Sometimes called “male menopause,” andropause is the gradual decline in testosterone that happens with age — and when it's steep enough to cause real symptoms, it's genuinely treatable, not just something to accept. Here's how to tell the difference between the two.
Unlike female menopause, which typically happens over a relatively defined window, andropause is a slower, more gradual process — testosterone levels decline by roughly 1% per year on average starting around age 30, though the rate and impact vary significantly between individual men. For some, that decline stays mild and manageable. For others, it drops enough to cause real, disruptive symptoms well before what most people think of as “old age.”
The term “andropause” isn't a precise clinical diagnosis the way menopause is, but the underlying pattern — age-related testosterone decline causing measurable symptoms — is real, well-documented, and evaluated the same way we'd evaluate low testosterone at any age: with labs and a real symptom history, not assumptions based on your birthday.
We run comprehensive hormone labs to see exactly where your testosterone stands, alongside a full symptom history and other relevant markers like thyroid function. If your levels and symptoms support it, treatment options include injectable testosterone therapy, along with lifestyle strategies that support healthy hormone levels long-term — all part of our broader men's health care.
Andropause and low testosterone are closely related — see our full diagnostic and treatment approach.
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Learn About TRT Monitoring"Men will often mention every one of these symptoms individually — tired, unmotivated, gaining weight, losing interest in things — without connecting them to each other. Andropause is exactly that: a single underlying pattern showing up in a handful of different ways."
Reviewed for accuracy by McKell Johnson, FNP-BC, Clinical Director, and the Abbott Health & Wellness care team.
Andropause connects closely to: low testosterone, men's fatigue, muscle loss, low libido, and testosterone injections.
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