Saw palmetto- nasty side affects

[flamingpie]

what is secondary hypogondism? should i be seeing a doctor at this point??
I took sp for a year. I quit cold turkey when i realized my libido was completely gone. Ive really done nothing with it for a year and i have recovered somewhat, but not 100% the way i was before sp. 6 months ago i started taking DIM but as far as i could tell it did nothing.
I added 30mg a day of zinc about 2 weeks ago.....the first week i noticed a massive improvement, but now its kinda settling down. Should i up it to like 100mg?

 

[TheGrayMan2001]

what is secondary hypogondism? should i be seeing a doctor at this point??
I took sp for a year. I quit cold turkey when i realized my libido was completely gone. Ive really done nothing with it for a year and i have recovered somewhat, but not 100% the way i was before sp. 6 months ago i started taking DIM but as far as i could tell it did nothing.
I added 30mg a day of zinc about 2 weeks ago.....the first week i noticed a massive improvement, but now its kinda settling down. Should i up it to like 100mg?

i wouldn't take 100. 50-80 is pushing it i think

i've noticed i can't take more than 50mg at one time because i get nauseous after about 15 minutes even if i take it right after eating a lot of food (it goes away within 5-10 minutes)

 

[Ende]

what is secondary hypogondism? should i be seeing a doctor at this point??
I took sp for a year. I quit cold turkey when i realized my libido was completely gone. Ive really done nothing with it for a year and i have recovered somewhat, but not 100% the way i was before sp. 6 months ago i started taking DIM but as far as i could tell it did nothing.
I added 30mg a day of zinc about 2 weeks ago.....the first week i noticed a massive improvement, but now its kinda settling down. Should i up it to like 100mg?

Secondary hypogonadism is low testosterone production due to an unbalance in your endocrine system, like elevated estrogen level for instance. It supresses testosterone due to negative feedback through the HPTA.

DO NOT increase the zinc dose if you noticed great improvement to begin with, but feel like it's flattening out now. It'll backfire if you drive the estrogen level too low. I recommend doing a blood test to see what's going on. Check LH, FSH, testosterone, estrogen, prolactin and SHBG. Prolactin messes with your sexual function too, and it's upregulated by estrogen...

 

[spstriken]

what is secondary hypogondism? should i be seeing a doctor at this point??
I took sp for a year. I quit cold turkey when i realized my libido was completely gone. Ive really done nothing with it for a year and i have recovered somewhat, but not 100% the way i was before sp. 6 months ago i started taking DIM but as far as i could tell it did nothing.
I added 30mg a day of zinc about 2 weeks ago.....the first week i noticed a massive improvement, but now its kinda settling down. Should i up it to like 100mg?

I feel sorry for you. I wrote here b4 SP is very poisnous and honestly people who are selling this junk should be put to death through firing squad. They don't deserve any mercy. you are not alone there are thousands of young boys who are screwedup but Dcotros simply deny them, to let herbal mafias play their dirty game. Unfortunately for most of these youngsters side are irreversible ( as far as we long time sufferes now know). Science has no answer what exactly happens when you try to suppress 5AR activity. There are many theories but no one knows for sure.
you can try

1- vit D3 (2000IU to 4000 IU0
2.Vit B12
3.Vit B6

if you live in Canada please call/write to health Canada so that they can ban it. I have been in contact but they are denying all sides. Denmark is the first country to do reaseach on saw palmetto and there by banned its sale in food supplements now only available under Doctors priscription.

 

[spstriken]

Ya I was gettin back aches and blurry vision and overall weak feeling. Now that u mention raised estrogen, that makes a lot of sense. I'm also noticiing white marks on my fingernails which is suppose to mean I'm low in zinc. So I'm thinkin ill do what u said and take 50 mg of zinc daily

If you live in Canada please contact health Canada for your sides and possible treatments..

 

[spstriken]

Well if its permanent then what the f*ck can my health department do for me... I only took it for 5 days, how can it be permanent after only 5 days?

Please report to your health department, every body should report who used saw palmetto so that lives of other people can be saved. Imagine if people had reported it,me ,you and many other would have been saved. I wrote before Denmark has banned this SP

 

[flamingpie]

i dont know if what you say is true about it being irreversible....i am by no means back to normal but my status now compared to when i first dropped sp is much better.
But with that being said i still need to recover, anyone recommend anything else to help out? Right now ive been taking tribulus, DIM, and zinc, but i fear i may be going overboard with that. Should i drop one of them? Should i add anything?