26-11-2011, 01:21 PM
Good morning Susan,
For hair loss, some literature says you need both 5α-reductase type 1 and 2 blockers:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/art...2206012874
I don't use SP. I tried it five years ago to check what it would do to my prostate, but it was in a mix with other things, and together they worked as a stimulant. So instead of helping me sleep through the night, it woke me up
Adding an anti-androgen should stop the hair loss. For regrowth, I use minoxidil.
I keep hops a tad higher than FG, and throw in some GR for more swelling. Using too much FG can stop sensations that are caused by growing milk ducts. FG increases progesterone, and that may stop the growth of the milk ducts. Turmeric may stop it too.
Swelling from goat's rue can be before or after the period, doesn't matter. But FG and FN are better used before the period.
Turmeric 1000 mg, hops 1000 mg, FG 500 mg, GR 500 mg, and SP 450 mg: I think the turmeric is a lot, and GR is little.
Simplify. Steer by the symptoms:
headaches: increase FG or turmeric or FN, decrease maca or hops
acne: increase hops or decrease maca
chin hairs: increase barley grass or decrease maca
titas: keep hops high enough
swelling: increase GR, FG, or FN
mood: increase maca or decrease hops
My SHBG should have increased after weeks of flax, and now I decrease it with oats. SHBG binds DHT, yes. So high SHBG is more feminization. But SHBG also binds free testosterone. You need testosterone because aromatase makes estrogens from it. So you need to control SHBG: not too high, not too low.
Fuller cheeks are estrogen: mine are filling out because of the hops.
For hair loss, some literature says you need both 5α-reductase type 1 and 2 blockers:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/art...2206012874
I don't use SP. I tried it five years ago to check what it would do to my prostate, but it was in a mix with other things, and together they worked as a stimulant. So instead of helping me sleep through the night, it woke me up
Adding an anti-androgen should stop the hair loss. For regrowth, I use minoxidil.
I keep hops a tad higher than FG, and throw in some GR for more swelling. Using too much FG can stop sensations that are caused by growing milk ducts. FG increases progesterone, and that may stop the growth of the milk ducts. Turmeric may stop it too.
Swelling from goat's rue can be before or after the period, doesn't matter. But FG and FN are better used before the period.
Turmeric 1000 mg, hops 1000 mg, FG 500 mg, GR 500 mg, and SP 450 mg: I think the turmeric is a lot, and GR is little.
Simplify. Steer by the symptoms:
headaches: increase FG or turmeric or FN, decrease maca or hops
acne: increase hops or decrease maca
chin hairs: increase barley grass or decrease maca
titas: keep hops high enough
swelling: increase GR, FG, or FN
mood: increase maca or decrease hops
My SHBG should have increased after weeks of flax, and now I decrease it with oats. SHBG binds DHT, yes. So high SHBG is more feminization. But SHBG also binds free testosterone. You need testosterone because aromatase makes estrogens from it. So you need to control SHBG: not too high, not too low.
Fuller cheeks are estrogen: mine are filling out because of the hops.