I feel better with some added hormone.

This lyme stuff seems to twist the knobs on all our control mechanisms.
 

Yes, definite hormone problems. I spent the early part of my childhood (until about 10 yrs old) growing up in MA and CT. I got my EM rash when I was 25, spending the Summer working in CT with my family. My hormone problems obviously existed before then, so I could never tie them to the Lyme.

Then, I finally found a good LLMD and he informs me, from my medical history, that it's quite obvious that I was originally infected during that childhood period. He say he comes to that conclusion even after discounting the hormone issues.

BTW, not only is my testosterone level almost non-existant, but I also have GH deficiency.

Plenty of theories suggest that the hypothalamus deregulates (turns down) production of certain hormones to slow the constant auto-immune attack, but my pituitary MRI clearly shows pituitary damage that the endo says is the result of the ongoing infection over the years.
 

For those with this problem - can hormone therapy make a big difference in how we feel ???

If any has the name of a good doctor with experience in this area - please e-mail me - thanks -- [email protected]