Progesterone - strong erections but 0 libido

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#1

Hello,

I tried then stopped Progesterone few times. Topically (cream), orally (100-200mg) and rectally (100-400mg).
I’ve been on Progesterone again for a week and I have spontaneous erection, I get hard 30% of the time, maybe more actually. But still no libido, still brain fog, itchy scalp, hairloss, itchy eyes, pelvic/hips/arms/brain pain…

I won’t pretend my post is useful. But I’m really intrigued by what’s happening to me. It seems that taking progesterone rectally is doing something (sublingual seems to do the trick as well but the taste is not great). Never had strong erections in years and now its hard, often painful because it’s too hard.
The last time I tried I was not really consistent, always taking it orally. But in the butt … not the same effect. Too bad sex drive is still non existent.

I just wanted to share, delete if not useful.

Take care…

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#2

I saw the reddit thread doctor powers said he tells patients to use progesterone rectally for PFS. Guess it holds some truth to a degree. Did an endocrinologist prescribe your progesterone? Did you gain sensitivity in the genitals or did you not have that problem?

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#3

No I bought it online. I don’t think it’s a cure … or maybe it’s worth a try. But really that’s weird, getting erections for no reason and no sex drive at all. No sensitivity gained … it’s like dead meat, but it’s hard lol.
I don’t believe he really knows about PFS, that’s my feeling at least.

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#4

Yeah maybe keep trying it rectally and see what happens overtime, so far no bad side effects right?

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#5

Not worse than PFS.
I will try for 3 weeks and see what happen when I stop.

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#6

Progesterone is micronized and given orally to women with certain. Problems.

Google oral micronized progesterone.

#7

Thanks for the updates @Xorack.
I tried mifepristone on 3 different occasions, very low dose but no effect.

#8

mifepristone is the opposite of progesterone, no ?

@Crossroads : I tried oral progesterone, it had some effects, but I was not really sure. I think I swallow instead of keeping it in the mouth, that’s why in the butt is better for absorption.

Still having strong erections … that’s really weird. No sex drive and no pleasure when I try to j…k o.f … so it’s not meant to be a cure. But it has a strange effect. Maybe it can help some guys here ? I regret I didn’t try earlier (in the butt I mean … the pills in the butt, no something else).
I will keep going for 10-15 days and then stop gradually. And try again in a few months, maybe.

#9

What are the ingredients of the progesterone you are putting up your butt?

#10

In french
“ Principes actifs: Progestérone

Excipients à effets notoires [ ? ] : Huile d’arachide

Autres excipients: Lécithine de soja, Enveloppe de la capsule : Glycérol, Titane dioxyde, Fer oxyde rouge, Gélatine”

#11

je comprend.
And this form of progesterone with peanut oil is to be placed in the anus? Where did you get this from?

#12

Yeah… you take the pill and put it in your anus. Not pleasant, except if it’s your thing. I tried to take it sublingual but too many times I swallowed the pills, so it was not really effective.
I bought it online… I will try to make my doc prescribe it to me.

I don’t think it’s a cure. Maybe there is an explanation for why progesterone gives me strong erections (today even a bit of libido, but it doesn’t mean anything). I won’t encourage you to try, but if you have already nothing to lose and want to try anything, even things that can make you worse. Be careful. I do desperate things because I want to die and I have to try everything before shooting myself. If you’re not in that situation don’t try.

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#13

Who else tried or trying?
Didn’t really help me. Just gave erections.
I stopped but maybe it’s because I need higher progesterone level like Dr Will Power suggested…
Thank you.

#14

My baseline is how you describe yourself after the progesterone, I can get strong erections but have no libido or feeling down there

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#15

Im having some pelvic floor pain reaching upto the base of my penis.

I’m wondering if rectal Progesterone can help me?

I still have mental libido, and if I wait a few days between ejaculations, I can still get erections from porn & interaction with women.

But I feel like my pelvic muscles (paired with maybe autoimmune & hormonal issues?) is holding my sexual life back.

#16

You’re supposed to take it … in the butt. At least that’s what Dr Will Power recommend. Sometimes I do that, most of the time I take it sublingually.
I don’t know if it can help you, maybe it can make you worse. I cannot say.
I test a lot of things because I have nothing to lose anymore.
Maybe you should be cautious and wait for a real cure.

#17

Have you had any communication with Dr. Powers?

Did you take this with the recommendation & supervision of a dcotor? or did you just take it on your own because you saw it recommended online by Dr. Powers?

#18

Because he was recommending it for PFS patients. He pretend it can cure PFS. I don’t believe in that but I had to try anyway.

#19

My take on Progesterone is that it antagonizes Estrogen, specifically E2. The two share an inverse relationship. Lower E2 in turn results in higher DHT. High DHT/E2 ratio is usually marked by enormous erections but low(ish) libido whereas low DHT/E2 provides high libido but weak(ish) erections. There may be other factors at play, however.

#20

I wonder if rectally administered progesterone paired with proviron would work? Somthing I might try in the future still waiting on my proviron to come in first.