Jay Griffin, a nurse practitioner, thought that between his medical training and being a provider he had his health all figured out. When he started feeling zapped of energy all the time, feeling grumpy and continued to struggle with his weight, he was forced to rethink what he thought he knew. Not wanting other men to feel the same way, Griffin opened a men’s health clinic in Longmont.
“I feel like men are underserved. We are taught to grin and bear it and to not complain and it’s just aging. I think that is a flawed system and I don’t like it and it has affected me,” Griffin said.
Griffin, who turned 50 this year, started to feel constant fatigue, grumpiness and could not lose weight despite working out regularly. He tried several approaches to feel better including natural supplements and antidepressants, he said. None of them worked.
“It was miserable,” Griffin said.
A friend suggested Griffin test his testosterone levels and that is when things began to change.
“Most men who have low testosterone are miserable. They’re just unhappy, it’s just difficult,” Griffin said.
Griffin discovered that his own testosterone levels were out of balance and began hormone replacement therapy and soon started seeing a big change.
“It just changed. It was like a 180. I was happier, I was motivated, the brain fog was gone. All of these symptoms that I was experiencing disappeared,” he said.
The difference the hormone replacement therapy made in his life inspired him to use his medical training to help other men in a similar way.
Griffin opened the Testosterone Optimization Clinic of Colorado in Longmont a year ago. At his clinic for men, located at 1515 Main St. #15, he offers testosterone optimization therapy, medical weight loss treatment and prevention and treatment for erectile dysfunction.
“I don’t want anybody to go through what I went through if I can make it where they don’t have to,” Griffin said.
In addition to helping men with their health, Griffin said wants to create an environment that allows men to discuss these issues without feeling shame. He uses an individualized approach to monitor the hormones and weight loss to reach a man’s goals including nutrition advice.
“I don’t want guys to have a fear of ‘I’m a guy, I’m good.’ I want them to feel like if something is going on, they have someone they can talk to and not try to do it on their own or suffer through it and not grin and bear it,” Griffin said.
