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TRT - good idea! I guess you could if you knew the exact hormone/s being effected. That's not a terrible idea
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TRT - good idea! I guess you could if you knew the exact hormone/s being effected. That's not a terrible idea
Have you noticed anythiong? Might be too soon but Im asking anyway.Just got 90 tablets of spironolactone so going to give this a 3 month trial. I'm also on Dr. Pridgen's protocol of Valacyclovir, Celecoxib, Omeprazole, Colestipol, Xyzal, and Zaleplon, but the Drug Interaction Checker shows that there are no contra indications for all of these together so it should be ok I'm guessing. I'll report back if I get anything from this.
Just got 90 tablets of spironolactone so going to give this a 3 month trial. I'm also on Dr. Pridgen's protocol of Valacyclovir, Celecoxib, Omeprazole, Colestipol, Xyzal, and Zaleplon, but the Drug Interaction Checker shows that there are no contra indications for all of these together so it should be ok I'm guessing. I'll report back if I get anything from this.
I haven't noticed anything yet. Its been just over a month.Have you noticed anythiong? Might be too soon but Im asking anyway.
I've come to the conclusion that this drug is probably only working for some because it's blocking the master male androgen and in a subset like myself that can (after a few weeks or days) cause cessation of fatigue and PEM. I think it takes weeks on the whole and I'd expect it wouldn't work if there were any other stressors like bad environmental factors or it was the winter.
Hip made it pretty clear it couldn't be ebv that it was hitting due to the bioavailability of the dosing. But I suspect if the 5-ar inhibition was strong enough, it would have a more rapid effect on the subset who do well with 5-ar inhibitors.
Well I think those would be too aggressive.
How long should one take Spiro to know if you are a responder or not?Yes the potential for Spiro to be like finestride worries me a lot.
I'd try saw but that tends to not agree with me I've noticed in the past. Forget specifics because I took it in 2017.
But agree that's a good alternative. I really do think it works. I was PEM free for 3 months last year and drove for 3 hours in July without crashing after. Well no I did crash but the effects lasted about 2 hours. I believe taking more egcg helped. But of course I didn't like the fact my egfr was at 60 at that time.
So annoyingly complex. But maybe this does explain with Spiro worked at all. I do think I'll probably give it a go for a week or two. Once I've figured out what is causing this terrible adrenal fatigue.
many of our discord tried it. Noone had success. The paper discussed here is BS imoHow long should one take Spiro to know if you are a responder or not?