Any other venous leak sufferers and low testosterone?

[Saskman Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Saskman]

I would like to first start out by saying, this is a great forum, a lot of resources here and a wide variety of input from different erectile dysfunction sufferers.

About me: I starting suffering at the age of 16 from ED, until the night before, I feel I had very strong erections and constant morning wood. I can't remember a decline. I can just remember that I lost my interest in sex, as I use to love it and read Playboys, everything. For many years I suffered, never got better or worse. At the age of 21 in Mexico I started to buy ED drugs without a prescription, they always worked exceptionally well. Without it, normal sex became impossible. Never abused or did drugs, never drank. Did exercise and I eat quite healthy compared to most.

At the age of 31 (now), I finally saw a sex specialist after being referred by another urologist, who doesn't deal in sex (despite I was referred to him by a family doctor.) The first uro told me by T levels were normal (they were only 7 nmol/L, with a Saskatchewan rec'd range of 5-30! In the US, the range for T levels is 10-36 nmol/L. So basically, my T is under 300 ng/dl. It must have always been, but always told it was normal. Apparently it's normal for an 80-year old man, let alone a 29-year old.

Secondly, I now reviewed my own bloodwork and according to the US ranges, I also have an underactive thyroid. The rec'd range of TSH levels in the US is .35-3.00 since 1999, in Saskatchewan or possibly Canada, they still use .35-5.00. In the US, anything over 3.00 is underactive thryoid- another problem linked to erectile dysfunction as well as T problems.

Last week I was diagnosed with venous weak after a doppler ultrasound (as well as low T). I do not doubt I have a leak according to defintion, but the term "venous leak" seems inconclusively defined in the medical community that studies it. The causes are vague, as a leak only signifies the veins are not retaining all the blood / proper sealing.

I have came across some urologists who suggest that low tesosterone could be culprit in venous leaks. I was wondering if anyone else was in the same boat, if so, please reply to this thread so we can investigate our roads to recovery. I was given initially Clomid (converts Estrogen to T naturally) rather then Hormone shots, which will be a last resort if Clomid fails to bring up my levels by September 2. I was also given Cialis once a day, it is working and I can get spontaneous erections.

Waiting for my specialized bloodtests to come back, hopefully, with more information that can lead me to a problem that caused me many terrible times:

So to conclude, my diagnoses are:

1) Erectile dysfunction.
2) Low Tesosterone (explains the lack of morning wood, ED, loss of interest in sex, few other things.)
3) Underactive Thyroid (explains why I always feel down, even after sleep)
4) Borderline high cholesterol (yet I eat well and no fast food, exercise daily and for years)
5) Venous leak. Not surprising but too early to see without trying tesosterone if the leak is the main cause.

[Pegasus AdministratorPE Gym EditorPEGym Hero ☺ Admin of the Month Mar 2015 Find all posts View Profile Close Pegasus]

I understand that low T is linked to vl .
You may try natural methods to bring up Test ,some have had good success with it .

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Here is a thread you may find usefull .


https://www.pegym.com/forums/exercis...tosterone.html

[Saskman Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Saskman]

I understand that low T is linked to vl .
You may try natural methods to bring up Test ,some have had good success with it .

well on my last t test, my level was 7 and the range isn't until 10-30!

i'm on clomiphene citrate, which is a female fertility drug discovered to naturally boost t in men.

if that doesnt work, i will be starting either injections or patches.

all my symptoms are narrowing down to endocrine causes, very rare at my age (and considering this could have started at 16 rather then 31.)

[Saskman Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Saskman]

Here is a thread you may find usefull .


https://www.pegym.com/forums/exercis...tosterone.html

thanks pegasus, but i feel pretty hopeless in thinking my levels will restore themselves naturally considering the chronic problem i've suffered from for half my life.

without ever having seen that list, if i followed it, some of these regiments are my daily routine for years, yet my levels never got better. i believe i may suffer from hypoganadism, my symptoms match best an endrocrine disorder, with the pituatory gland.

a "rare" cause of ed, like the venous leak, though I believe from what i've read over the years that venous leak is often linked to another cause, which causes the so-called leak.

[closed224 Senior Member Member of the Month Dec 2014, Feb 2017 Find all posts View Profile Close closed224]

The endocrine system sends the signals chemically to close the blood flow off so erection is maintained. If you are experiencing too much problems with those signalling chemicals it can cause the leaking which causes ED. Work with your doctor. Good luck

[Pegasus AdministratorPE Gym EditorPEGym Hero ☺ Admin of the Month Mar 2015 Find all posts View Profile Close Pegasus]

thanks pegasus, but i feel pretty hopeless in thinking my levels will restore themselves naturally considering the chronic problem i've suffered from for half my life.

without ever having seen that list, if i followed it, some of these regiments are my daily routine for years, yet my levels never got better. i believe i may suffer from hypoganadism, my symptoms match best an endrocrine disorder, with the pituatory gland.

a "rare" cause of ed, like the venous leak, though I believe from what i've read over the years that venous leak is often linked to another cause, which causes the so-called leak.

Feeling hopeless in itself causes low T.
There are 100 odd methods listed and it is not a complete list .
Many of these things can be used in combination and are low cost and easy, like get some sun, use olive oil ,eat nuts .
I would start however with something harder however weight training.

[Orome Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Orome]

I have lowish T but not low enough to justify TRT. My free T was pretty low too. It seems to drop off a lot more throughout the day than normal.

I'm not sure if low T would cause you to not respond well to a injection.

[Saskman Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Saskman]

I have lowish T but not low enough to justify TRT. My free T was pretty low too. It seems to drop off a lot more throughout the day than normal.

I'm not sure if low T would cause you to not respond well to a injection.

Orome, I responded for two hours hard with the injection after I left the doctors office.

What was your low T? The urologist told me that often low T is not recognized as low but normal doctors, unless you see a real sex specialist who can properly intrupret the results.

[Saskman Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Saskman]

Hey guys,

Just an update on my Clomid/Clomidiphene Citrate treatment that I've been using for the past 3-weeks.

Feeling definite gains at the gym, more energy in the mornings. Veins popping out of my arm as they should for someone who does pullups unlike before.

Feel only a slight sexual improvement but from what I've read, results occur over a few months, so I will keep my fingers crossed and hope for the best.

I speculate this occurred at 16 years old, so 15 years of reversal of damage may be necessary, hoping to feel like a complete man as I may have never knew.