The Myth of Testosterone Addiction w/Daniel Kelly

Recently a website called testosteroneaddiction.com has sprung up, and it’s important that we speak on it. Why are the website’s claims incorrect? Where does this misunderstanding and miscommunication about testosterone come from? What can we do to fix it? On this episode, we dispel the myth that testosterone is addictive and bad.

There are so many young men with low testosterone and estrogen dominance-- and they don’t even know it. -Daniel Kelly

 

Three Takeaways

• The negative view of testosterone comes from mainstream the media pushing fear and paranoia.
• A very small set of men who get treated will experience anxiety, but the vast majority of them don’t. Unfortunately the ones who do make it seem like everyone is having those difficulties.
• Too many guys have been screwed over by doctors who don’t know what they are doing, and this also creates a bad view of testosterone therapy.

 

At the start of the show, we talked about why the idea of testosterone being addictive is so incorrect, and what’s actually causing it. We also discussed how incompetent doctors have made life harder for men.

We also covered:

• What the “soy generation” is
• The truth about anxiety and depression on TOT

 

Misinformation about testosterone is so pervasive these days, and the “testosterone addiction” website encompasses how a lot of people feel about testosterone even though these views are misguided. The truth is, testosterone cannot cause physiological addiction. Despite this, a lot of men have been led completely astray by incompetent doctors who have no idea what they are doing. These people have come to hate testosterone and share a false message that treatment is a bad idea. It’s so critical that we call this out and help people learn the truth.