{"id":31934,"date":"2025-03-24T16:55:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T21:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wholehealthchicago.com\/blog\/?p=31934"},"modified":"2025-03-24T16:55:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T21:55:31","slug":"male-menopause-is-it-real-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wholehealthchicago.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/24\/male-menopause-is-it-real-3","title":{"rendered":"MALE MENOPAUSE: IS IT REAL?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Definitely.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Last week, wrote how actor Naomi Watts<\/a> experienced menopause symptoms earlier than she ever dreamed possible, her mid thirties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For men, testosterone levels start drifting downward in this decade as well. Most men don\u2019t notice anything, others do feel something is \u201coff\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy energy is not the same.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDon\u2019t have interest in sex like I used to. My wife is complaining.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ll feel this even more in your forties, fifties, sixties. Although testosterone acts through your entire body, muscles, brain, and so forth, most of the \u201cgetting older\u201d issues occur in the area that energy healers would politely term your \u201clower chakras\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This gives rise to three cardinal rules:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

1. Never walk by a toilet without peeing<\/strong>. Your prostate is getting larger and in the process your bladder is getting smaller and holds less urine. You\u2019ll need to pee more often (\u2018urgency’) it may take longer to get started (\u2018hesitancy\u2019), you\u2019ll be awakened in the middle of the night to pee (\u2018nocturia\u2019). This combo is called Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy and if it gets severe you\u2019ll need to see a urologist. If you leak pee regularly (\u201cdribbling\u201d), your urologist may recommend wearing Depends for Men. Mentally, you will adamantly refuse to do this until you have embarrassed yourself at a Board Meeting, looked down and see that you\u2019ve soaked your tan Calvin Klein slacks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Never waste an erection. <\/strong>Their days are numbered. However, the medications for erectile dysfunction (Viagra, Cialis, etc.) are safe, effective and even with no insurance, very inexpensive. Moreover, recent studies have shown that when Cialis (tadalfil) is taken on a daily basis, it treats BOTH erectile dysfunction and for many men, after two months, actually reverses symptoms of Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy. You\u2019ll be treated E.D. and B.P.H. with one pill a day! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Never trust a fart<\/strong>. This is self explanatory but you may need to be careful about your diet or your supplements to reduce their potential for endangering you. Try to avoid foods that make you gassy. Certain supplements, magnesium especially, can excessively loosen your stool. Of course, Depends can cover your ass, literally and figuratively, but remember, you’re opposed to using them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So where does testosterone figure into this?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A few testosterone facts: <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\u2013You need testosterone for muscle-building <\/strong>(20-somethings are loaded with the stuff, and if they exercise they do look great). Your muscles will start getting flabby during male menopause, especially if you don\u2019t exercise. What\u2019s genuinely annoying is that even when you do exercise, you just don\u2019t see the same results as you did when younger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n