Normal Testosterone Level

Does your doctor go more by lab numbers or does he/she base their diagnosis based on symptoms?

That can be an important distinction.

Testosterone levels can vary widely from person to person with each individual requiring more or less based on their specific needs.

To compound the confusion even further, your testosterone requirements may change as you age due to a number of factors.

Hormone levels can fluctuate, life stressors may increase, alongside other disease factors that may influence your individual need and dosage need of testosterone.

A delicate balance needs to be maintained between your hormones and neurotransmitters. Offset one, and the system may collapse.

Normal Testosterone Level Benefits

Testosterone influences your thoughts, actions, and emotions just as equally as your physical health.

The nature of youth… the passionate, inquisitive, take life by the horns attitude is largely a function of testosterone. There’s a reason men are typically more ambitious than women. It’s the testosterone!

Think of a neutered dog. Sure, he may be easier to get along, but the edge is gone. Put him out in the wild to fend for himself, and most likely he’ll have lost his instincts… that visceral reaction to know what’s right when the time comes.

Do you want to be some woman’s pet? Women don’t respect men who are lacking confidence and can’t take charge. Those are the things testosterone can deliver. If being some woman’s bitch disgusts you, then get your testosterone levels checked. It may serve you well.

Mean Normal Testosterone Level by Age in Healthy Men

Normal Testosterone Level in Healthy Non-Diabetic Men

Unfortunately, reference ranges aren’t designed to show what is healthy. It’s a breakdown of where 95% of the population lies. Take a look around. Do you think 95% of the people you see are healthy? You have got to be kidding me. Unfortunately most doctors haven’t been trained to parse what is healthy from what is average.

These “healthy ranges” aren’t for men wanting to live a sexual, energetic, ambitious quality of life. They are a cross section of men aged 20 to 100… Not too many men want to feel like they’re 100.

I regularly hear about men getting testosterone readings on the lower end of the range being told their levels are “normal”, because it falls within range.

If your doctor spouts of this tripe you have a couple options. You can point out the fact you have the testosterone level of a sick 90 year old, and maybe they will come around.

Or... you can go the approach of highlighting the symptoms of low testosterone like fatigue, loss of sex drive, trouble concentrating, etc... Show some desperation. Say you may lose your job due to lack of performance or your wife is about to divorce you over libido or money problems. Most doctors will feel sorry for you and prescribe what you want. You have to pull the heart strings a little. ?

Most doctors will come around after you’ve explained the impact it’s had on your life. And if they don't come around? Then go doctor shopping. Doctors work for you, not the other way around.

Life extension clinics are generally a safer bet to an optmized normal testosterone level with most aiming towards the top of the reference range for testosterone levels. They understand quality of life.

Osteopaths are also a good choice for testosterone therapy, with endocrinologists and urologists third, and your general practitioner (family doctor) generally last.