This is going to seem long-winded, I'm sure, but the other answers here seem thorough and intelligent, so I'm confident the answer I get will be good.
I'm 30 years old and, from my research as a librarian, I have all the symptoms of low
testosterone. At the end of 2006, I caught pneumonia and almost died of carbon monoxide poisoning within a short period of time. Since then, I feel weak, listless and have almost no interest in sex. My wife has finally started to complain. And I just recently noticed--to my embarrassment--that my testicles seem to be smaller than they once were.
I'm also bipolar and my idiot doctors keep messing with my bipolar meds, even though I CAN TELL THAT THAT ISN'T THE PROBLEM. I'm not depressed, I'm having some sort of hormonal problem. I can shave on Friday and still be almost clean-faced by Tuesday. I also can't get an erection or, when I can, I can't keep it.
Question one: what could have started this? Question two: what can I tell these quacks to make them hear that I need some sort of hormonal therapy and not more/less Depakote/Risperdal/Topamax/Seroquel or whatever other poison they want to throw at me?