30 Oct 2016, 10:18 pm
auntblabby
Veteran
Joined: 12 Feb 2010
Gender: Male
Posts: 114,583
Location: the island of defective toy santas
30 Oct 2016, 10:34 pm
firemonkey wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
that tells me your testosterone is probably good enough, as ejaculation or libido is absent sans testosterone. but you may have hardening of the arteries.
I would like to contradict the belief that ejaculation is absent when testosterone is low. There may be more problems with ejaculation but it can occur. I do know I have given up on occasion because I was getting nowhere. As for libido it may be low but isn't necessarily totally absent. I have no idea what constitutes high or low libido . I masturbate infrequently ie about once every 4-5 weeks or more. I am not sure about hardening of arteries but do know my blood pressure is in what used to be a normal level but since they changed the guidelines falls into the prehypertension category(mine is between 120-130 usually, but sometimes lower). My psych team who monitor me because I am on a depot antipsychotic never worry about my bp. An ECG earlier this year came back normal.
A possible confounding factor is prolactin. Mine ranges from just over 600 to just over 700 when the normal range for a male goes from 45-375 mlU/l Whether this is connected to the risperdal or already present as a result of my having a schizophrenia related PD,I don't know.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27068570
there are lots of little capillaries that supply the penis and If they are blocked with plaque that can result in ED. this may not necessarily be reflected in hypertension, at least not right away, but these little vessels are the canary in the coal mine of cardiovascular disease. I myself need vasodilators and testosterone boosters to function. IMHO having interest every 4-5 weeks qualifies as low libido. I don't know what your meds are doing to help or hurt this. I hope you find something that works well for you
