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Cody's Story
Cody shares his story of recovering from depression and testosterone deficiency and the role testosterone therapy played in his recovery.
Cody shares his story of recovering from depression and testosterone deficiency and the role testosterone therapy played in his recovery.
"Speaking up allowed me to create a support system and eventually get the help I needed."
About Cody:
I’m a former hockey player, entrepreneur, and the founder of HEAD1ST. The HEAD1ST brand stems from my personal experience overcoming depression caused by my sports-related concussions and losing four friends I played hockey with to suicide.
From my personal experience, I came to realize that we have nothing without a healthy brain, and became passionate about finding ways to take care of mine while empowering others to do the same.
After spending three years and seeing 30+ medical professionals trying to find the answer to my depression, the turning point was finding Dr. Larry Komer. He determined that the one of my main contributors to feeling depressed was likely a severe hormone deficiency caused by concussions I had playing hockey.
He prescribed testosterone replacement therapy to treat my low testosterone levels. For me, this made a major improvement in my mood in a relatively short period of time. This, combined with the understanding of why I felt this way, allowed me to do other things to improve my situation. It led to a passion for taking care of my brain and leveling up my mental fitness.
WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT REALLY HELPED?
1. Testosterone Replacement Therapy
2. Working out
3. Nutrition
4. Journalling
Speak Up – Often times we as athletes and/or men, prefer to try working things out ourselves instead of telling someone or asking for help. This is largely due to our perceived identity and the false assumption of what success in sport/being a man looks like. Speaking up allowed me to create a support system and eventually get the help I needed, and I’m sure it can do the same for you.
Take Action – What’s something positive you can do right now to improve your mental fitness? Can you work out, go for a walk, clean the house, or get dressed? Doing something positive helps shift your mental state, and accumulating those small wins can dramatically improve your mindset, results, and perspective.
Be Relentless – There’s a solution to every problem. Never give up in the pursuit of a healthier and happier life, because it will get better.
– Cody Oehm, former hockey player, entrepreneur, and founder of HEAD1ST, based in The Blue Mountains, Ontario, Canada. Personal: