I think you may have it backwards. Your levels are probably low because of lack of sleep, not that T treatment will help you sleep.
Low T is just another way to get you on meds. There are entire clinics devoted to capitalizing on this trend.
I have no problem with someone with Low T getting treatment and correcting the problem.
I also don't have a problem with an aging man getting testosterone so he feels like his old self.
I do have a problem with the drug companies targeting male insecurities to push drugs.
I am sick of pharmaceutical advertising...
I think in the first couple posts people jumped on KIAman. His levels, at 233, would need to rise about 30% to reach the low end baseline which is still boarder line and very low for someone in their 40s. The suggestions to naturally raise T totally gloss over the indications he has a hormone deficiency well below what lifestyle and supplementation changes can reverse in most normal situations.
Further, KIAman indicated symptoms that show this isn't just a "low number" but he is manifesting physiological symptoms that indicate the numbers support insufficient T in his system. Symptoms + Out of Range Test = Consider Treatment at the behest of a trained medical professional.
KIAman should be working with his doctor but looking for feedback from men in similar situations is appropriate.
Which is why the responses early in this thread make no sense. They are taking out aggression on a boogyman when the "snake oil salesman" may actually have what KIAman really needs. He has low T. He wants to correct it. KIAman is clearly a case that may justify pharmaceutical intervention (oh the horrors!) if his physician feels it is the best course of action after KIAman has weighed natural options (not likely to raise his levels 30% or more) and considered the side effects of medical treatment (potentially dependency of life long TRT).
Nowhere in his post do I see anything about being trapped into the pharma/male clinic hype and a victim of ego. Even though not directed directly at KIAman they are essentially "shaming" which is more dangerous than the anti-pharma attitude in that KIAman appears to have a real medical condition and the ATOT attitude would, I think, make KIAman and others uncomfortable discussing it here. Everyone got to get on their soap box about pharma and male clinics and male ego while KIAman still has a test indicating some of his symptoms may be Low T and trying to sort out if TRT is right for him.
So I will get on my soap box: There are few things more grating than when a serious medical condition is discussed and some medically dull arm chair medical watchdog jumps in and waxes long about the ills of the medical field, the greed of doctors, and said sick person should go to a naturopath and/or supplementation and/or lifestyle changes for
real care. Yeah, like something like MS magically goes away because you go to a naturopath and take Vitamin D (and the wrong assumption that mainstream physicians never consider options like high dose Vitamin D supplementation in conjunction with other care.)
KIAman: ignore the noise, talk to a physician, get a second opinion from a physician who specializes in male health/endocrine issues, and get feedback from others who have had TRT. Good luck!