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I've booked a week off work starting on Saturday (well, Sunday technically because I'm doing a night shift on Friday night). However, as it approaches, I don't really know why I bothered. I don't really have anything I want to do, and if anything, I'm worried I'm going to spend the whole week sitting around feeling depressed.
Other than work and the gym (which makes me hate myself as often as not), I find it very hard to actually care about anything or feel motivated. I feel basically no desire to talk to my friends, or to meet new people either. I don't really have any desire for sex and I don't have any hopes of having a relationship either.
I'm not the biggest alpha male 'round these parts by any means, but honestly if you go to the gym and aren't making progress, and you have no functioning sex drive, consider T supplementation or at least getting levels checked.
I just tried some herbal shit that may or may not be real, and the change in my workout progress was noticeable. It's hard to reduce to one thing, I didn't isolate any variables, but it's got me giving credibility to the theories that most variation in workout progress is just downstream of genetic/environmental effects on T.
I've had my testosterone checked before, and it's within the medically defined normal range, but close to the bottom end. Certainly, I have some of the symptoms, difficulty with moods, lack of drive, etc. T supplementation is certainly tempting, but that's part of the reason I haven't done it. Would it be looking for a quick fix?
That said, having read your own posting, I have ordered some supplements touted as test boosters.
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