Dear all.
I have made quite substantial progress the last months. I can only speak for myself but I have an overload of pathogens inside me and those are with high certainty what causes the symptoms I’ve referred to as PFS. In 2019 I cycled Vemoherb Tribulus on several occasions, I believe I took three or four bottles during the year. On it, I felt some relief and found a lot of my personality again. When I tapered of, I gradually slid into PFS state again; the detached state where penis feels disconnected and emotions get blurry, penis retracts, sleep and concentration problems and so on. A very shitty place to be, mildly put.
Tribulus terrestris has according to research an antibacterial effect. In my case, I don’t believe this has anything to do with 5AR or receptors. It’s just a bunch of microbial bad guys dragging me down. That’s why I feel so much better on Betaine HCL, probiotics and Tribulus terrestris and also when boosting with transdermal magnesium (simply facilitating better T production). I had a shoot-in-the-dark with Metronidazole a couple of months ago and then Diflucan a couple of weeks ago. Both made some change, but far from any recovery. Diflucan actually made me think of my penis as something interesting again, which of course is nice. But I took other supplements at the same time.
(digression:) During the Metronidazole cure I caught a deep fascination for climbing and for the mountains. I haven’t felt something like that in years. I’ve always had the interest, but never pursued it. This interest has persisted and I watch documentaries and am joining a friend of mine this summer to start trying this out. It feels good to feel some connection to a field of interest again.
I’m just saying, it might be that when you take Trib, you can experience a bad reaction from die-off as well as increased E2. For those of you feeling good on Trib (in the case of pathogens) you’re probably better off microbially than those feeling worse since die-off might not be that bad. But be careful with the aromatase.
I’ve had frequent UTI symptoms the last year. It seems Tribulus does a good job in keeping these down, based on experiences in 2019 and now.
Again, it might be that the majority of this forum has the “real” PFS. But I have a lot of symptoms corresponding to a lot of you and I’m battling this with high probiotic doses, digestive enzymes, HCL and tribulus now, and it has a significant effect. It makes me function almost as before, except for a truly stable emotional/sexual life (still some fluctuating libido/sensitivity depending on supplement state and what I eat), and I’m also a bit reduced energy-wise (procrastination/brain fog). But even these are getting better. I also struggle with short-term memory. After Diflucan I’ve felt attraction to women and the urge to make contact and to have sex. I haven’t felt that for years. The point here is that I need multiple “attack supplements” targeting different things to feel something resembling “acceptable”/“good”.
I’m not claiming this is the answer for all of us, far from. I just wanted to point out that what someone are perceiving as receptor reconnection with Trib might just be killing off bacteria and/or fungi. And these guys can cause hormonal distress and stress in general. And a body ridden with stress is not a body in a good condition for reproduction, as we all know.
I’m starting to wonder if I actually could megadose myself out of this misery. Let’s see.
