Low Testosterone - Type 1 Female

[ma5on]

Please can anyone give me some advice on this?

The last few months I have felt really tired, feel cold most of the time (wearing a fleece in the office when everyone's in t-shirts) and have struggled to lose any weight despite 8 hours a week in the gym ?(1.5 hrs cardio - treadmill/cycling, 30 mins weights & powerplate) and eating a low-carb diet.

I have cut my insulin by almost half and my control has improved immensely.

I went to the doctor to question whether I perhaps had an underactive thyroid, or Polycystic Ovaries as my symptoms seemed to fit. Both tests for these came back normal, however my testosterone level is below normal. The doctor didn't seem bothered, and even when I mentioned how hard I am working to lose weight, she just said that there is no magic wand, and maybe work harder at the gym! :shock:

Having done a little bit of research on it, it seems that my symptoms are typical of low testosterone, but I am unsure how to treat it since the doctor really doesn't seem to care.

Does anyone have any knowledge/experience of this? Should I get a second opinion? Would treating this address the weight issue???

Thanks all

ma5on

 

[Trinkwasser]

Second opinion for certain sure! See if you can get referred to an Endo, with the diabetes that shouldn't be too hard. I'd also like a second opinion on your thyroid: considering the GP's attitude it's not implausible that might also be out but not far enough for her to bother to tell you (not uncommon), see if you can get T3 and T4 as well as the TSH.

Endocrine problems often travel in gangs: when one part of the system falls over it can drag other parts down. It's entirely plausible that if you can get the testosterone sorted other things might improve, but on the other hand that may only be a symptom of something else such as thyroid. This sort of thing is just the sort of puzzle an Endo should be able to pick apart. If the testosterone *is* the primary problem it should be relatively easy to treat, once you have some medic who is actually interested in doing so.