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I know with finasteride a lot of times the balance is thrown off indefinitely even if you stop. TRT would have a different mechanism of affecting it so it’s hard to say. If you do feel worse on TRT no matter the regime or trying to help it, might not be for you for a variety of reasons that can...

I’ve done different HCG schemes, and found that there does seem to be a minimum dose threshold to achieve more of the positive effects from it outside of preventing testicular atrophy. 250-350iu minimum, which goes along with the charts Dr. Saya made of his tests. Generally within a few days...

I personally wouldn’t trust it. Is it prescription? If so you can likely have it replaced.

Yep! Hoping to be able to get off it but it’s been a constant for me.

The ratio of free T to estrogen seems to matter more than the number. If you feel fine and all else is good, no need for an AI.

Seems to be, though that’s data from people not on TRT as I recall. One theory is you make more to retain more since you make less test and such as you age, but it’s anybody’s guess. If you feel good and your bloodwork looks good on the key points, just take it as a win!

Chris Bell got them to give up on kratom with one text to Rogan. Since Rogan’s big on TRT and has gotten many people on it, I imagine half the people he knows have been texting him and he’ll shut all this down within a week. He’ll probably get Chris Bell and Derek and some others on all at once...

I can’t recall many things the government does that benefits someone like me that pays their salary.

I ran into some problems when it combined with the T4 I was taking, so I stopped. I’ll probably go back to using it at some point in an anti aging way that I won’t ‘feel’ much from, but at the time it kept giving me diarrhea. Mentally I never felt anything bad from it. If I come off T4 I might...

My sensitivity still goes up when I take levothyroxine at night. Also goes up on licorice root extract. Dicks are way more complicated than they need to be.

I might try that again. Last time I tried it, it mostly made me irritable. Trying it elsewhere was mildly calming.

I take 400mg of pregnenolone in the morning from Double Wood, having tried many. I always feel different on it in a dose dependent manner, 400 being a cut off point for what I’m willing to spend. Based on how it reacts and changes with other things I take, my main benefit would appear to be...

I’ve played around with T3 and T4 in all directions to have a lot of experience with that. When I was on Lugol’s, although there were many positive aspects to it, it did feel like hyperthyroidism in ways similar to when I took too much T3, although it also brought with it other positive aspects...

Tried 150mcg but then decided to see how conservative I can be with it and have been doing 50mcg of the iodine + iodide mix daily. It’s very subtle but even with that I can see some benefits, like saliva and sense of taste and smell. Feels more manageable. Before my sense of taste and smell were...

Brand does seem to matter. I got nothing out of Life Extension but like Klaire Labs and Double Wood. Double Wood was my choice for Preg until I realized Amazon lied about the cost per cap so it’s Klaire Labs for me. 400mg in the morning in my case. 100 and under was meh, 200 is okay, 400 is...

If that is how you’re rolling, higher dose pregnenolone would amplify your dopamine response to things.

Probably not. A lot of the honeymoon period is most likely your body not downregulating as many things to match the test. If you went up and down a lot in different forms you’d probably just experience a degree with withdrawal from time to time and go back to baseline, though you’re welcome to...

I’m familiar with RestartMed and Westin’s work, though I hadn’t read that article on iodine before by him, and just got done reading the Dr Brownstein book on Iodine. Although the detox hypothesis might in theory be okay, personally, I do feel that at least in my case, it probably is more...

Testosterone does in a well documented way lower your cortisol, but for most people that seems to be a good thing. With me, having tried so many things and tracking it all, I personally think that people like me have issues more related to cortisol mismanagement than it necessarily being too low...

Yeah. It’s mixed in with about 20oz of water I’d say. And an electrolyte drink mix. Don’t think it’s that it got on my throat at all so much as the amount of iodine for now since I also have sinus narrowing and some headaches from it.

Going to have to take a break from my Lugol’s experiment unfortunately. It does a lot of great things for me but it’s been narrowing my air ways and making it harder to breath and it’s setting off my sleep apnea too much. When I went running I thought maybe I was just tired or something but I’ve...

With what?

You might be able to recreate part of the libido side of it with little rhodiola hits (I use Gaia Herbs for those). Try them mostly in the morning to afternoon. I’ve found that when I don’t have those, the libido boosting aspects from the rest of my protocol go down. That alongside pregnenolone...

Using the drive for sex as motivation is useful, but at the same time, it’s most useful when you’re doing things that although they’ll benefit you in the long term, will open up more sex. You being dependent on her’s the real issue, not her. I’ve been with BPD folks before. It’s not easy to get...

Yeah, 2 200mg pills a day from Now Foods. Before all this and thyroid meds it helped a little so I kept it. My doc wanted me to cut it down but I haven’t been in a position to yet because I prefer only changing one variable when I can and it hasn’t been a high priority yet. I have cut it down...

I’ll read up on it some more, but I’m good on the latter things. My selenium’s actually over the range and I take a bunch of vitamin C to absorb iron and a crap ton of magnesium anyway.

Probably from the extra T4 T3 conversion using up the cortisol or lowering it’s secretion. I did 1 drop the first day and have been on 2 for the days after. 2 might not be better than 1 in my case. I don’t have much desire to do one of those mega doses but if you guys do well with it I’d...

It took all day of coating things in vinegar and hydrogen peroxide and all kinds of stuff but thankfully it’s making a dent. Likely will need to get new cabinet doors though since I think I probably ruined them more to remove the stain. It’s hot where I’m at so thankfully I was in my underwear...

I guess detoxification might explain some things. I’m getting really bad and sudden cystic acne in many places, though for me, that’s actually what I was like before PFS, so I’m taking that as a positive.

Iodine in the past as a supplement didn’t really do that for me, but Lugols seems to include iodide, so I figured I’d give it a try and it does seem to hit me differently. Not sure if it’s because of that, but could be. Does it still help you sweat more, or does that level off? I admittedly...

Day one of a drop of Lugol’s in the morning. Actually feel pretty decent and helped with a lot of my odder symptoms, like lack of saliva, which for me is a tough one to hit. Sweat very normally while working out. Senses are generally more vivid and deeper and I had to turn the volume down on...