Let’s shy away from Andropause for a second and focus on testosterone. What comes to your mind when you think of word: testosterone? Body builders hugging their 10 lb jars of whey protein before a pose down? Mark McGwire and bottle of andro found stored in his locker? Pumped-up, muscle-packed men strutting boardwalk in Venice Beach?

Testosterone is much more than defining idea of an alpha male. This hormone regulates numerous processes in male body besides sex-related functions and muscle building. Blood sugar controlled to normal levels, regulation of cholesterol, oxygen uptake, enhances immune system, and helps to create healthy, strong bones. All of these are all attributed to work of this one hormone.

Metabolic processes are also speeded up, like cell production and cell growth. In addition, Testosterone appears to help in mental concentration, improves mood and is reported to prevent depression and even Alzheimer’s disease. Testosterone isn’t simply an ingredient found in steroids that pack muscle mass. It is an integral part of human body that helps shape, build, and maintain bodily processes.

Andropause is responsible for plummeting testosterone levels. Before learning more about testosterone, let’s examine how Andropausal men’s bodies work and result in this decline. Testosterone is developed in brain. The pituitary glands in brain produce a hormone called luteinizing hormone responsible for giving one special order to testicles: produce testosterone!

Remember, brain does not produce ¨T.¨ It regulates glands which produce hormones that send receptor messages directly to testes. The combination of failing testes and inability of pituitary gland to send messages to testes is reason for testosterone decline.

Andropause depression is due to dropping levels of testosterone. Low testosterone levels cause many depressive symptoms – among them, a general indifference to events surrounding you, inability to concentrate, extreme irritability, and memory loss. We might stress over things that might otherwise be worry-free in a normal situation and brood over certain matters. Our memory might go down drain and we begin to see our lives in a negative light.

Energy levels plummet and enthusiasm for activities we used to enjoy become flat-lined. Insomnia and restlessness is also a common symptom. Normal everyday things might become a burden to us, and simplest shout of a child can make us excessively irritable. Psychologists use a variety of battery tests to figure out whether you suffer from depression. Besides handing you test sheets to work with, they also place you under observation – noticing your behavior, tendencies, and habits while talking to them.

Men tend to be rebellious creatures by nature. We love shrugging off our faults and being poised in midst of emotional trouble. We take on role as masculine creatures – lion kings of jungle that reign over sprawling landscape we call life. Men can be in full denial when it comes to questions about their sexual ability and prowess. Refusing to understand that we aren’t who we once were with our sexual performance as a result of Andropause is in our blood.