From what I can tell, the paper offered no opinion on the why of the abnormalities, it simply pointed out that they existed. You can give the paper a look for yourself: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7354335/
Actually I wanted to edit my post about this, because I agree we should be very grateful for the people that are researching our problem. And especially the foundation that funds these researches. I have so much respect to the founder of the post finasteride syndrome. So sad that he lost his son, because of this syndrome. The future outcome of all the efforts of the foundation will be too late for him, but it will help thousands of people and prevent even more people developing this syndrome in the future.
The only question I have is, why does it take so long for the Baylor study to complete (7 years)? Is that normal for such a study?
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Of course it’s not normal. Normally studies take 3 years maximum. In any case, no single study is very important at all. It will take a large number of studies in parallel. It’s a tragedy in itself that somehow people here thought that a serial approach would be sufficient. Even if the one study had come out many many more would still be needed. We should all be completely disgusted with ourselves for the last 15 years.
I’m not sure why you believe people here believe in serial studies. Research studies take a lot of time, energy, and resources to get launched and people here are doing the best they can. I’ve said this before, but I’m a strong believer in leading by example. Instead of saying how disgusted you are with other people for not meeting your expectations, which decreases morale here, you would be better off trying to get a study organized yourself and bringing others into the fold.
I’m not really sure what it is you’re trying to accomplish here, but maybe I can help you figure out how to go about it in a better way. The way you are doing this now is you are just upsetting other members on the forum and you don’t seem to be making yourself any happier in the process.
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There is vastly more talk about when “Baylor” is coming out then there is about how to get research going.
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I put forth this as an example of the kinds of things I hoped we could start talking about. There was no engagement. Will be over the moon if we finally at point where that’s changed. Would love it if we could start working on superior plan.
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Ya you’re all talk and no action and have been for years. Anybody can come up with OK ideas and say how they’re disgusted with others for not following them, yet not pursuing any of them himself. They did independently spend a lot of work on that video project though, I’m not even sure that you contributed your own video.
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Haven’t been keeping up. People finally getting to work now? That’s awesome if case.
It’s odd …
But It worked for me and others
U just need to be careful and use it correctly other wise you can hurt your self with it
Wondering where the thread about a potential study is?
Here it is: PFS Research in 2021: PFSNetwork fundraising for research projects with the PFSFoundation in Summer
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On the point of many chronic diseases being researched ad nauseum, yet cures never coming to fruition, if this was 20 years ago, even 5 years ago, I’d say 100% that it’s a pipe dream to expect a treatment for an obscure chronic disease like we have to be discovered by scientific means. With that being said, diagnostic and disease modifying technology itself is evolving in general, so that is where the hope lies in my opinion. The technology may be available in time to do something about this situation, IF the situation is understood…
Now, that doesn’t mean we should put all of our eggs in one basket. The community should help accelerate research, but we should also continue to try alternative methods, as there may be a greater chance of finally finding a solution through alternative methods despite these “methods being tried for 15 years”.
Some unconventional approaches that may be of interest that weren’t really discussed in mainstream until relatively include:
-fasting
-keto / paleo / autoimmune-gut repair / carnivore
-psilocybin
-ketamine
-wim hof breathing
-shockwave (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31187929/)
-cold showers (https://www.whatisepigenetics.com/exposure-to-cold-temperatures-can-change-our-gene-expression-and-fat-cells/)
Even if few have recovered from these conditions, I doubt many have gone to truly extreme lengths (not talking popping pills and taking creams) to explore certain unconventional modalities which require high levels of dedication and commitment such as months of strict dieting, supervised fasting, and a complete and holistic approach that lasts for months on end.
I am guilty of being one of the members who tries holistic approaches but hasn’t really stuck to them for very long periods of time. I was able to stick to the Kharrazian diet for 1 month for example, and saw some benefits such as more nocturnal erections and better bowel movements, but I did not stick to this for months on end, AND keep low stress, AND meditate, AND run every day. You get the point…
As a summary, let’s continue to do what we can as a community but also as individuals.
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Right now almost 100% of the talk here is about miraculous home remedies that have never worked. Surely you aren’t worried that there is going to be too much focus on getting research started and not enough on cold showers, psychedelics, and cat tranquilizer.
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Pls stop telling people what to do and go ahead and do it yourself. Thanks.
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U can’t imagine the level of muscle weakness i suffer since that last 1 mg dose. I can’t lift a grocery bag without struggling and u are talking about running. U are lucky that u can run. I guess this forum should make 2 different categories: one for just mild sufferers who are still functional enough and the other for severe sufferers who are bed bound (or atleast struggling to survive) with physical and mental problems from this disease. The 2nd category is being highly neglected here and these are the people who lost their lives. Every now and then a recovery from a mild case appears here from something like tribulus and the severe sufferer mimics it and gets even more worse.
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Yes, everyone here should do things “individually”. The term “community” is just for the name sake.
you aren’t going to get people to do stuff by shaming them constantly and preaching endlessly
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U are a follower of cdnuts ain’t u? No one is preaching anyone here anything. @vkg1 requesting here just to focus more on research than following fad diets.
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Unfortunately, there is a very small number of people on the forum that have the personal ability to construct and organize research efforts. Prob 99% of the others do not so they focus on doing whatever they possibly can to improve their own quality of life. But it is very demoralizing and frustrating to constantly tell the 99% that we should be “disgusted” with ourselves bc nobody is doing any research or anything and they’re focusing on their own cures. Maybe that gives you some more perspective.
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Ya requesting by shitting all over people for “not doing anything” constantly while producing virtually zero results himself
I ask people to contribute too
Without being a little snobby bitch about it
And how am I a follower of cdsnuts for saying this?
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