kinggg wrote:Please someone explain this very strange phenomenon. Last month I came down with flu and of course felt terrible. But several days with it, I experienced high libido and surprising morning wood. Unfortunately now that I'm completely healed, I no longer possess high libido or morning wood. Can someone PLEASE explain this???
This is a very interesting phenomena and I have experienced this in the past myself too.
I read a good book called “Safe uses of hydrocortisone” by a Dr Jefferies. He writes quite a lot about the influenza virus, he would use low dose hydrocortisone to reduce flu symptoms and reduce the duration and intensity of the flu in his patients.
He said that the Influenza virus interferes with the adrenals glands early on in its onslaught in the body lowering production of cortisol. Much of the symptoms we feel from this virus, he says, are the affects that low cortisol has on the body: fatigue, achy joints, sensitivity to bright light, sore eyes, headache etc.
Supplementing with hydrocortisone essentially tricked the virus, replacing it reduced the effects of inflammation and the disease progression.
I wonder if this lowered cortisol level you may be experiencing could be increasing your libido in these moments. It could also be supressing other hormones produced by the adrenal glands such as adrenalin, thus lowering excessive sympathetic function in the body which is known to decrease libido and sexual function.
https://www.nature.com/articles/ijir200914
Age 57, ED issues for 15-20 years. Testosterone replacement with Enanthate and Ovidrel. Currently using generic Tadalafil 2.5mgs and Resveratrol daily.