In this article, we‘re going to explore the negative effects of having low testosterone levels, why having adequate test levels translate positively to all aspects of life, it’s relationship with dopamine and goal directed behaviour
💡Effects of having low Testosterone
▪️Contrary to popular belief, higher Testosterone levels (in the physiological range) does not mean you end up being more aggressive
▪️Infact, lower test levels causes mood swings, outbursts, feelings of depression, no motivation/drive
▪️Your threshold of resilience to stress will be lower(you will be more snappy, quit more easily)
💡Having less testosterone means having less Estrogen
•Estrogen is neuroprotective & cardioprotective
•Estrogen drives libido (contrary to popular belief)
▪️Having low estrogen also means less Estrogen mediated collagen synthesis so Weaker bones,decreased skin,hair & nail quality
💡Testosterone, behaviour & mindset
▪️Having adequate/optimal levels of testosterone leads to increased energy, increased motivation & drive, increased glucose uptake into skeletal muscles
▪️All this leads to better mental health, body
composition & quality of life, let me tell you how to🤓
💡"Testosterone makes effort feel good"
▪️In a world filled with competition (even tracking back our evolutionary footprints)
Testosterone makes you forage further & fight harder
▪️It makes you more resilient to stress,
you won't quit as easily
▪️It is not a coincidence that almost all high achievers have high test levels or are on TRT & why there is such
a disproportionately high % of men that are high achievers
💡Dopamine, motivation & testosterone
Dopamine & testosterone are close cousins
Contrary to popular belief, Dopamine is not a molecule of pleasure or happiness
•It is the molecule of motivation & drive
▪️Dopamine is not released when you get a reward but it's released in the anticipation of reward
▪️It generates the motivation & goal directed behaviour to get that reward
▪️Dopamine release is optimal when you have optimal testosterone levels and somewhat disrupted when you don’t
▪️Note : Dopamine is not entirely dependent on testosterone, infact Dopamine levels can also influence
Testosterone/estrogen levels in both males and females
💡How Having optimal test levels increases resilience & decreases
stress
▪️Stress is not a bad thing, the dose
makes the poison
▪️Too little stress is called boredom, the
right amount is called stimulation & too much is a problem
▪️The negative stress response often
has a brain region called "Amygdala" in the
equation
▪️There are receptors in the Amygdala
that testosterone can bind to
▪️When you have enough testosterone, it binds to these receptors and increases the
threshold to endure to that stress
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