Why do I have good days and bad days??? This is a mystery to me.
Some of those on this board have been seemingly cured of this affliction and have moved on with their lives, and almost all of us have good days sometimes. My good days seem not to depend on testosterone levels (my testosterone and estradiol levels have remained pretty much the same throughout), nor on exercise, vitamins, sleep, nor on any other factor I can think of. Some days we just have good days. Why? If it really was the case that propecia changed our genes, then none of us would ever have good days again because the damage would be irreversible. None of us would also experience any type of “honeymoon effect” from treatments. The only thing I can think of is that it’s something contained in the food we are eating. Something is causing us to be balanced on certain days and off balance on (most) other days. The broccoli treatment probably works because we bring our bodies back into balance, but soon wears off because the balance cannot be sustained, or rather, because we unwittingly throw our bodies back off balance.
What is the key ingredient?!?
Recently I have been having more and more good days, so I am going to try something we all should be doing. I’m going to keep a food diary and check which days were better than others. Perhaps then I can start to see a pattern either for those days, or the days leading up to the good day. I think it HAS to be something I am eating. Anyone else keep a food diary?
Hi stillfighting.
I agree with you 100%. This point has seemed to go over most people’s heads so congrats on coming to this realization.
The only way for the severity of our symptoms to fluctuate is if the underlying cause fluctuates as well. This rules out any permanent structural change to the cells in our body like altered gene expression. Now lets go a step further and ask ourselves what fluctuates in our bodies:
- hormones fluctuate - but this can’t be the answer since they don’t change drastically in a day or 2 to cause such a fluctuation in our symptoms, also we all no HRT has not really caused anybody to recover so lets rule this one out.
- Body temperature fluctuates - this is a real possibility, especially considering that our symptoms are highly correlated with the symptoms of hypothyroidism which results in low body temperature
- The amount of toxins excreted from the cells into the blood fluctuates - I don’t care what anybody says, certain toxins in the body DO have the potential to cause serious side effects like ours, we can’t rule this one out. The volatility of our symptoms also coincides with the volatility of symptoms experienced by people with too much toxins in their body as the body requires energy to excrete them.
- Nutrients in the body fluctuate - I am talking vitamins, amino acids, essential minerals, a deficiency in any of these can have serious consequences for our health. Anyone who thinks otherwise is an idiot, we only have to think 200 years ago when sailors had scurvy - at that stage, doctors who first proposed that it was caused by a nutrient deficiency were ridiculed.
Points 2,3 and 4 could be related and a problem in one area could cause a problem in another.
Thats all that comes to my mind. I welcome any suggestions on things that regularily fluctuate in our bodies that can have consequences on our health.
Well, I will agree with you to the extent that anything is possible and we all have different biochemistry so who knows.
Unfortunately, its a bit more complicated then finding the right supplement and diet. I think those can help us cope while we deal with this and discover what actually happened to us. Some may just have crashed their testosterone and can restart it. Some of us are androgen resistant to different degrees. According to Dr. Jacobs there was a study - those who grew alot of hair back while on propecia may be more androgen resistant than others. Scary since I grew alot of hair back while on it.
Thanks for the post, I was about to post something similar to this. For me, my symptoms seem to change more every few weeks or months rather than days. It goes in long cycles for me. A couple months ago I thought I was well on my way to recovery as I had a few weeks of good libido/erection/etc. Then 2 weeks ago everything changed and I’m back to rock bottom with sexual function now.
I have thought long and hard over what is causing these swings. I don’t have any major changes in diet, exercise or lifestyle. I’m in the middle of a bad cycle now and not sure when it will turn around.
It’s more about how the body processes and metabolizes the food than the food itself. If it were just the food there wouldn’t be a problem, some guys here eat healthier than anyone else alive.