male only Sex drive?

ouroborous · April 19, 2010

So, I dug up some research on obesity and hypogonadism (low testosterone, for men), and the numbers were pretty eye-opening. I've lost the link, but basically for men who had low testosterone (I'm borderline), having weight loss surgery caused the free and bound testosterone in the blood stream to basically DOUBLE.

In short, for these men, losing weight via surgery was more effective than exogenous testosterone (shots, creams). I thought there would be some change, but not THAT much of a change. For me, if that ratio holds out, it would basically put me squarely in the middle of the "normal" range instead of perpetually hovering near clinically low testosterone. So, I'm excited!

Edit: here's the study: http://www.endocrine-abstracts.org/ea/0002/ea0002p79.htm

And here's the abstract:

IMPROVEMENT OF MALE HYPOGONADISM IN SEVERE OBESITY DURING WEIGHT LOSS AFTER BARIATRIC SURGERY

M Monteiro1, H Cardoso1, G Vargas1, P Mendes1, A Sergio2, M Santos3, C Santos3 & H Ramos1

1Dept of Endocrinology, Hospital Geral Santo Antonio, Porto, Portugal; 2Dept of Surgery, Hospital Geral Santo Antonio, Porto, Portugal; 3Dept of Pathology, Hospital Geral Santo Antonio, Porto, Portugal.

Objectives: To evaluate changes in gonadotrophins, total (TT) and free (FT) testosterone, SHBG, insulin and c-peptide levels during weight lost after bariatric surgery.

Material and methods: Seven (n=7) patients submitted to bariatric surgery for treatment of severe obesity were followed-up over time. Before surgery mean age was 32,857 (19-56) years old, mean weight was 170,571 kg (? 37,362) and mean BMI was 58,824 kg per m2(? 14,211).

Results: After a mean follow-up of 13 months (min 6, max 25), mean weight and BMI decreased respectively to 126 kg (min 97, max 196; ? 33,872) and 43,767 Kg per m2 (? -13,845).

The mean analytical values before (:thumbup: and after (A) surgery were: FSH (mUI per ml) B:3,245 ? 1,380 A:2,330 ? 0,948; LH (mUI per ml) B:3,142 ? 0,780 A:2,700 ? 1,009; TT (ng per ml) B:2,050 ? 0,825 A:3,653 ? 1,452; FT (pg per ml) B:6,028 ? 2,377 A:13,400 ? 5,702; SHBG (nmol per l) B:21,237 ? 15,329 A:26,666 ? 10,366; Insulin (microunits per ml) B:44,528 ? 39,321 A:17,716 ? 12,1598; C-Pep (ng per ml) B:6,833 ? 2,320 A:4,116 ? 1,621.

After surgery all patients improved their weight and BMI in a significant way (p=0,001). Weight loss attained with bariatric surgery resulted in significant increase of TT and FT (p=0,019 and p=0,026), and decrease of c-peptide (p=0,034). Gonadotrophins and SHBG increased and insulin decreased, with weight loss, but not significantly.

Conclusions:

Weight loss in men with severe obesity and hypogonadism, attained by bariatric surgery, improved hypogonadism with increase of TT and FT levels.

Edited April 19, 2010 by ouroborous

ValerieSJackson · May 25, 2012

I see this was 2 yrs ago ; did u have high blood pressure?

And how are you know)

got2bthin · June 16, 2012

I hope my sex drive doesn't increase or I will be like that show 20 kids and counting lol. Not quite that extream but u get the idea. I think I have a very good sexual drive I do hope however that after surgery I will feel sexier and bolder about sex and that in it self will make it so much better