This is The Guardian.

This journey started in my early 20s when I just all of a sudden wasn't really feeling too well.

I was just always having fatigue issues. I was having brain fog.

I just felt weaker than usual. When Sam, not his real name, realized that his haziness and

exhaustion weren't going away, he went to his GP. After some blood tests, they discovered he had

low testosterone. To bring his

levels back up, the doctor suggested losing weight. I went and tried to lose weight and I did

after a few years of up and down bubbles, but when you do have low testosterone, losing weight

is insanely difficult. Sam was stuck, feeling bad and facing long NHS waiting lists.

I said, you know what? I think I need to actually take matters into my own hands.

And of course, I was targeted by ad campaigns online on social media, and I had loads of different male clinics in my head.

You might have seen some ads for male health clinics yourself,

or influencers talking about low tea and espousing the benefits of testosterone replacement therapy,

otherwise known as TRT.

It's becoming an increasingly popular option for men struggling with

issues like low libido, fatigue and poor concentration. I reached out to one of them and for the

first time I felt a bit heard and I was like, oh, so, you know, I'm not, I'm not going crazy. These

symptoms are because of that. And after a long conversation with one of the doctors at one of these male clinics,

he immediately recommended me to go on testosterone replacement therapy.

Testosterone's appeal goes beyond health, tapping into an idea of masculinity based on muscles,

high sex drive and dominance.

No morning would. Not good.

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