14 Day Water Fast - My Improvements

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#92

Hi everyone I thought I’d drop back in and give another update…why do I do this?.. because I think about the people who are going through this and it bothers me so I check on it to see how people are doing and read some stories.

Just about everything is still great, no brain fog, lots of energy (I play soccer and workout on a regular basis) I have sex every time I hang out with my girlfriend (about 3 times a week). My diet is the cleanest it’s ever been and I think that plays a big role in all of this. I was so dead set on getting rid of this that I went to all natural and as much raw as possible and it just turned into habit, I love it now and won’t go back (except for occasional cookie dough binges).

The only thing which is still persisting is my low body temperature. I have really low body temp, like sometimes it gets down to 96.2 and most of the time is between 96.7-97.5. I almost want to ignore it because I feel good all the time but my curiosity still gets to me.

I did some digging and called up some doctors offices which I visited before I was on propecia (started over ten years ago) and believe it or not they had my temperature records and the temps were low even before I was on propecia (there were only two recorded which isn’t a big data set). So at least for me I can’t say for sure that PFS caused my low body temp but it was the cause of all of my other horrible symptoms which I’ve discussed already. I’ve been doing some minor testing with people around me, almost anyone who I ask to take their temperature who is over the age of 30 has a sub-par temperature (around 97.7 at highest). I even gave blood and asked the woman who took my temperature “what types of temps do you usually see?” and she said around 97.7-98.0. On the other hand children I’ve tested (i had their parents take their temp) seem to come up around 98.6-98.7…so something’s up but I’m not sure what.

Side note: I’ve noticed that if I take a BIG spoonful (doesn’t work with a small) of extra virgin coconut oil it boosts my temperature and energy for the next 1.5 hours, it can actually get me up to around 98.5 but it always returns to low, you may want to try this and see how you feel.

Things I’m trying now to fix the low body temp:

I am doing mega doses of Lugol’s Iodine Solution 5% (I started at 1 drop a day and have moved to 6 drops a day) after reading research by Dr David Brownstein who recommends it for low body temp / hypothyroid issues (I see no improvement after 3 weeks on this but he said it can take up to 2-3 months). I am supplementing selenium and MSM as well as doing some flouride detox protocols as I have heard this can affect the thyroid (I’m a big self experiementer so I’ll try just about anything). I also have scheduled an appointment with an Endocrinologist this coming Tuesday to get blood-work done and test my T3 T4 TSH levels Rt3 etc and see where I’m at.

I want to reiterate that I feel fantastic, amazing, definitely the best I have in 10 years but am still persistent for perfect health, or as close as I can get.

Good luck

#93

Is ejaculating/having sex/masturbating allowed in a water fast? Can it interfere with the efectiveness of the fasting?

#94

today i’m on my 6th day of fasting and i can’t feel any benefits. I only have sexual problems, i think i have all the sexual problems one can have and this fasting is worsening them, my penis is smaller both resting and especially in erection, it is much thinner as if the fact i’m not eating is starving my penis, erection is very difficult to achieve, very difficult to maintain and it is not full at all, i can’t even call it erection, my glans is permanently small, even when the rest of the penis is quite erected, those 3 issues, penis size, e.d. and glans are much worse than before starting the fasting. Should i break the fasting? Can ejaculating/having sex/masturbating effect the result of the fasting?

#95

Well, first, I know some of you guys wanted to hear about my fasting experience and I’m really sorry that I was absent from the site for so long. I’ll be writing about it in the next days, but I wanted to answer your question, esermon. I haven’t have such serious sexual sides, but I had strong erections during the fast and I used masturbation to fall asleep every night of the fast as sleep was really a problem. I also saw an improvement in size during and after the fast. For your question, I don’t think you should stop the fast for that reason. I don’t see how it could worsen your symptoms, at least permanently. The fast is removing bad stuff in your system from which your problem originates and you’re not adding to your problem. I know that I felt very weak during my fast and I wonder if it’s not the fact the you’re tired that explains it. I know I see a difference in size when I haven’t sleep (as you might know, you produce testosterone while sleeping). Have you been sleeping badly since the beginning of the fast? Also, are you doing a complete water fast? Just to make sure we’re talking about the same thing.

#96

today 7th day of fasting, yes it is a water fasting. Actually i don’t feel weak at all, i feel normal, as if i was eating normally, i felt weak only the second day and the morning of the third day. I had problems with sleeping only the first or the second night i can’t remember precisely, tonight i woke up while sleeping, it never happens normally, but it was not a problem i fell asleep not more than 5 minutes after, sleeping is not a problem. My pfs consists only in sexual problems, i don’t have braing fog, anxiety, fatigue etc. only sexual problems, now during the fasting libido is quite good, premature ejaculation is present but it doesn’t seem to be affected by the fasting, i had similar issues even before fasting but i’m absolutely sure the fasting is damaging my penis, it is so thin particularly in erection it is also a bit more curved towards left than before, my e.d is much worse than before, i can say i’m totally impotent now, and the glans!!! Oh my god the glans even when the rest of the penis is a bit more “erected” the glans stays small, empty. And i repeat i’m 100% sure problems with penis size, e.d. and glans are due to the fasting. My question was is this a standard procedure during the fasting or it’s just me that is responding to the fasting so badly, as i think?

#97

In my case, the sexual problems didn’t seem the most prominent in my symptoms. I felt so fucked up mentally, emotionally and physically (tiredness, weakness, loss of muscular mass) that the fact that I wasn’t getting good erections and that I wasn’t horny like I use to be just seemed normal because everything was going haywire. We would need someone with important sexual symptoms who tried fasting to tell how it went for him.

#98

My problems are mostly sexual. I did an 8 -day waterfast a couple of months back. I stopped because I felt so weak and had lost close to 10 kg’s (something around 20+ lbs).
What I noticed on day 5 and onwards I had super vivid dreams, more vivid then I can remember ever dreaming.
Sexually I felt a little better, but no lasting benefits whatsoever. I would not do it again. Maybe these 15 hour fasts yes, but not for a longer period. But everyone is different.

#99

You wouldn’t have to insist a lot to make me admit that water fasting is not necessarily a pleasant experience. For me, it was very tough, but when your life is pure hell and you’re totally desperate, it’s something that you’re able to accept. What I can say is that for me, yes, it changed something and it was worth it. But you have to know that it makes a difference if you do it one week, two weeks or three weeks. For example, fin made me very sensible to some substances and I couldn’t use Minoxidil 5% because it made me unbelievably anxious. After 14 days of fasting, I was feeling very calm and well and I thought: I feel very different now, why not give it a try? Well, I had the same reaction as before. After doing 20 days of water fasting, I had to use Minoxidil 5% and to my surprise, I didn’t have any reaction to it. The weight loss is of course disconcerting. For me, the worse was the way my face looked, all bony as if I was dying of cancer, but I was going to the gym before the fast and my body didn’t looked so bad at the end. I mean, I was too thin and it didn’t looked normal or healthy, but it wasn’t as if I was going to die of starvation in the next hours.

#100

i broke my fast during the eighth day yesterday, actually i regret it even if i don’t think it can help me at all i could have tried to fast for 1 week more. Now my sexual condition is not as bad as during the fasting but not as good as before the fasting. If tomorrow or the day after i start a new 7/8 days fasting can the effects of this new fasting add up to the previous one or when you break a fasting you start again from zero even if you have eaten for just 3 days or so?

#101

I was kind expecting it. You’ve exited the fasting mode, so your body must have started depending now on what you put in your stomach and I suppose it takes a certain time before it switches back to the fasting mode, but I guess it would probably be faster than if you we’re just beginning a fast. Your body has been cleaning itself and you don’t lose that, so in that sense, you’re not starting from zero. I think propeciAUS did something like that, but I’m not a doctor and wouldn’t be able to tell you if it’s not advisable or if it’s just fine.

#102

Do some research on water fasting, it will help you stay motivated and keep you from hurting yourself. In order to conserve energy your body will down-regulate your sex drive to almost nothing. I had zero libido the entire time I was on my water fast; SHBG will be increased in times of fasting which will lower FreeTest levels and thus you will have lower libido. This is normal…imagine if you were out in the desert, starving and your body is living off its own fat but you were constantly craving sex; wouldn’t be good. - Your body knows what it’s doing.

#103

Ehm i clearly said my libido was good during the fasting, was the only aspect that was fine during the fasting. The worst problem was a very bad e.d.

#104

Experienced 15 day water fast last month and had several improvements, My libido improved and I have no more brain fog, I believe that doing fasting at least 1 or 2 times a month can greatly help in recovery

#105

Hey boys, I’ve been gone for a second, but that’s only because I’ve been busy. I don’t even get around to returning my buddies’ text messages lately.

Anyway…

During the month of November, I successfully fasted for twenty-one days, three weeks of nothing but de-ionized water. I think I drank about eight gallons total. Let me tell you all, I am still your PFS peer, but the improvements have been enormous. Better cognition, sleep, affect, etc. I can now count how many REM phases I make it through each night, rather than guess at one or two. I’m more socially responsive, more extemporaneously witty, and I feel more assertive in general, less like a pushover of a person. Also, I just feel better on the whole. Oh, and since breaking my fast, I also wake up with a stiffy EVERY MORNING.

HA! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I love that part.

I’m going to hit the hay, up past my bedtime and all. More later (probably in a separate thread). Really happy to share this with you guys. Can’t wait for my next fast.

#106

my main problems are e.d. and premature ejaculation, any benefits for these two aspects?

#107

you betcha. erections are fuller and more sensitive, and i don’t lose them if i discontinue manual stimulation. it’s because i still feel…erotic? honestly, since breaking my fast, i’ve felt perverted at times on the level that i used to as a horny teenager. i’m sure if i abused my newfound state and beat it too much, i’d regress and lose what stamina i’ve acquired, though.

and yes, it has done something for premature ejaculation, though i’ll add that the increase in sensitivity and being much hornier during self arousal doesn’t help there

#108

Pax, Did you do the Water fast at home or did you go to a clinic?

#109

I see a couple of people posted on here about 15 hour a day fasts. I’m thinking about giving this a shot. How do you guys do them…do you have a meal in the morning and then go the rest of the day without? Or do you wake up and not eat anything for 15 hours and then have a meal?

#110

I did a 4 day fast were I just drank orange juice I felt better after it but it didnt seem to have any long term benefits.

#111

@bostonusa2009: i did this one on my own. it’s as cheap as water and whatever container you choose to put it in. i chose deionized water and glass (which was considerably more expensive than plastic, but doesn’t leach).

@mark2012: of course the benefits didn’t last, dummy! jk, jk, but really, juice fasting offers benefits because you’re giving your digestive system a huge rest, and digesting food takes up a lot of energy. however, nothing compares to a true water fast, and i mean nothing. juice fasting is salubrious, but it doesn’t turn on the specific genes that consuming no calories/nutrients will.