How it went
Did it last?
- No one said the benefit wore off.
- No one said they needed to keep it up to stay well.
Read from what people wrote. A story that ends without a follow-up counts as lasting, so treat these as minimums.
| Outcome described | Accounts | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Full recovery | 2 | 67% |
| Near-full | 0 | 0% |
| Substantial | 1 | 33% |
| Partial | 0 | 0% |
| Relapsed | 0 | 0% |
| No benefit | 0 | 0% |
Only 3 accounts. Treat these percentages as anecdotes, not rates.
By how ill people were
| Severity at worst | How it went | n | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Severe | 2 | 50% | |
| Very severe | 1 | 100% |
0 accounts don’t say how ill the person was.
Who published these accounts
33% of these accounts are on pages that sell this treatment or a program around it. Those pages publish their successes; compare the independent row.
How often it comes up
Posts that mention Growth hormone / sermorelin, per 1,000 posts each year. Hover a point for the count.
Show as a table
| Year | Posts mentioning it | All posts | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1 | 184 | 5.4 |
| 2010 | 1 | 682 | 1.5 |
| 2011 | 0 | 704 | 0.0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1,491 | 0.0 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1,708 | 1.2 |
| 2014 | 3 | 2,352 | 1.3 |
| 2015 | 16 | 2,158 | 7.4 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1,431 | 1.4 |
| 2017 | 0 | 3,110 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2,201 | 0.5 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1,075 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2,581 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1,867 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1,166 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1,000 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1,237 | 0.8 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1,019 | 2.0 |
| 2026 (so far) | 0 | 840 | 0.0 |
Posts in the forum threads we archived, 26,806 in all, counted per year. A mention means the post names the treatment, not that the writer took it. These threads all contain a recovery story, so they show what those communities discussed, not everyone with ME/CFS or long COVID. All trends
All 3 accounts
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From a nursing patient to a mountain climber: For four years I lay completely helpless and motionless in bed
Jan Even Raastad credits a Lightning Process course run in his home in late 2010 by Live Landmark and a medical student, after years of prednisone, Imurel, Remicade, Nexavir, antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, growth hormones and countless supplements had…
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I replace ALL my hormones. This brought me back to life.
thingsvarious systematically replaced testosterone, cortisol, thyroid, growth hormone and aldosterone after years of "nightmare"-level fatigue, largely managing it himself because, in his words, "many endocrinologists are shit." He says his energy moved from…
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My CFS/ME was GHD
After years of what had been labeled CFS/ME, awkwardlymodern was diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency and says one month of replacement-dose GH therapy returned her to a normal energy level, with cognitive and mood improvement almost immediate and…