JoeyNess
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I was wondering if my testosterone levels will be lower in the morning if i stay up for 24hours in the morning and then went to the doctor to do the tests the next morning without eating or drinking any foods in the morning
''The link has the same info as some of the below''
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/core_april_1.htm
Although penis size is unaffected, hormones can make your testicles shrink - sometimes permanently. However teste size and function are not necessarily correlated. Most of testes size comes from sertoli cells (sperm production) with small leydig cells (testosterone production) spaced between.
So yes, one can have adequate T with smaller testes. If one chooses to get a blood test, 280 to 1400 ng/dL is "normal" but I'd say it 'should' be above 600 ng/dL at least.
Don't measure testosterone in the morning; it can be 20 to 30 percent higher then. Be careful; the doc's might like to avoid prescriptions for testosterone. To do so they will schedule tests in the morning.
This may leave you a bit hypogonadal (and non-functional) the rest of the day and the Docs may just simply tell you 'it's-in-your-head'. Testosterone levels can also be higher in later afternoon just before dinner.
A high morning measurement might give you a false sense of security. You'd like it high all day long, and really high early in the morning. Any endogenous Testosterone level above 700 ng/dL is good and healthy. High is above 900 ng/dL.
Really high is anything above 1200 ng/dL. 280 to 450 ng/dL is for those 50 to 60yr olds- stressed-out semi-impotent businessmen who complain about 'male-menopause' -too low for good health but high enough that an MD won't get off his or her butt to help out. Don't stay in this range if you're inadvertently still in it as a consequence of that last cycle.
''The link has the same info as some of the below''
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/core_april_1.htm
Although penis size is unaffected, hormones can make your testicles shrink - sometimes permanently. However teste size and function are not necessarily correlated. Most of testes size comes from sertoli cells (sperm production) with small leydig cells (testosterone production) spaced between.
So yes, one can have adequate T with smaller testes. If one chooses to get a blood test, 280 to 1400 ng/dL is "normal" but I'd say it 'should' be above 600 ng/dL at least.
Don't measure testosterone in the morning; it can be 20 to 30 percent higher then. Be careful; the doc's might like to avoid prescriptions for testosterone. To do so they will schedule tests in the morning.
This may leave you a bit hypogonadal (and non-functional) the rest of the day and the Docs may just simply tell you 'it's-in-your-head'. Testosterone levels can also be higher in later afternoon just before dinner.
A high morning measurement might give you a false sense of security. You'd like it high all day long, and really high early in the morning. Any endogenous Testosterone level above 700 ng/dL is good and healthy. High is above 900 ng/dL.
Really high is anything above 1200 ng/dL. 280 to 450 ng/dL is for those 50 to 60yr olds- stressed-out semi-impotent businessmen who complain about 'male-menopause' -too low for good health but high enough that an MD won't get off his or her butt to help out. Don't stay in this range if you're inadvertently still in it as a consequence of that last cycle.
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