Does Lack of Testosterone Cause Personality Changes?

[nullorchis (imported)]

Seems like a question that has a slightly different answer for each person. Personality seems fairly "locked in", and changes in time as we age and experience life. Behavior is something else again. That can change due to many things; food, drugs, weather, hormones, and on and on. It can be temporary, or develop into a long term behavior that might then become viewed as personality. Internal feelings, emotions are yet another piece of the puzzle. How do I feel vs how do other people view me - and different people can have different views of me.

What I know from personal experience. Because my body no longer produces testosterone, when I am on "empty", I feel very much different than when I am on "half full" or "full". I can say this because I have, over time, experimented with increasing, and decreasing testosterone HRT, while other factors remained constant, and I very much notice the difference physically, emotionally, mentally, and in behavior. Do others notice the difference? I don't interact with others that much and i never asked or conducted a survey. From my own perspective I am better off when about "one quarter full" of testosterone, based upon my personal testosterone numbers. Stating a number seems useless to me. Being at any given number is going to make different individuals feel, act, perform differently.

For me, there is no denying that lower is better, higher causes me to think, feel, and do things that are counterproductive to my own well being.

Experimenting with Siterone enabled me to "test drive" low T. From that experiment I knew I needed to permanently eliminate my T so that I could regulate my T so it could be at a level that provided me with best possible balance for me. Yes, lowering T lowers or eliminates sexual interests and ability, but for me this enabled me to refocus on everything else that was beyond the borders of nature's sex drive.

From my personal experience my quest to lower my T was something inside of me telling me that I would be better off with low T. Whatever that something was, it was right. I am very glad I did not ignore that inner drive to lower my T. Sad that I spent so many years in conflict with myself with high T. Happy that now it is under control. It started out as a quest for castration, but in the end, once T was lowered the castration craving diminished. However, now with damaged goods, I still need to pursue medical castration for a different reason than to lower my T.

[knightbird111 (imported)]

I would assume a lack of T would make a person very uninterested in doing much. Kinda like Garfield the cat.

The opposite is bad, probably worse, having very high T....might end up in prison, never calm, always nervous.

[butcherbaby (imported)]

I would assume a lack of T would make a person very uninterested in doing much. Kinda like Garfield the cat.

The opposite is bad, probably worse, having very high T....might end up in prison, never calm, always nervous.

lol, actually testosterone making someone overly agressive is a myth

[feedback (imported)]

My question is to coinflipper, What are prolactin levels and are they something that is not checked regularily? It seems that if I go off my TRT for a couple of months and then start taking it again I get a short period of time where I seem to function normally and then everything seems to settle back to pre TRT levels. I have no pituitary because of a tumor and radiation and can't seem to find a level of hormone replacement that works for more than a few weeks without constantly going on and off of it.

[knightbird111 (imported)]

I just did vodka injection shots and possibly somewhat feel

walking around under water all the time.

Meaning everything around me seems flat.

I think I am feeling what Low T feels like but I was in much worse shape with very High T. Very High T I was out of control. Instead of everything around me feeling flat, everything around me caused me to be completely paranoid.

I was scared and frightened ready to punch the next guy walking down the street with High T. Every event in my life with High T was like being in an action movie. I was racing every single person on the highway. Its sad being a man with high T. I seriously had sex on my mind 24 by 7 and saw all women as a piece of flesh.

Now that I feel a taste of Low T, I do not get all bent out of shape when women pass, less angered by couples. I drive like a granny going to sunday church. Its wonderful but I got to be careful with this underwater effect, somewhat feels like a depression so I am going to hold off on the vodka injections

[devi (imported)]

I would assume a lack of T would make a person very uninterested in doing much. Kinda like Garfield the cat.

The opposite is bad, probably worse, having very high T....might end up in prison, never calm, always nervous.

Actually it's very much the opposite. This morning for instance I was up before 5:00am, washed up, used the toilet, opened all the windows to cool the house for the afternoon, turned on the pressure cooker after changing the water for my beans (a weeks worth), made and had coffee, took a walk checking the properties I'm taking care of, ate breakfast, did some outdoor cleaning and straightening up, read the paper, did some indoor cleaning and straightening up, watched the news at noon, rested for a half hour, and now I'm here at the library. I really DO NOT understand these assumptions that people get about not having testosterone! They are so completely wrong. I've seen television ads that help propagate this myth. In fact it is the reverse as far as I can tell. Men with too much testosterone lay around as all the women (and eunuchs) will be busy doing all the work. The lack of T is actually what makes a person more lively.

[nvrgag44 (imported)]

Interesting thread. In a much earlier post tugon wrote one of the side effects of low T he noticed was his sex drive had lowered but his need for affection seemed to increase.

I may be experiencing something similar but never made the connection until reading his post. My last two T level checks were both well below 200. I've noticed changes in myself over the last year or two, more good than bad. Whether they're from low T or ageing or both I don't know. I've been bi since adolescence and happily married for decades but my attraction to men has increased quite a bit since I began noticing my other changes. I used to crave only sex with men and nothing more. Now I find myself also wanting to cuddle, crawl under the covers and fall asleep in each other's arms, sit at an outdoor cafe on a beautiful day, just relaxing and enjoying each others company, etc. Sounds like it could all be part of it, I just didn't make the connection.

I like this site. I haven't been here long but I'm learning a lot about others and myself.

[knightbird111 (imported)]

Interesting point,

Men with too much testosterone lay around as all the women (and eunuchs) will be busy doing all the work.

I think I know the reason for this. It is because men with too much T are too angry to do anything and primarily have their focus on sex.

Where as women and eunuchs do not have T to interfere with their mental processes allowing them to be more productive

But I think that in the Stone Age having a high T was beneficial whereas in this age having a low T is probably more beneficial. Stone Age even the Industrial Era involved more muscular work whereas this age involves more mental processing rather than muscle.

My question is who would you consider the superior being out of the three; men, women or eunuchs ?

[feedback (imported)]

It made quite a difference in me over time. I became less aggressive and much more mellow. Much like nvrgag44, only I was very red neck and would not look at a man, but now I find both sexes appealing. I am much more submisive and less confrontational and have lost some of my get up and go but that might be just because I am retired and don't have to. Just seem to be more content without the T.

[nvrgag44 (imported)]

feedback, I used to be quite the redneck myself. Still am in many ways, just don't act on it like I once did. Still in to firearms, 4WD pickups, my Harley and the honkey tonk classic country music of David Allen Coe, Hank Jr. & Sr. and the like. I also used to have a hair trigger temper. I sometimes wonder why I still have a loving wife and family. Again, "blame" it on low T, ageing or whatever. I'm a much easier person to live with and I like myself much better now too. Being a happier, calmer man and the considerable loss of body hair are my two favorite results.