Fatigue and Testosterone Levels: What's the Link?

Are Your Hormones Turning You into a Couch Potato? Feeling tired and sluggish 24/7? Have a hard time waking up and staying focused? Believe it or not, your hormone levels might be the culprit.

Testosterone, the male sex hormone regulates your mood, metabolism, and body composition. It also has a major impact on your energy levels. If your body produces too little of this hormone, your health will suffer.

Let's see how testosterone impacts your energy and how to regain your vigor!

The Link between Fatigue and Low Testosterone (Low T)

There's a reason why men begin to spend more time on the couch and feel more tired as they age. It's not because they're lazy or just old. As time goes by, a man's testosterone levels drop. This process starts around the age of 30, causing a number of symptoms. Depression, lethargy, fatigue, poor memory, and muscle loss are just a few to mention.

Prolonged mental and physical fatigue is often a sign of low testosterone. This hormone helps maintain a healthy metabolism and balances your energy. If you don't have enough of it, your body runs far less efficiently. You begin to lose your interest in sex, have trouble achieving sustaining erections, and need more time to recover from exercise.

Certain factors, such as alcohol consumption, sleep deprivation, and bad eating, can further affect your testosterone levels - and your energy. This relationship goes both ways. Lack of sleep causes fatigue and sluggishness, which in turn, decreases your T levels. As your T levels drop, so does your energy.

Strict dieting and over training contribute to fatigue as well. They both increase the stress hormone cortisol levels, leading to decreased testosterone production. High cortisol plus low testosterone equals fatigue.

Over time, these hormonal imbalances affect thyroid health, messing up other hormones that regulate your energy. The longer you wait to address these problems, the worse it gets.

How to Restore Your Energy and Vigor

As you see, fatigue and low testosterone are strongly connected. Luckily, there are a couple of things you can do to restore your energy and bring your hormones into balance.

Optimal testosterone production requires a good night's sleep. It makes perfect sense considering that your body replenishes its testosterone and growth hormone levels at night. Create a bedtime routine and try to get more rest. Allow your body to recover between training sessions and don't go overboard.

Avoid or quit alcohol together. Alcoholic beverages affect testosterone production and skyrocket estrogen levels. Fill up on protein and healthy fats to naturally boost your T levels and get more energy.

If everything else fails, consider using hormone replacement therapy. From testosterone patches and shots to patches and gels, there are plenty of options available. This form of treatment will not only boost your T levels but also increase your energy and ward off fatigue.

We hope you enjoy these posts and are glad you're being proactive in your own health maintenance. To schedule an appointment please call us at 956-581-2168 or visit TheMENClinic.com for more information.