Hey brother.
Glad to see you continue improving. Wish you more recovery.
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Iāve kicked the herbs. I am on a second cycle of L-Arginine and L-Carnitine. I was going to wait a week to start them again, but Iāve been seeing someone and wanted to feel confident in the bedroom so I only waited 5 days. My first cycle I gradually worked up to three doses per day of 2g each. I noticed improvement on and off these supplements.
I went hard on this occasion to be safe and took 3g Arginine, 2g Carnitine. Then 3.5 hours later I took another 2g Arginine, and 1g Carnitine. Sexual function was really good. I probably could have gone for a second round if I wanted, but I was happy with my victory. Sensitivity was still sub-par. But erection quality was good and stayed even after orgasm. Also, up until this dose, my testicles were small, but they feel like normal size again! Skin is oily more frequently.
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Had my doctorās visit today. I was astounded by how unsympathetic and dismissive he was. Such a shame. He talked to me about how safe this drug is and how he has several patients on it with no problems. He said itās highly unlikely that we can attribute my list of side effects to the drug. Whatever. I donāt know why I expected to be heard after reading anecdotes from you guys on here about your experiences with medical professionals. But absolutely FUCK that. I was livid.
It made me really grateful for this forum. Just to have people who understand and can empathize makes this a lot less isolating. So thank you all.
Anyway I got blood drawn (nearly took me out! I was on the floor, overheating, and with terrible nausea. I had never gotten blood drawn before and I donāt know that I want to again lol), and also got this bitch ass doctor to write a script for Cialis to get me by, though he was reluctant. Iāll share those results when I get them. Today my sexual function was really pretty good when I masturbated. I actually kind of wanted to do it too, rather than just test myself which is what it is most of the time. I was on my knees too which Iāve been testing out more often because at my worst I canāt maintain it on my knees or standing. This is encouraging because I hadnāt taken amino acids today either. Thatās all. Best.
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Something Iāve noticed is since starting to work out regularly is that I canāt feel sore until I do 30 minutes or more of aerobic exercise (running). Iāll work out my arms and chest and only start to feel it in the middle of my run the next day.
My blood tests came back. From what I did test, Vitamin D was slightly low and T was low. Makes sense as all my current symptoms point to low T. Iām confident that if I get that back up, Iāll be at a point that Iām happy with. Iāll be seeing an endocrinologist soon and in the meantime trying to naturally boost testosterone.
Wā-I hope youāre hanging on. Time is a big part of recovery, so just keep going. Iām always impressed with the bravery thatās exhibited here. Itās so difficult to speak of these matters, especially on those really bad days.
Iām the wife of a guy whoās about 99% recovered, thankfully, but thereās still a lot of āsexual healingā for us to do. He wonāt even get on the propeciahelp blog, and barely acknowledges the things I learn from being on here.
One thing I know for sure is that PFS is REAL. I know that thereās not a lot of acknowledgment from the medical world, and that sucks! But take encouragement from the success stories, and keep your head up (and the other one is sure to follow 
). Hopefully, the scientists & med pros here will get this drug eradicated so that lives can stop being destroyed.
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I really appreciate the encouraging words. This made my day. Thatās so awesome for you guys and Iām really happy for your husband. This forum is great because I honestly lack the courage to talk about this to many people in real life without the comfort of anonymity. I hope you guys will continue to heal sexually. Iām sorry if you answered this elsewhere already, but did your husband do anything special to recover or just let time heal? Thanks again.
I made it probably a week on a mostly carnivore diet. I find it really difficult to stick to, but I noticed some benefits that make it worth trying again so I will be going for it again starting tomorrow.
-While I was on it, I noticed gyno shrink to the smallest itās been since the beginning, almost non-existent. Hopefully if I keep it up for long enough it can go away entirely.
-Also, fat loss around breasts and abdomen went down. I returned to more or less the weight I was at prefin.
And only after I cheated did I notice the following:
-Tinnitus disappeared entirely. Up until then, it was still on and off sometimes.
-Libido was way up for a second. A few days after coming off, I was getting boners just stroking my girlfriendās hand, got hands free boner while standing up and kissing her. It was like an urgent desire to fuck I havenāt felt in a long time.
-Dick hung more normally and fully.
All this stuff soon faded, except tinnitus seems pretty gone. But for this stuff to happen Iād usually need supplements, but I hadnāt taken anything.
If this can happen while not even really being strict about the diet and only for a short time, Iād love to see what can be done in 2 weeks to a month with a little more discipline this time.
Iāve also been turning the water all the way cold for a couple minutes each time I shower and it keeps me energized throughout the day. Iāve been cycling more and lifting some. Iām gonna get on doing some yoga and meditation too to activate the parasympathetic nervous system. Iāve glimpsed the elusive light at the end of the tunnel too many times to not chase it at this point. Itās really hard to stay disciplined but the alternative is to stay this way forever I guess. Iāve got a urologist appointment at the end of this month, but Iām keeping my hopes very low for that considering how useless the endocrinologist was. I have to start treating this as if no one is going to pull me out of this disaster because I donāt think they are.
Thatās all. Iāll keep you updated with any changes.
Best!
Happy to report that Iāve kicked all supplements for a while and still my erection quality is consistently good. This morning my semen volume and quality was better too. Prefin it used to be so thick and it had a yellowish tinge to it. The tinge was back! Couldāve been thicker, but anything resembling normalcy is cause for celebration. Iām not gonna attribute any improvement to any action Iāve taken just yet, but I will share what Iāve been doing.
-2 meals a day, sometimes fasting in the AM
-Eating mostly meat, eggs (occasionally some spinach, broccoli, cauliflower)
-Drinking only Reverse Osmosis water
-Limiting coffee, trying to replace it with cinnamon tea which tastes great
-some form of exercise everyday (cycling, weights, core workouts) nothing crazy, bulk of it is cycling because I deliver for ubereats on my bike and Iāve been going hard lately. on off days though I make sure to get about 15 minutes of core or arms.
-turning water all the way cold for a couple minutes each time I shower
-meditation daily
-AM yoga
Iāve lost a bunch of weight. Libido and sensitivity still suffer and I do still need some physical stimulation to get all the way there, but itās much easier than itās been in the past. And once itās up, I can count on it to stay lately which is awesome.
Yesterday I had to tell my dumb ass primary care doctor to fuck off (which felt fantastic actually). I was trying to get tests ordered to see if I have dysbiosis in the gut and he was saying how thatās not how it works, he canāt just order tests all willy nilly, it needs to be warranted by an evaluation. Sure, but his evaluation last time was that Iām a liar, and everyone on this forum is a liar and weāre fine as long as we look it on paper. I know it was totally unproductive to storm out, but fuck him. Iām sure Iāll find someone more sympathetic and willing to help my condition.
Best.
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Iām gonna post more regularly, maybe not daily, but for my own sake, as a way to track progress as well as hold myself accountable. Itās hard to stick to this routine, but each time I see benefits so I want to keep at it for an extended period of time.
Dreamt, nocturnal erections.
Diet
AM : chicken and mayo, some spinach
PM: chicken, mayo, egg, sauerkraut, small amount of chocolate
cinnamon tea
lots of biking, felt euphoric on bike after eating early dinner. similar to how Iād feel while I was taking amino acids.
sleep was kind of poor, sexual function same
AM: beef liver, spinach, garlic, ghee, sauerkraut
felt abnormally hungry and ate a lot today
PM:sardines, steamed cauliflower in butter
homemade chocolate; cacao powder, coconut oil, butter, salt
peppermint, cinnamon tea
brie, sausage thing covered in herbs and spices upset my stomach so I popped some digestive enzymes
ginger tea and honey because it still hurt
nocturnals, sleep was ok.
morning enema and bulletproof coffee to flush out bad things
seems iām more sensitive to caffeine since cutting back. made me anxious. Iāll have to be more mindful of that in the future. welp, time to simplify diet again and keep at it. prolly fasting today until evening
Ate whatever I wanted for a few days because its not feasible to be that restrictive when Iām out of town. No real GI issues. Same thing happened as previous times Iāve broken the diet:
Libido was up, energy up, genitals hung nicely, balls seemed bigger, even had a hands free (complete) erection while thinking about an ex. Oh and sleep was awesome. As expected these improvements did not stick around and now that Iām back home, Iām dieting once again until I leave town again in a few days.
Cum was so thick last week and I hope to get back to that 
One of these days things are gonna stick for me
tinge is back
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work the legs
Has your numbness improved?
Yes it has actually. Iāve noticed that oral sex feels much better than it has in the past and can actually bring me to orgasm which was out of the question before.
Day 4 of being back on my grind. I feel really depleted which is to be expected I suppose. I think I might tear a page from Ozephās book and have ghee+coconut oil+coffee for breakfast and then eat only 1-2 real meals a day.
Day 5 went a lot better. Sleep was real bad because my legs were achy, maybe because I ran yesterday or because of the virus (currently waiting to hear back if Iām positive)
Had coffee today and felt good.
Yesterday ate eggs, cheese, mayo, salmon w/ olive oil+butter, cauliflauer w/ ghee
Today: special coffee, much of the same minus eggs+mayo, maybe a little chicken for dinner?
Rested today because I felt my body needed it, though I walked a fair amount. Been feeling off the past few days, donāt want to push it. 20 minute meditation instead.
Day 6: mood and outlook positive
Last night had the dullest orgasm in a while, but Iām not gonna worry about it unless it happens consistently.
Today woke up with erection and felt a little libido surge doing yoga.
Special coffee around 9
mineral water
2pm: 2 eggs, ground beef, ghee, spinach, chicken, mayo, sauerkraut, cheese
Sprained my wrist a while back so I havenāt been able to lift or bike as much.
Genitals hanging more normally. Tomorrow Iāll take a day off coffee. Itās a great pickmeup and way to get some healthy fats but I donāt want a caffeine addiction.
Tinnitus has made a bit of a comeback which is a little disappointing and penis is more shriveled today. Thereās gonna be fluctuations and I have to be patient. Iām gonna keep going with low carbs high fats.
Reintroduced some carbs and tinnitus chilled out. I still plan to keep it high meats, high veggies, low carbs, moderate fats, but I think if tinnitus vanished for as long as it did just to reappear when I go on a restrictive diet, that canāt be a good sign so Iāll keep it less restrictive. Iāll aim for less than 50 carbs a day.