Date:   8/4/2013 10:51:09 AM ( 11 y ago)
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"BTW,
after only a few days on adrenal extract I have noticed a huge
improvment on my sex drive too, which was an unexpected but welcome
surprise! :D


Outro

i had ED with high-normal IGF-1 and Testosterone....the cure for my ED was prednisone treatment due to low cortisol...

I can tell you from personal experience that once i started treating my
adrenal fatigue with Cortef my sex drive started to come back, muscle
strength and size and energy levels also much better fat loss without trying.
I have my free T and total T levels before treating adrenals and im
getting them tested now during treatment im sure they will be much
higher.

Is it possible to lose libido with low Cortisol? I got a Cortisol Stim
test where they inject you with cortisol and they take a few blood
readings and when they gave me the cort, I had a noticable libido jump a
few minutes later. I thought this was odd.

I've
been on HC for 6 months and havent loss any hair and have really good
sex drive. In fact, without Hydrocortisone I would be unable to have sex
period

I've
seen people be on it for 3 and half years then wean off and be back at
work and back to normal life again, as normal as it gets of course.

Re: Is adrenal fatigue enough to cause NO sex drive at all

yep that would be possible

i had low test 300 and reasonable free test with low estradiol and i was able to have sex ONLY when i started HC, so before i had adrenal fatigue and nothing worked

if a person has t levels of 300-400 they can still be better off then a person at 500-600 provided that there thyroid, igf-1,adrenals, e2 are in line. I feel this is the reason why some people can function at lower T and not feel symptoms due to the fact other hormones are firing away.

I will echo this...when I first started seeing Dr. O and HAN in July, my
T levels had fallen to an abysmal 352. My most recent blood test first
of October had me at 650. They were able to identify a cortisol
problem inidicative of adrenal fatigue that had been plaguing me for
years, and once we got that settled all my hormone levels improved,
including T, E2, and thyroid.

I've tried eating hydrocortisone cream the past few days - 1 teaspoon of
1 per cert cream one time per day, and I'm getting some positive
results. First of all, I definitely feel less stress and more relaxed. I
feel more like normal. Also, my libido is finally kicking in, and I
find myself thinking about sex or fantasizing about sex frequently. And
I really, really like that. So, I'm going to keep going with it and try
to convince a doctor to test me for adrenal insufficiency. The
hydrocortisone has made a big difference for me.

If you do need adrenal replacement, HC will help your sex drive and
performance. I know it helped me. It is my thought that your high total T
is your body's way of compensating for a lack of cortisol and thyroid.

I am currently taking licorice, Pregnenolone, dhea, extra B5,B6,
ashwaghanda, Vit. C and an adrenal bovine supplement. While not
perfect I can tell you my energy levels increased dramatically. I went
from feeling blah all day to having good am energy. I still get al
little tired around 1pm, but by splitting my dosages above a little I am
see that this is evening out a bit more. My libido is coming back, my
mental fog is clearing and my joint pain is less. I am still at
relatively low dosages since most integrative medicine docs recommend a
ramp up phase. An negative side effect is that I feel a little more
tension in my neck with this protocol which maybe is related to the
cortisol levels increasing. Anyway, I am running blood and saliva tests
concurrently so I will report back data as I get it."

 

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