just found out something very interesting and thought i’d pass it along.
a friend of ours (i care for the disabled, he is a person i care for)
was dx with possible early onset alzheimers this fall. he is 57 years old and has had to retire early from his job after becoming very irritable and confused.
he’s been on aricept with no change we can see since then.
so i took him to a naturopath who ran extensive bloodwork and found that our friend is really really low on testosterone.
the doctor explained to me that without enough testosterone a man can become irritable, depressed, easily angered and mentally confused!
he starts twice monthly shots this week, and you can bet i have dh signed up for a blood test too. my dh has been through so many chemos and surgeries that low testosterone could well be what is going on with him.
to say i’m very optimistic would not be a lie, in fact i hope to hell the answer is as simple as a shot every two weeks.
jingles that this might be the answer for several of our menfolk.
