Help? Feeling Desperate Today

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#1

Hi everyone - how do you cope with the horribly desperate days, if you get those?

Feeling OVERWHELMINGLY dark today - no hope at all. No improvements on anything have stuck. Crashed around the start of November after not even four weeks on fin. I took 1mg/day four days and then three weeks on 1.5mg spread the whole week. HOW can I feel this bad still?

Nothing seems to mend me, everything I’ve tried I shouldn’t. ED is horrible, work is a trial every moment and somebody will soon notice I’m not coping. Thyroid hormone almost turned me around and convinced me I could heal, could have a relationship again but that has stopped improving me now and I feel worse than I ever did.

I can;t face this I really can’t.

What do I do???

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#2

You really must hang in there and give it more time. 6 weeks is nothing when many recover to a great degree sometime within the first 6 months.

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#3

You have to wait it out.

I personally would suggest you do nothing with regard to medicines. You may get better advice elsewhere.

I’d rest up as much as possible. Sleep as much as you can, and if you can’t sleep, just do relaxing things. Don’t do anything you don’t feel like you have the energy for. Don’t try and test yourself. ED? Ignore it. Write off the next 2 months, this time is all about trying to be healthy and living stress free.

I too felt utterly hopeless and have had fluctuations in my symptoms. I am much better able to cope and my symptoms are much better than they were. I also struggled massively at work a month or two in. If you can take some holiday/sick days, do so.

Know that people experience complete reversals of symptoms and it is quick, it’s not gradual, it’s like a switch has been thrown.

At 6 weeks in it is still entirely possible that your condition will improve and you will be able to consign this period to being the distant memory we all want this to be. The only reminder being the regular contribution to funding the science that will make sure that this terrible condition can be consigned to history.

You got a shitty hand dealt to you but it’s not going to be the end of you.

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#4

Guys thank you both so much. At work, but struggling to hold tears back. I really am grateful.

I had a tea, sit down, went to the bathroom (so so sorry about this) and could coax a 60-80% erection even mania-stressed as I am feeling, which can’t be. I know I shouldn’t test myself, but I did a bit.

Greek you’ve been solidly amazing, thank you so much for chiming into my threads.

Dubya you’re also one of the people who is GOING to cure/treat us all, I have a feeling, so thank you too. I know you’ve both been there.

Sorry for the crazy thread here. Dark dark afternoon, but I’m a little brighter. I used to train Muay Thai, been through some TRULY testing times, mentally and physically, I’ve faced up to huge people trying to kick my head in and come out - winner or not. I’ve recovered from two awful back injuries and still got to the gym, deadlifts and squats all back because I was determined.

None of those experiences, nothing AT ALL about them are as hard as this. Nowhere even CLOSE to how bad this is.

I wouldn’t wish it on anybody.

But thank you both again so so much.

I’m donating, I’ve also bought my 23andme kit. I want to give back at least a little bit, however I can.

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