Originally Posted by
TampaRaleigh
There are those of us who need it to sustain a real life. For me, the best way to describe it... it was like that run-down, achey, tired, no-energy-but-you-can't-sleep feeling that you get with the flu. I was not able to function well enough to get through an 8 hour work day. At 42, I had the activity level of an 82 year old.
I hear you--it is unfortunate of so much advertising and of course misunderstandings around this issue--it only started once the delivery method was much easier using all those gels that are on the market now (as opposed to the injections.) Unfortunately these gels don't deliver enough for the one who has a serious deficiency.
Without that hormone the quality of life really suffers and it is actually debilitating--and of course has little to do with sex or at least it is a minor benefit among the so many good ones! Sleeping was a problem for me as well but the worse was those incredible vivid and violent nightmares, the muscle aches were horrendous, the moods were dark and on and on!
Was diagnosed with hypopituitarism (from a concussion) which means a need for hormone replacement for a non functioning thyroid as well!