I'm trying to solve a mystery for a friend of mine. She is a 27-year-old woman. She spent most of her life not doing anything physical (exercise, sports, etc.) and she had a lot of problems as a result. For example, she would be rubbing her neck due to pain every 5 minutes. She would get both migraines and regular headaches chronically. She has been exercising and eating really well for 1-2 years now and has improved in many ways. She has more energy, increased lean mass, and the neck and head aches are very rare now.
Here is the mystery: She still has two consistent problems - recovery and libido. For recovery, if a workout would take me 3 days to feel back to 100%, it would take her 3 weeks. She always has pains in her body. So although she is gaining strength and muscle, her body just isn't repairing itself normally. She also has hyperlaxity (all of her joints are too stretchy) which might be related. As for libido, she says she is horny like once a month, and it's very easy for things to kill the mood.
I have a strong suspicion that whatever this problem is, it is at the core of these symptoms. She wants to take blood tests to figure out what's going on with her and what abnormality may be at the cause of it. I've been reading list after list of blood tests for health in general, but a lot are clearly geared toward men, or they are for general health. I haven't found info specific to these issues yet (aside from Test, Estrogen, Progesterone, Estradiol for libido).
What do you recommend that she gets checked? And what are optimal levels for each figure?
Here is the mystery: She still has two consistent problems - recovery and libido. For recovery, if a workout would take me 3 days to feel back to 100%, it would take her 3 weeks. She always has pains in her body. So although she is gaining strength and muscle, her body just isn't repairing itself normally. She also has hyperlaxity (all of her joints are too stretchy) which might be related. As for libido, she says she is horny like once a month, and it's very easy for things to kill the mood.
I have a strong suspicion that whatever this problem is, it is at the core of these symptoms. She wants to take blood tests to figure out what's going on with her and what abnormality may be at the cause of it. I've been reading list after list of blood tests for health in general, but a lot are clearly geared toward men, or they are for general health. I haven't found info specific to these issues yet (aside from Test, Estrogen, Progesterone, Estradiol for libido).
What do you recommend that she gets checked? And what are optimal levels for each figure?
by DanteK13 via Bodybuilding.com Forums - Female Bodybuilding
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