Ask Matt: Testosterone – More Energy, Less Hair
October 4, 2012 by Matt Kailey
http://tranifesto.com/2012/10/04/ask-matt-testosterone-more-energy-less-hair/Today we have two short questions from readers regarding the effects of testosterone:
A reader writes: "So I am dating a guy ten years older than me, and I notice I have more energy. And then I read in a newspaper that cis guys' T-level drops as they age. Ours won't, of course, unless we become unable to shoot ourselves up. I can envisage that this might lead to an increasing gap in sexual energy and desire (this adolescence, now four years on for me, does not seem to stop). Has anyone ever commented on this one?"
The Mayo Clinic says that testosterone levels in non-trans men decline by about 1 percent a year after the age of thirty, and that lower testosterone levels can cause reduced sexual desire and less energy. But I have been on T for fifteen years and still have relatively high levels, and I definitely do not have the energy level or the level of intense sexual desire that I had during the first few years of transition. I think that is just a result of aging.
