Well I’m back. I was so so for a while. Maybe 80-90%. A week ago I was dumb and tried a new diet that included curry, coconut milk and beans. I felt really really off the next day.
Now anorgasmia came back.
I still have libido but can’t finish.
Maybe it’s just a little crash but I feel like my body is broken again.
It’s very hard to stay positive.
Just trying to exercise a lot for now.
Been going through this for 7 months with fluctuating symptoms.
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I’m feeling bad again today. It’s hard to explain but it feels like the initial crash I had when I first took saw palmetto. I feel like a switch was turned off inside of me or maybe like a brain injury. Libido is low and I have slight ED again. Appetite is low and I’m feeling a bit of anxiety. I had night sweats last night. I’m not freaking out like the first time because I know what is happening.
I might schedule an appointment to verify the hormones. Not sure what to do. Could the curry powder really trigger this?
I’m so confused.
Feeling worse today. Depressed and really anxious. I could only sleep 5 hours. No night sweats at least. I can’t eat or go to work. I can’t believe this is my life again. It’s so beautiful outside but don’t want to go out. I thought I was healed but I guess not. Will try to take some walks outside or maybe go to the gym.
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I’m gonna try some stuff seriously.
I’m starting to feel a sense of despair like my first crash.
I started getting spasms in the prostate again.
Hopefully the following helps.
-Eating less carbs and more protein
-More exercise, almost daily
-NoFap
-No porn
-Pelvic floor streching, reverse kegels
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Small update.
After 7 days I was able to fap but to my surprise when I ejaculated I felt nothing. That was really weird. This never happened to me. I never had a muted orgasm. And usually afterwards you feel the endorphins and tiredness kick in but this time nothing.
Yeah definetely something got fucked in my brain.
Just 7 days ago I had powerful orgasms, but now it’s gone.
This is so messed up.
Try again in a couple days. I remember having those rollercoaster weeks/months before things began to stabilize again.
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I felt like I was slowly healing again. Orgasms were coming back slowly.
I went to a new physio for the pelvic floor and she put very hard pressure on the pudendal nerve.
Now today I am impotent again.
My libido is really high but for some reason dick is not working.
It feels like there is no blood flow.
Maybe I should stop the physio.
Or maybe it’s a crash I don’t know.
update after nine months after taking saw palmetto:
I am still able to get an erection but I have to be in a relaxed state. If I do breathing exercises to relax my pelvic floor it’s easier. Standing is harder. Before taking SP, it would take me 5-10 seconds to get a boner, now it can take 2 minutes or more. Before SP, If a woman simply touched my hand, I would get an etection after seconds.
I also have a longer refractory period. Pre SP I was good once a day. Now I have to wait 3-4 days or longer. Otherwise I have delayed ejeculation and anorgasmia.
If I were to get in a new relationship, I would have to explain my issues to the woman to lower her expectations.
Other than that I am a bit depressed but I don’t think it’s a side effect. It’s just the fact that I have to deal with this.
I am continuing pelvic floor physiotherapy. For some reason, SP put me in a state that I am always clenching the pelvic floor.
I also need to be careful what I eat. I cannot eat anything that is anti-DHT because it worsens my symptoms.
I started to exercise a lot. I think it increases my libido but doesn’t improve physical side effects.
I am having another bad day today.
The only thing I can think of is that I ate parsley yesterday and took an Advil.
ibuprofen seems to affect me negatively.
I woke up with less sensitivity in the genitals.
I will try another medicine next time I have a headache.
Anyone know what the best diet is to beat this disease?
Keto? Vegan? Fasting? Or completely avoid anti-androgenic foods?
There is so much information on this site that I’m not sure what to eat.
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This article discusses diets, but more related to weight loss results. Maybe you’ll find helpful info there. Keto wins. Jim
https://keto-mojo.com/research/keto-intermittent-fasting-vs-mediterranean-diet-weight-loss/
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There isn’t one
All we have is our own experience
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In the last month I have been avoiding all 5 ari foods and I was making some great progress and my erections were getting better but in the last week it’s been bad again.
Avoiding 5 ari foods is easy but I feel it’s not healthy for me.
I can’t sleep much. Maybe 4 hours then it’s hard to go back to sleep.
Lately I feel defeated and just feel like giving up. I feel hopeless really. And obssessing over this condition is dreaning me mentally.
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Somedays I feel I’m back to day 1 of this disease. I remember the 5th day I took saw palmetto, I was taking a shower and felt my penis was numb and unresponsive. It felt like this today again. I remember before taking that poison, just washing myself down there I would get an erection in seconds.
Cutting out all 5 ari foods doesn’t seem to help much.
I am still doing the pelvic floor physio and doing reverse kegels daily.
I got my testosterone checked and it was at 435. The doctor said it’s normal for my age. The doctor sent a uro request but it can take up to a year to see one in canada. Everything else is fine, thyroid, prolactin, blood pressure etc.
Not sure what else to try. I didn’t try cialis or viagra. I don’t see the point if I’m not sexually active with a partner. But maybe it can promote blood flow down there?
I started to wake up feeling depressed in the morning. This is probably not helping.
I still have nocturnal erections but they are weak.
Anyone have any suggestions? Things I can try to heal this condition?