 2013 | 8:04 p.m. Updated: Mar. 11, 2013 | 10:28 a.m.

Depression. Loss of interest in sex. An inability to build muscle or lose weight. A general sense of lethargy.

They're symptoms that may be familiar to many middle age and older men, and symptoms that, those men might assume, are just a normal part of aging.

But the depression and lethargy Merrill Osmond experienced as he entered middle age felt, he was sure, far outside the bounds of what anybody would consider "normal."

The 59-year-old member of the performing Osmond family even admits that, at times, he felt so depressed that thoughts of suicide entered his mind.

Only after Osmond sought medical help did he discover that what he was feeling was due to something that sounds pretty prosaic: low testosterone.

Osmond now undergoes testosterone replacement therapy and says that he feels better - more upbeat, more energetic, happier - than he has for a long time.

Osmond certainly isn't the only man for whom the natural reduction of testosterone production that comes with age has resulted in some very real emotional and physical effects.

However, doctors say that determining whether testosterone is the problem - and, then, deciding whether testosterone replacement therapy is warranted - isn't as simple or as straightforward a process as a layman might assume.

Testosterone is a hormone that is associated in men with sex drive, the production of sperm and the building of muscle mass and strength.

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A Boost In Testosterone : Therapy Has Helped Some Men

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