My husband's health has been deteriorating. To make a long story short, he was treated for testicular cancer almost five years ago. I have seen a decline in his libido, energy and motivation for a time since then. This last year being the worse- I thought for sure he'd be eligible for HRT but he still has one teste and they seem reluctant.
To my horror, the last three months he's been displaying symptoms of Parkinson's disease! He is 49. At first I thought we had more weird long-covid stuff going on- we both lost our sense of smell but then he developed a tremor, started sleep talking, having constant memory issues, severe fatigue and falling asleep in the daytime, lack of motivation and then last week had problems with coordination and he fell backwards a couple of times and could not get out of the tub when I ran him a bath. It could be some kind of clots in his brain, but either way I know this man needs some hormonal support.
Today we went in- I told the Dr I think he needs to be on hormonal replacement and she dismissed that these symptoms would have anything to do with it! (Sudden decline in testosterone may cause Parkinson's disease symptoms in men) She is going to schedule an MRI.
If you have used DHT can you please DM me and point me in the right direction to getting him some. I've read some things in the forum but it's from a least 6 months ago...
As side-note, I have started him on a protocol with things I do have (hormone precursors, tongkat ali (as an AI?), red light therapy, high dose B1, all B vitamins, nattokinase incase it is weird covid clots) and I have purchased l-dopa to try....I can post my notes if anyone finds it helpful. Any additional advice is very welcome. Generally, he seems very high in cortisol (has been losing weight but it seems like mostly muscle, and he's still very large in the midsection- no fat hump on the upper back). Apathetic. High HR, normal BP, normal temps. I'm going to try to look at his blood work soon (hopefully today)
Thank you!
To my horror, the last three months he's been displaying symptoms of Parkinson's disease! He is 49. At first I thought we had more weird long-covid stuff going on- we both lost our sense of smell but then he developed a tremor, started sleep talking, having constant memory issues, severe fatigue and falling asleep in the daytime, lack of motivation and then last week had problems with coordination and he fell backwards a couple of times and could not get out of the tub when I ran him a bath. It could be some kind of clots in his brain, but either way I know this man needs some hormonal support.
Today we went in- I told the Dr I think he needs to be on hormonal replacement and she dismissed that these symptoms would have anything to do with it! (Sudden decline in testosterone may cause Parkinson's disease symptoms in men) She is going to schedule an MRI.
If you have used DHT can you please DM me and point me in the right direction to getting him some. I've read some things in the forum but it's from a least 6 months ago...
As side-note, I have started him on a protocol with things I do have (hormone precursors, tongkat ali (as an AI?), red light therapy, high dose B1, all B vitamins, nattokinase incase it is weird covid clots) and I have purchased l-dopa to try....I can post my notes if anyone finds it helpful. Any additional advice is very welcome. Generally, he seems very high in cortisol (has been losing weight but it seems like mostly muscle, and he's still very large in the midsection- no fat hump on the upper back). Apathetic. High HR, normal BP, normal temps. I'm going to try to look at his blood work soon (hopefully today)
Thank you!