Men, like women, go through hormone changes with age. However, unlike their female counterparts, the decline is usually more gradual which results in more of a “sneaking up” of andropausal symptoms. Testosterone decline can start as early as your late 30’s, but since the decline is gradual, symptoms may not become problematic until in your 40’s or 50’s.

The most talked about hormone with men is testosterone, commonly called “T”. However, other hormones are in play as well and include dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), dihydrotestosterone (DHT), prostate specific antigen, (PSA), progesterone (P4) and estrogens. Yep, you read that right, men have estrogen and progesterone too, just in much smaller amounts than women.

Andropause is multifaceted and can include symptoms such as

• fatigue
• low sex drive
• hair loss/male pattern baldness
• muscle loss
• brain fog
• depression and/or anxiety
• weight gain in the mid-section
• gynomastia (breast growth)