I can’t link it here ofc, but in the recoveries thread on SS, post 56:
"My story was quoted in this thread. I want to give an update that I am still doing well. I also want to give a warning. Don’t ever take licorice root. I overemphasized the effect licorice root had when I got similar pronounced fluctuations at other times in my journey. I think I recovered mainly from living healthily and fluctuations in androgenic activity that eventually made me get better. Licorice root can raise your blood pressure a lot and I think there are many dangers to it. Just focus on the healthy lifestyle and protocol. Hang in there. "
I’m not sure of course on the reason he did recover, but he has his ideas as he wrote. On SS they’ll say it was the protocol did it. I’m not one for bashing CD either, they do have a fair few recoveries it seems so good on them and him. I still exercise myself, cold showers, eat paleo… then again that was pretty much my life before PFS! Lol.
Anyways, actually currently I feel pretty good - sexually no improvements however masturbation doesn’t crash me now, can masturbate a few times a day if I fancy. EQ and libido not great really, but only a couple of weeks into this. I’m ALSO taking what IHP did in his recovery, so goodness knows what will ACTUALLY turn out to be working, or even if it’s just temporary because of the cold, but I feel pretty ok in myself, no question there.
Licorice root itself is 450mg/day and Kudzu root 500mg/day. Ggggg123 never did say how much kudzu to take, so just winging it there. Might persevere with it all until the new year and see.
EDIT - again though, big big warnings. Licorice root has HUURRTTTT people before, and this might all be huge folly. One 450mg pill of it DESTROYED me back at Easter, HUGE suicide ideation I almost went through with, but now I noticed a little nervy and anxious but then nothing really, although I started on the kudzu root daily then too, prior to that a little bit of anxiety for definite.
Was in “fuck it” mode, still am a bit. I’ll do the silly things so you folks don’t have to.