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Baby Boomers and Male Menopause
Baby Boomers and Male Menopause Something happened to our parents during and proceeding
World War Two.They could have had the worlds longest party, but instead they lost their minds and had more kids
than the world had ever seen before.Not just the Americans, but the English as well went nappy-happy.What were they
thinking?Any parent can tell you that when a crowd of kids gets together, theres bound to be trouble. While on the
other side of the Atlantic was opening with Hope I die before I get old, the West Coast was anteing up with Fire
all of your guns at once and explode into space.Ah, yes!Youth and their flirtations with mortality!What a party
that was.You can pick out all kinds of fond tableaux, backwards down memory lane and into the future. Then, just as
the kids were going off to college and you were getting ready to sail round the world or trip around all the famous
golf courses in Scotland, something happened.It isnt like it hadnt happened before, once and a while after a bit
too much to drink, or a bit too much of nod, nod, wink, wink, say no more. The Old Fella, in so many words, refused
to stand:but this time there wasnt the excess of partying.And it felt different, too. Instead of the I wont, it was
more like I cant.It, needless to say, put a damper on the evening, and drove you into the doctors office the next
morning. The doc explained this was male menopause, and he had quite a story to tell.It seems that all the way back
when you were thirty, knee deep in leisure suits, when everything was disco and nod, nod, wink, wink, say no more,
your testicles were planning a little subversion.They werent quite making enough of the old testosterone as they
had been before.In fact, it was only a one percent dip. Every year, they would drop your level another percent.You
had no idea what was going on. True, the hairline might have receded a bit, your waistline might have increased an
inch or two, and maybe youve been a bit depressed lately, but what parent of teenagers doesnt get depressed?The doc
explained that when your hormones are out of balance, hair thinning, weight gain, and depression are common side
effects.He said that he would do some tests to make sure that nothing else was causing your symptoms and if
everything was okay, he could prescribe you some hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, which was, in so many words,
testosterone. The test that the doctor had in mind was a blood draw, and that old crowd pleaser, the latex
glove.Through all the tests you try to remember how frightened you were last night, so as not to freak out as the
needle and the glove got nearer and nearer Score another point for the Boomers!A little testosterone therapy,
healthier eating, a bit more exercise, and monitoring by the doctor; a happier healthier Boomer.He may be too old
to rock and roll now, but he sure can disco!
Male Meopause
It ran in their 1/22/2007 issue, Vol. 149 Issue 4, and can be found on p 46 - 48.
A similar article ran in the Mental Health Weekly; 3/14/2005, Vol. 15 Issue 11, p 8 in which it was discussed that the symptoms that crumpy old men exhibit like anxiety, decreased libido, depression and moodiness can all be attributed to the condition known as "male menopause".
In April of 2004 Louisville Magazine ran an article in the Supplement, Vol 55, 0 8 by Katz, Barbara Myserson, titled: A Pause for Men? The article discusses the physical and psychological aspects of aging men and lower testosterone levels and the connection between the two.
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