Joined: 25 Feb 2008 Posts: 4 Location: West Virginia, United States
Human Growth Hormone Deficiency Posted: 02-25-08 21:17pm
Hello, I'm new to this so I hope I'm doing
this correctly.
I am a 22 year old female, I weigh 75lbs
and I'm 4'7" tall. All of my life I've
tried to accept the fact that I'm
extremely tiny. In my childhood it wasn't
so bad. People mistakenly thought I was a
toddler when I signed up for school, and
through my elementary or primary school
years it wasn't much of an issue. Even
through Middle school and most of High
school I wasn't bothered much about this.
Now that I am a young adult, I'm finding
it hard to deal with.
I am always mistaken for a 12 year old.
Everyone I come in contact with knows that
I am not the age I look because of the
maturity in my voice, the clothes that I
wear, but I constantly get asked "excuse
me, ma'am.. how old are you?" and usually
I shrug it off. It is upsetting but I'm
trying to learn to live with this.
I recently went to get an annual exam at
my GYN's office and it was the first visit
I've had with this specific doctor. He
told me I was abnormally small and asked
me if I ever looked into what may have
caused this. My parents really haven't
done much because I'm a very healthy
person and as a child it never seemed to
bother me. He also asked if I have ever
consulted with an endocrinologist (I think
that is what he spoke of).
Now I know of a young guy, around 15 years
of age I think, who is taking injections
of what I believe is the Human Growth
Hormone. And I know that people of the
older generation take this to slow down
aging (hopefully I'm correct - this is
what I understand from online research)
What I'm asking is if this hormone would
help me. What exactly is this hormone,
what does it do, and am I too old to take
this to get adequate results for what I
would be expecting?
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