New here--and I've got some questions...

[Guest guest]

I am 48, and I have been battling ED/hypogonadism for about 5-6 years.

Originally, my T levels were slightly above the bottom of the range (300 on a

scale of 250-1100) so my doctor prescribed Cialis. Over time, this became less

effective, my T level dropped to around 270, so he prescribed testim (5 tubes

daily). That helped for a few months, then became less effective also. I pretty

much quit taking anything for a couple of years.

Went back to the doc a couple of months ago and (after reading some of the posts

on here) had him check estrogen as well as Testosterone...my T level was

250--but my estrogen was 49! He has me on Androgel now--no effect that I can

see. I have started taking DIM and zinc--he ruled out prescription aromatase

inhibitors because he didn't think the ratio was important. This was my PCP...

So my questions are--should I get another doctor? An endocrinologist? Should I

be taking more things than DIM and zinc? What would be a better ratio? 10-1?

15-1?