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How Much Testosterone is Too Much
Hi, my husband has been on testosterone injections for two years. It has been a pure living hell. The doctors have experimented with him with different levels. He is currently taking 50mg of the testosterone injections twice a week. His total testosterone as of the last lab draw was 750 on the third day. The shots have completely changed his personality, like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He is now really moody and mean and this is not who he truly is. It has been a horrible roller coaster ride. He is going back to the doctor this week to discuss this, but he really does not see that he has any problems with this. Have you seen other people on the shots that have such a traumatic change in personality? What is a good level where a man still has a sex drive but doesn't act like a cave man?
I have been googling & reading as much as I can regarding testosterone replacement therapy & personality changes since 2012. First few years, found little to no patient/fmly member complaints,but slowly thru past few years have found such complaints as this thread describes. Yes, I too, am a wife on this rollercoaster ride!!! After 18 years of marriage, my even tempered, compassionate, spiritual husband turned into somebody that I did not know after begining testosterone therapy. Though, still short periods of the man I once respected & adored so much still peak in now & then, I'm am tired of holding on to just a memory of the man I married. These "personality changes", mood swings, etc.can devastate a family. My husband even had an affair after 6 months of testosterone; something that literally SHOCKED everyone that loved & knew him. I suspected, the T-therapy from the beginning, & now have connected with a few other women going thru same. Most important reason for posting this, is to let you know he never used injections, only gels!! So, please don't think that switching from injections to another route of therapy will be an absolute solution regarding the issues testifyed on this thread.
Wow, I finally found others who are suffering the same way I am. My husband was on the T shots (once a week) for 4 months. In that time he became very emotional crying a while to getting angry and then laughing at me as if it was a game. In just the short 4 months of being on it he accused me of having an affair, wearing another man's ring, taking pictures of my naked body and sending to the affair person (he made up), calling me a compulsive liar.....to the latest....having a sex toy up my bottom which he still thinks is there. He was looking like a mad man, I even went and talked with the man at the LowT Center who basically blew me off letting my husband know he can do what he wants. I had to get him to a Doctor for help and they wanted to label him as a schizophrenia. They sent him to a psychiatrist who put him on meds (which he took for 2 months) to help him sleep because he had stopped sleeping in the bed with me. For 2 months I was alone in a king size bed....he said I kept him awake playing with this sex toy (which I do not have) and he could not sleep. He now refuses to go back to the psychiatrist and take any more meds, for that matter no more doctors but he is getting better......almost back to himself.....been off those @#%$#@ shots for 4 months now but it has been a living hell and emotional rollercoaster that I almost lost my best friend......even the kids had seen a bad change in him. Ladies that stuff is bad and I hope it's not to late for some of you, sorry for those who suffered for years because 4 months plus 4 more months trying to get him back to normal almost did me in and it's not over yet.
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I am having difficulties with my husband who has been injecting TC for 3 years now with little follow up care by a doctor to test levels in the past year he has assaulted me twice which is uncharacteristic of him after 23 years of marriage. I feel like I'm living with a hormonal teenager. Just a few days ago the second assault occurred much worst then the first last year I know this behavior is result of the TC injections 200mg a week.
My boyfriend and I just broke up after his second psychotic episode I am convinced was caused by testosterone shots. Right after he gives himself the shots he completely changes Dr Jekyll/Mr Hyde. Im so glad you got out! Im curious if he ever admitted he had a problem or not?
My husband has been on the testosterone shots for 4+ years now. They do work for him although I have noticed a difference these past 6 months. Within 24 hours of him receiving the shot he becomes very moody will argue and get upset over anything and lately leads to him becoming abusive towards myself and the 2 young children we have. shortly after his blow up he will apologize and admit he was wrong for the things he said or does and doesn't know why he says or does these things. For the next 13 days everything is great and normal again. I will have him talk to his Dr and his next appointment to see if there is something to be changed to stop the sudden mood/personality change.
The best description I can offer is it's like going through puberty every month. When you first get the shot there is too much testosterone in your system. Then, toward the date of the next shot you are low on it. That produces mood swings; highs and lows best described as feeling one's oats followed by possible depression. My wife saw this early and convinced me to switch to oral testosterone. That stopped the mood swings. The patch and topical testosterone such as Androgel are better alternatives IMO.
There are options. Oral testosterone and patches are available. I found from personal experience either of those is better than shots because it's a steady dose not like injections where there are severe highs and lows. He needs to discuss this with his doctor.
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