Issues after 5 saw palmetto pills

[Manofthenight]

As I lay here in my bed stressed out and anxious, I don’t think I’m gonna make it.
Something changed in my brain. I am messed up. I have no appetite. I don’t think I will be able to go back to work. But maybe going to the office would help me instead of ruminating at home.

Whoever reads this, I hope we all heal.
But this is pure torture for me.
I am frozen in time and unable to enjoy anything.
I used to make jokes with my son every day. Now I’m just there on autopilot.
Even if I go out I feel the same.

I think my wife is getting tired of taking care of me.
I used to be the rock that holds the family together but now I feel like a burden.

Writting in here actually distracts my brain which is good.

Sorry if I seem negative in my posts.

[Manofthenight]

Fluctuating symptoms.
I am now back to square one.
Maybe it’s the anxiety? high cortisol?
But yeah I was able to get erections for 5 days. But yesterday I took zinc 50mg and today, no go.
This is getting frustrating.

[Manofthenight]

I have been on cipro for 9 days.
I have crazy anxiety. I don’t know if the anxiety is caused by SP or cipro. I suspect cipro. I will stop the antibiotic.
I don’t like taking drugs.
I feel wired as if I need to go running outside and can’t relax.
This is insane considering that my health was perfect before.

[Manofthenight]

I stopped Cipro and feel better. I was able to sleep about 6 hours last night.
Nocturnal erections are gone. When I wake up I feel asexual. Hard to explain but it’s like a switch was turned off.
I think I’m screwed really. Anybody have the same experience?

[Manofthenight]

I think I am making progress. I am able to stimulate and get an erection ( not as strong as before and only lying down) but now a new issue is that I cannot climax.
It’s like my brain is not excited enough.
The difficulties continue. Fun times.
Anxiety is getting better and I think it was caused by cirpo.

[Manofthenight]

I can’t imagine living for years like this. I think you have to be a warrior to endure this. My life is on pause and this is mental torture. Like what the heck. I can’t believe those companies sell those products. Even the natural products can mess you up real bad. Incredible.

[Taw]

@Manofthenight

Has anyone recovered from saw palmetto?

Instead of parroting myself, I’ll direct you to posts I made previously that you may enjoy reading:

Sexual sides virtually seem impossible to reverse

After my saw palmetto crash, I could not get hard for a long time, even with a naked lady in front of me. Now, even though I don’t have a lady around, my penis is very hard as I write this. I hope this makes you feel encouraged. Not trying to brag.

Sexual sides virtually seem impossible to reverse

Hoping you notice more improvements, major rather than slight, and permanent rather than temporary, to all reading this. After my crash, I had trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, and getting restful sleep. My sleep is normal today. Then again, sometimes my erections keep me awake or wake me up. After my crash, I had numbness (not total, but very close), weak ejaculation force, and almost no volume, the little bit being like clear water. I had ED and no libido. Today, erections and libido are…

Has anyone considered trying to date again?

I feel so bad for you all. My empathy, sympathy, and condolences go out to everyone. I wish you all a recovery. (I’m not pity partying) Since my sexual recovery, I have not dated, but I have had “one night stand” as well as “friends with benefits” arrangements, and other categories of encounters I will not divulge. I would very much love to date a woman who recovered. It would be the most romantic connection fathomable. A big barrier to relationships for me is missing/damaged teeth. This long …

Why animals, birds, and insects don't eat saw palmetto berries? Do they know something we did not?

I reached out to you privately with an update awhile ago, although it was a tad late. Might as well do so openly. I was wrestling with whether I should or not because I fear it would upset others rather than give them hope. I am not trying to brag by saying this, that I’m doing very good. I am not able to give a percentage because the numbers won’t tell anyone anything, so I will give details instead. My brain works again. Don’t want to get into that. Penis works again too. Before saw palm (I ne…

Why animals, birds, and insects don't eat saw palmetto berries? Do they know something we did not?

Hey there, glad to see your reply @PFS. Sad to hear you have seen no improvements though. I had lack of general desire, severe anhedonia, flat emotions too, but those are resolved. Most of the things I think contributed were also things I did long before crashing, and they did not prevent me from crashing, but maybe it would have been worse if I weren’t doing those things. Fasting, exercise, diet, meditating, wild herbs I harvested myself, etc. What I really, really think helped above all else …

Why animals, birds, and insects don't eat saw palmetto berries? Do they know something we did not?

Forgive me for the delayed response. Not meaning to ignore you. Sadly, not everything I harvest from the wild. Alas, periwinkle does not grow wild where I live. I think wild is healthier than home-grown, and home-grown is better than mass-produced. I tried growing it to no avail. I had a bunch of periwinkle plants from a friend who moved away, except the plants died. When I ran out, I bought cut and sifted dried material because you get more for less money. Those tiny but fancy little encapsulat…

[Manofthenight]

Thanks for all the info.

So now I have to force myself to get an erection by watching porn. I’m not very excited and can’t finish. I guess my brain kind of remembers what it was to be excited.

The way it was working before is that I didn’t have to force anything, arousal was just natural and not forced.