Whilst i can’t rule out that i may have a natural affinity to repair whatever the underlying damage finasteride did, I can honestly say that Progesterone + Selegiline has given me back my old self (augmented by a positive out look too btw). Been on them for about 3 months now and sure enough i am almost to the point where i can say this is behind me. If you view my side effect profile, all have improved to the point of pre-finasteride- save libido which is about 85% better still, still room for improvement- im also trying to psychologically prime my mind for that too given its been a while since its been normal- i’m think of it like arousal bootcamp. Though im proud to say i’ve once again got those primitive “urges” back… thank f#$&.
I think perhaps its important to take into account synergistic actions of hormones and neurotransmitters etc. Is there possibly a synergistic mechanism behind increased dopamine and 5ar-progesterone derived neuro-steroids?
I’m not going to rattle off cited studies/theories cause quite frankly i really don’t care all that much anymore, (given it was a botched study that gave finasteride the "well tolerated’ classification in the first place). After reading about 50,000 different theories over the past couple of years i’m kind of burnt out. But if i was going to narrow down two that might explain my drastic improvement, I’d say the cortisol production line theory- and the selective pseudo-MS theory regarding myelin degredation.
take from that what you will. That combination worked for me after a couple of straight months of strict dosing - without a rebound effect to date. TOUCH WOOD.
Awol’s 6 month required recovery term has not expired yet, but as you can imagine, i’m excited i may just have beat this shit.
All the best