Posted by Chairman_MAO on November 25, 2005, at 11:42:21
One word: testosterone. It is lamentable that due to puritanical medical ethics this is a controlled substance and arguably more underprescribed than opioids, IMO. I hope to see an endocrinologist soon who will Rx this for me, but since I only have medicaid, I don't have many options. Right now, I just took my last injection and do not know when I will have more--hopefully within a week, as I have an organic chemist PhD friend who is going to make [possibly TLC-verified] testosterone propionate ester out of the testosterone contained in some cattle implant. I dread three-four days from now when it begins to wear off (if I cannot get more). I went from completely sexually dysfunctional to better than Nardil-naive (due to treatment of anxiety and depression by the phenelzine) within one week of begining every other day injections. Testosterone nonanoate can be taken twice weekly.
I believe females can use this, too, at appropriately lower dosages than males. On 250mg/wk testosterone propionate, my sexual function is better than it's been EVER. I have morning erections and spontaneous erections for the first time in years.
Don't bother with any other antidote if you are male and exogenous testosterone is not contraindicated due to some other health issue. I took a behavioral endocrinology course, and my professor told me "_THE_ treatment for male sexual dysfunction _IS_ testosterone. There is little reason to bother with anything else unless there is a physiological pathology involved."
I am looking to find a dose where cycling on and off is not necessary but still works. My internist said this should be possible but he does not know enough about it to Rx it (which sucks, as he's the only doctor I've had in a long time who truly seems to care 100% about me as a person).
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