I find the subject on testosterone kind of interesting, well both testosterone and androgen fascinating since we both have them. Imagine how it would be for men to produce extremely high levels of testosterone than the average male? or women having more androgen than that of the normal female? I thought those questions would be interesting to talk about since I dated a guy that had extremely high levels of testosterone.
Testosterone for adult men produces a healthy libido, it builds muscle mass and helps maintain energy. However, to much testosterone can be a serious problem and wreak havoc on a man's behavior and physique. Lynda Liu wrote on testosterone stating that men who produce even a slightly above average testosterone level had more risks to injuries, drank more alcoholic beverages in a day, smoke and had a risk of sexually transmitted infections. now imagine extremely HIGH levels?
Lynda Liu also stated, in MedicineNet were more likely to engage in risky behaviors and ignore the positive health benefits of testosterone, be involved in crime, become anti social, get in trouble in school, remain single and be unemployed.
The guy I dated a while back, ended up all of a sudden developing high levels of testosterone out of no where. Our relationship ended really bad because of this. To say he got involved in criminal behavior is an understatement, his anti socialism started to drive us apart, we got into more arguments, and it was like he was feeding off those arguments. He got into several fights, many that landed him in the hospital for weeks, he began doing dangerous things like: getting hit by a taxi in Florida when he was visiting family, he laughed and thought getting hit was nothing but a game. Driving his motorcycle on the opposite side of the street while laughing and screaming out that the car coming at him was a chicken and will move aside. Engaging in knife fights for the thrill of it. So, it was really bad, especially when during the final year and a half of our relationship I found out that he was cheating on me with 13 different women, and had 7 children (mind you this guy is only 25 years old well now he's 25). When we broke up, he told his cousin that he had no desire to get married just play games. I wasn't surprised to know later that when he found himself back in the hospital for doing something dumb, that he had to get prescribed medication to handle his extreme high levels of testosterone.
So I think it's important for men to constantly monitor their testosterone, because to much is dangerous. Many body builders actually inject themselves with testosterone, and some of them die from those injections.
Evolutionary biologist Steve Jones talks about testosterone and crime, in Testosterone and Crime its a very interesting film, and Steve Jones does a very good job at explaining the difference in actions because of testosterone in males and females in this video.
3 comments:
is it the same like males will behave in actions like that if they are young and have a high amount of testosterone and about what age might this happen to males? its interesting to known how it affects men and what can happen if this would happen to a woman and they have a high level of estradiol?
Wow! I don't really know what else to say but that was intense. Sorry you had to endure that. I hadn't tought it over about how an excess of testosterone could have an effect on a man, but studies do show men involved in criminal activity are likely to be high in testosterone levels. What is also interesting is there is many advertisements for testosterone suppliments. This is a good area to raise awareness of the side effects of too much testosterone. Nice job!
I didnt realize too much testosterone could make men do crazy things. That may explain why some of them do crazy things just for the thrill of it. I think its weird that having too much and too little of a hormone can do so much damage to a person.
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