This was discussed heavily last year and this article didn’t break new ground. I don’t have energy to go back over every thing that’s double posted, I’m not sure about the rest. You can’t cherry pick hormones that JN took and single them out as the cause for his recovery. In the previous threads we discussed iodine and found that some of us, per the skin test, were deficient. However if you have a RT3 problem Iodine will only fuel it, you need to take only T3, as both T3 and RT3 are derived from T4 which the body gets one way or another as a result of armour or Iodine.
I tried to treat with Iodine and it briefly caused improvements before putting myself in a worse position. The problem is our bodies don’t respond as they should to these treatments due to how propecia physiologically altered our bodies. Even if metabolism speeds up it needs a lot more than just T3/Cortisol to sustain.
With Propecia we shut off DHT + a cortisol pathway + dihydropregnalone or dyhydroprogesterone (can’t remember which) while simultaneously spiking testosterone and estrogen. These are all key hormones for the body’s proper neurological and sexual function. Some of them occur in the brain and have further downstream effects. Simply replacing cortisol or T3 is not going to cure the whole problem IMO. It is also possible that finasteride literally shut off or killed off areas of the brain, or pathways in the brain, that we need for sexual function.
Nevertheless if you choose to go down this path I’m sure we’d all like to see updates. I’m not trying to be too much of a downer but don’t assume your article isn’t read just because the concept is new to you.