Expendable, Ella log

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theloneranger86 post_id=1806 time=1508332817 user_id=704 said:
expendables case is not pssd imo. hes only been off meds for 2 months

You cant claim this kind of thing using the time as a parameter. If theres something that is totally irrelevant on pssd is time. I was +10yrs on ssri and only now that shit happened to me, there are people who got pssd for 2/3 pills. There are people who recovered in 1/2 weeks, others in months, others in years... Time tells nothing!

The only one who can tell if expandable had or not pssd is himself, he knows the severity of his symptoms.
 

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Shadow post_id=1819 time=1508334933 user_id=54 said:
theloneranger86 post_id=1806 time=1508332817 user_id=704 said:
expendables case is not pssd imo. hes only been off meds for 2 months

You cant claim this kind of thing using the time as a parameter. If theres something that is totally irrelevant on pssd is time. I was +10yrs on ssri and only now that shit happened to me, there are people who got pssd for 2/3 pills. There are people who recovered in 1/2 weeks, others in months, others in years... Time tells nothing!

The only one who can tell if expandable had or not pssd is himself, he knows the severity of his symptoms.

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Shadow post_id=1819 time=1508334933 user_id=54 said:
theloneranger86 post_id=1806 time=1508332817 user_id=704 said:
expendables case is not pssd imo. hes only been off meds for 2 months

You cant claim this kind of thing using the time as a parameter. If theres something that is totally irrelevant on pssd is time. I was +10yrs on ssri and only now that shit happened to me, there are people who got pssd for 2/3 pills. There are people who recovered in 1/2 weeks, others in months, others in years... Time tells nothing!

The only one who can tell if expandable had or not pssd is himself, he knows the severity of his symptoms.

I got back my PFS just because using a prohormone for 5 days 1 year ago.
 

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[quote="5 alpha" post_id=1719 time=1508281893 user_id=57]
this is awesome man. Really happy for you. how many days off the Ella are you now?

also do you know if anyone has any contact with
Trondanac (the first dude who tried Ella with success) from the PSSD forum?

did you take the Ella the same way Trondanac did? one pill split into five doses I believe?
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6 doses, 5mg each. I think im on day 6 now off the ella? Last dose was last thursday.
Shadow post_id=1819 time=1508334933 user_id=54 said:
theloneranger86 post_id=1806 time=1508332817 user_id=704 said:
expendables case is not pssd imo. hes only been off meds for 2 months

You cant claim this kind of thing using the time as a parameter. If theres something that is totally irrelevant on pssd is time. I was +10yrs on ssri and only now that shit happened to me, there are people who got pssd for 2/3 pills. There are people who recovered in 1/2 weeks, others in months, others in years... Time tells nothing!

The only one who can tell if expandable had or not pssd is himself, he knows the severity of his symptoms.

Ya know, I spent a long time thinking about this. The conclusion that I came to was that having severe sexual side effects 2~3 months after taking 25mg paxil over the course of two days is not normal, even if the symptoms seemed slightly different than the rest of the sufferers. The same stuff that helped them helped me, including the ella. Oh, I think I forgot to mention before that I only took that little paxil :eek:

If anyone is interested, you can go to PSSDforums and look up posts by me if you wanna know more (my backstory and stuff)

Oh yeah, and today's update, morning wood, dreams... Getting better every day!!! :D
 
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expendable post_id=1833 time=1508341123 user_id=53 said:
[quote="5 alpha" post_id=1719 time=1508281893 user_id=57]
this is awesome man. Really happy for you. how many days off the Ella are you now?

also do you know if anyone has any contact with
Trondanac (the first dude who tried Ella with success) from the PSSD forum?

did you take the Ella the same way Trondanac did? one pill split into five doses I believe?

6 doses, 5mg each. I think im on day 6 now off the ella? Last dose was last thursday.
Shadow post_id=1819 time=1508334933 user_id=54 said:
theloneranger86 post_id=1806 time=1508332817 user_id=704 said:
expendables case is not pssd imo. hes only been off meds for 2 months

You cant claim this kind of thing using the time as a parameter. If theres something that is totally irrelevant on pssd is time. I was +10yrs on ssri and only now that shit happened to me, there are people who got pssd for 2/3 pills. There are people who recovered in 1/2 weeks, others in months, others in years... Time tells nothing!

The only one who can tell if expandable had or not pssd is himself, he knows the severity of his symptoms.

Ya know, I spent a long time thinking about this. The conclusion that I came to was that having severe sexual side effects 2~3 months after taking 25mg paxil over the course of two days is not normal, even if the symptoms seemed slightly different than the rest of the sufferers. The same stuff that helped them helped me, including the ella. Oh, I think I forgot to mention before that I only took that little paxil :eek:

If anyone is interested, you can go to PSSDforums and look up posts by me if you wanna know more (my backstory and stuff)

Oh yeah, and today's update, morning wood, dreams... Getting better every day!!! :D
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Just wondering, how’s your body tone in the aftermath of Ella? Is their any indication your estrogen levels might be higher based on symptoms?
 
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hey expendable
did you also suffer from genital anesthesia and weak erections ? Also how would you rate your erections post Ella ? Do you think you can have sex again ?

lastly, did you also have lower libido ? is there a change in that ?
 

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unexamined_whimsy post_id=1836 time=1508346238 user_id=60 said:
Just wondering, how’s your body tone in the aftermath of Ella? Is their any indication your estrogen levels might be higher based on symptoms?

I really don't think so. I want to go in for a blood test at some point just to make sure, but I think overall I'm basically the same as I was before. Remember, this is PSSD, mechanism might be different for PFS sufferers.
theloneranger86 post_id=1841 time=1508347402 user_id=704 said:
hey expendable
did you also suffer from genital anesthesia and weak erections ? Also how would you rate your erections post Ella ? Do you think you can have sex again ?

lastly, did you also have lower libido ? is there a change in that ?

Yeah I definitely had the anesthesia. Horrible. And the weak erections. Right now, my erections are 9/10! I only dock a point because it takes a little more effort than it used to, but I can get rock hard again. I definitely can have sex again like this. As for the libido, it's difficult to say... I never thought of myself as having a high libido even though I regularly masturbated 3, 4, 5, 6 times a day. In the end, I never really noticed a change in libido even with PSSD, just couldn't get hard like i wanted to. I would imagine, though, that the symptoms come and go together.
 

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[mention]expendable[/mention] I am so happy for you pal! What a blessing to hear of your recovery. [mention]Shadow[/mention] you hit the nail on the head and I agree. Time is irrelevant and does not provide any transparent answer.
 

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theloneranger86 post_id=1936 time=1508406797 user_id=704 said:
so your erections went from a what to 9 ? Do you think it was only Ella that cured you ??

Maybe a 3. I think the licorice root might have sliiiiightly helped but it was definitely mainly the ella...

So today's update... slowly getting better. I'm definitely not 100% there yet. The one big thing is dick sensitivity, which is a lot better now (I already talked about it in several posts) but not 100% back to normal. The other thing is semen quality. I'm not sure if this stuff will clear up over time or what. Trondanac still mentions that he's 95% back to normal, not 100%. Is 2 runs of ella something that's possible?

Where can I go to do a hair/urine/blood analysis so I know where I stand? Perhaps the ella changed something else up body chemistry-wise? Just throwing ideas out :lol: But really, I feel great. If I have to stay at this level the rest of my life, it's a massive step up from before!
 

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Great update [mention]expendable[/mention] and congrats! How is your semen quality? Can you elaborate? Is it watery?
 

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It's like, watery as you said. Just genuinely crappy looking. The only time this ever changed was when I tried licorice root and nofap a few weeks ago and it was basically back to normal for a day or two. @gbolduev can you shed any light on this and what I should do from here??
 

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Some people that recovered from PSSD reported that it took them some time to reach 100%, just worth considering.
Taking any supplements at the moment? (like vitamins). Not saying you should, just wondering.
 

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expendable post_id=2011 time=1508444985 user_id=53 said:
It's like, watery as you said. Just genuinely crappy looking. The only time this ever changed was when I tried licorice root and nofap a few weeks ago and it was basically back to normal for a day or two. @gbolduev can you shed any light on this and what I should do from here??
I see. Did the Ella cause the watery semen? How was your semen quality before starting Ella?
 

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aztec post_id=2014 time=1508446764 user_id=52 said:
expendable post_id=2011 time=1508444985 user_id=53 said:
It's like, watery as you said. Just genuinely crappy looking. The only time this ever changed was when I tried licorice root and nofap a few weeks ago and it was basically back to normal for a day or two. @gbolduev can you shed any light on this and what I should do from here??
I see. Did the Ella cause the watery semen? How was your semen quality before starting Ella?

Yeah it was fine beforehand. "Normal." Now it's like this. It's almost like, and I'm theorizing here, but it's almost like my (previously) deregulated prog receptors got upregulated a decent amount but not all the way back to normal.

Boners 3/10 -> 9/10
Orgasm 8/10 -> 9/10
Morning wood 0/10 -> 9/10
Libido Good/10 -> Good/10
Morning fatigue Bad/10 -> Not tired/10

But

Semen quality 5/10 -> 5/10

And finally

Dick sensitivity 4/10 -> 7/10

I think I'm case two, since ella helped so much right away (lowered already high prog and upregulated receptors) and licorice root did as well. Maybe most pssd sufferers are. So maybe the key is more ella, or perhaps estradiol or some kind of estrogen together with it (I read that adding estrogen upregulates and so does removing prog). But obviously I'm going to wait a while and see what happens first, like I mentioned.
Jaxx post_id=2012 time=1508445610 user_id=61 said:
Some people that recovered from PSSD reported that it took them some time to reach 100%, just worth considering.
Taking any supplements at the moment? (like vitamins). Not saying you should, just wondering.

Fair enough. I can imagine it would take a while longer. For the time being I feel like the best course of action for me is like, a classic pfs-style super duper healthy excercise blah blah lifestyle, sleep well, the works. Not taking any supplements at all for the clean run, but I'm more than willing to take multivit and fish oil at least, and I have zinc, copper, various other stuff lying around, but I'm waiting for some direction from gbold or something here... don't wanna jump the gun!
 

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[mention]expendable[/mention] thanks for the feedback. You made incredible gains of healing. You improved in all areas! Did you have watery semen when you stopped taking paxil or while using it? Just curious because finasteride causes watery semen even from the first dose and can persist for a while once quitting it.
 

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aztec post_id=2029 time=1508458315 user_id=52 said:
@expendable thanks for the feedback. You made incredible gains of healing. You improved in all areas! Did you have watery semen when you stopped taking paxil or while using it? Just curious because finasteride causes watery semen even from the first dose and can persist for a while once quitting it.

Ah yeah. I can probably rate myself on paxil too. I was only on it for literally 2 days though lol

Boners 2/10
Orgasm 3/10
Wood 0/10?
Libido Good
Fatigue Don't remember
Semen Quality 3/10
Dick sens 2/10

Interesting. I did have watery semen from the first dose, yeah.
 

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[mention]expendable[/mention] dang what a drastic difference and that is impressive my friend! Let your body heal up well. How long did it take you to improve semen quality once you quit paxil?