Male menopause? They say it’s real!
For years, menopause has been dubbed a “woman’s condition” but it seems men also experience a decline in testosterone hormone levels as they match into their 40s. This causes ‘andropause’ which affects approximately 5 million dudes in the U.S. of A only.
Lucky enough, hormonal decline in men isn’t as abrupt as it is in women. But one thing for sure, waning testosterone may cause mood swings, irritability and depression in men. And besides the moods, it increases the risk for heart disease and makes a man more susceptible to injury because of decreasing bone density.
Andropause isn’t mid-life crisis. And not every man experiencing a decline in testosterone can be said to have it. It is a medical condition which is diagnosed with a blood test that reveals testosterone levels below a certain level. Hormone replacement therapy can be done if one is diagnosed with it.
One thing for sure that is associated with waning testosterone is a decrease in libido since testosterone is what stokes the flames of desire. Much as they occur around the same time, andropause shouldn’t be confused with erectile dysfunction (ED) either. Viagra may improve erectile ability but as men grow older, it won’t give them the desire to have sex because Viagra doesn’t heighten testosterone levels.
If you aint having sex the way you were when you were 20 or 30, nothing is wrong. Instead, try embracing a deeper kind of intimacy with your spouse and open yourself to a different experience of sex … aging has its rewards too. Sex evolves with the passage of life.
If this is a totally new phenomenon for you, read Jed Diamond’s “Surviving Male Menopause: A Guide for Women and Men”.
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Comment by rarestgold on 27 June 2009:
All I have to say is “welcome to our world fellas”
Comment by homesteader on 2 July 2009:
Thank you , rarestgold .
Comment by WHURR on 18 July 2009:
Something happened to me from my 30s to my 40s…..
….. I’m like Glen Quagmire on Family Guy!
Comment by kenyanito on 28 August 2009:
mmmmmm…this is interesting to note but why only men in USA?
Comment by whurr on 29 August 2009:
@kenyanito
You may not have ever been with an American guy. We have ballz the size of horseballz. Its hard to populate them… so the end result is this menopause thing.
Now if we had small ballz like our Canadian neighbors, we wouldn’t have this menopause issue!
just wanted to clear that up
Comment by homesteader on 30 August 2009:
and the water in the toilet bowl is knot only cold / Alas Deep also
Comment by Enigma64 on 30 August 2009:
OMG Whurr! I had no idea men were going through something like this. So does this mean that if I get with an older guy, my chances of great sex might be diminished? That’s not cool. Just curious. I do appreciate the fact that men are, in a sense being forced by this, into developing a more intimate relationship as opposed to strictly sex being their form of intimacy. It’s almost ironic, and maybe it should occur earlier in life for them. If that happened, there might not be so many single dating sites around.
Comment by flowers to Philippines on 31 August 2009:
there is a medicine called VIAGRA!!!! … lol
Comment by whtlion09 on 6 September 2009:
I’m glad I took the time to read this. I have used Lavitra and it does work, but now I see that guys can have any possible ED problems corrected with hormone treatment. I have been told taking anything like Lavitra frequently is not a good thing. And I haven’t in over a year. But why take risks when there is an alternative. Taking Vigra should be a last resort when all else fails.
Comment by whurr on 13 September 2009:
Lavitra…?? Viagra???
Dang, what about Redtube and PornHub?