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Hello, I am 26 years old and I have a concern.
My situation is a bit unusual and I truly don’t believe I have Parkinson’s.
I want to quickly add, my father currently has Parkinson’s and was diagnosed at age 52.
The other odd factor in this equation, is that when I was a bit younger (22-25) I was big into bodybuilding and used steroids. I even used a steroid that raised prolactin and used a dopamine agonist to combat that.
Anyway, I’ve completely quit steroids. It was a 2 year process and right now I’m about 9 months since last being on trt. I am very healthy, athletic and active. I do sports all the time and work in construction. I do NOT have any motor or movement symptoms whatsoever. The only two symptoms that might be attributed to Parkinson’s are low sex drive and constipation.
I have had low sex drive as a result of steroid use. It has improved drastically during this 9 month recovery. I go through ups and downs. I’ll go weeks with having a normal sex drive, then go weeks with almost no sex drive at all. I attribute it to the steroids. But it is worth noting.
Constipation has been a rather strange phenomenon I’ve been experiencing the past year. It comes and goes. I go through phases. It seems like when I go off my routine, I feel constipated and don’t have smooth bowel movements. Some days it’s perfectly fine but recently i haven’t had much regularity. I even went on a trip for 4 days and the entire trip I was completely constipated. Again, I don’t have a serious constipation issue, but it isn’t always regular relieving bowel movements.
I’m wondering what are the chances I could have Parkinson’s. I never heard of using dopamine agonists or steroids inducing PD, but is that a possibility? Also, my dad having PD, does that put me at risk?
Are my symptoms, mainly constipation, something to be concerned about?
By the way, I noticed when my friend was on medication the loss of sex drive which is why his GP prescribed Sildenafil, it is basically Viagra and helps with erectial dysfunction. The motor issues will come later in the progression of the disease. Maybe I should try it too?
Edited by brainstorm21, 18 October 2019 - 11:04 PM.
My situation is a bit unusual and I truly don’t believe I have Parkinson’s.
I want to quickly add, my father currently has Parkinson’s and was diagnosed at age 52.
The other odd factor in this equation, is that when I was a bit younger (22-25) I was big into bodybuilding and used steroids. I even used a steroid that raised prolactin and used a dopamine agonist to combat that.
Anyway, I’ve completely quit steroids. It was a 2 year process and right now I’m about 9 months since last being on trt. I am very healthy, athletic and active. I do sports all the time and work in construction. I do NOT have any motor or movement symptoms whatsoever. The only two symptoms that might be attributed to Parkinson’s are low sex drive and constipation.
I have had low sex drive as a result of steroid use. It has improved drastically during this 9 month recovery. I go through ups and downs. I’ll go weeks with having a normal sex drive, then go weeks with almost no sex drive at all. I attribute it to the steroids. But it is worth noting.
Constipation has been a rather strange phenomenon I’ve been experiencing the past year. It comes and goes. I go through phases. It seems like when I go off my routine, I feel constipated and don’t have smooth bowel movements. Some days it’s perfectly fine but recently i haven’t had much regularity. I even went on a trip for 4 days and the entire trip I was completely constipated. Again, I don’t have a serious constipation issue, but it isn’t always regular relieving bowel movements.
I’m wondering what are the chances I could have Parkinson’s. I never heard of using dopamine agonists or steroids inducing PD, but is that a possibility? Also, my dad having PD, does that put me at risk?
Are my symptoms, mainly constipation, something to be concerned about?
By the way, I noticed when my friend was on medication the loss of sex drive which is why his GP prescribed Sildenafil, it is basically Viagra and helps with erectial dysfunction. The motor issues will come later in the progression of the disease. Maybe I should try it too?
Edited by brainstorm21, 18 October 2019 - 11:04 PM.