Update:
I have been doing this protocol since mid January. So it's been a little over two months. I posted my labs previously and how after even a week after 1/4 tab of Propecia, my DHT was still 30 points lower. I have ranged from taking it every 3 days which is way too frequent (for me) to 10 to 14days. I'm trying to heal myself but I am also here trying to experiment with protocol. With that said, three weeks ago I switched from 1/4 tab of Propecia to 1 drop of avodart. I estimate that is about 1/10th the amount of the 0.5 mg cap. (There is a graph you can refer to if you google DHT and fin and Avodart that shows different amounts of the drugs and effect on DHT when taking and then stopping. I'm doing a little different in that I am only taking one dose and the study, the guys were taking for weeks then stopping.) That Avodart suppressed me for a longer period, almost a full week and then with a recovery. (Specifically my sides are by far ED and decreased libido, but also don't feel as good, harder to work out and achy joints, etc) So about one week after the first dose of avodart, I felt good. Maybe at 80% of normal. So I took another dose but I increased it to 2 drops ( 1/5th the amount.) With in a day I had a much more suppressed feeling. Maybe 10% libido. I felt like I looked puffy and more achy joints ( I think achy joints can be from low estrogen, hard to say) This lasted two weeks. Over the past two days I felt normal. Good libido and NO ED, not at all. This f'ed up disease has put a huge strain on my marriage but last night I was totally normal, 100% with my wife, if you know what I mean. It was such a great feeling, to feel like I could be normal again. Over the past two years, there has been times when I have been close to normal for short periods of time but it didn't continue to improve or I would still be here!
I got labs done earlier this week and I will update when I get them back. Specifically I am interested in DHT level but also checking total and free test, estradiol, SHBG.
So for my experiement so far, the theory that PFS (for some guys) caused androgen receptor resistence, and afterwards, continued elevation of DHT may perpetuate this physiology has some validity. Taking something to decrease DHT fin or Avodary (carefully) to try and resensitize or change receptor expresssion (or something to this effect) seems to be correct in my limited experiment.
At this point I may stay off everything and see how long this lasts. Side note on this protocol, my hair is growing back even with such limited amounts of the drug.
It might be great ( I think Helen has done this) to create a list of guys with high DHT and may want to experiment with this. I am not telling anyone to do this as it seems like this protocol has the most risk of any protocol guys are trying. But what I am saying is that PFS sucks and there is no easy cure, and it seems like nothing any one is doing REALLY will consistently helps, more than almost randomly for a few guys (IMO), if you know what I mean. And there are those cases on this board where it doesn't seem like the guys symptoms are bad enough to risk this. And also, there are the cases where someone takes like on tab of Propecia and gets PFS, wth!! That sucks! But MAYBE for the guys that have a high DHT level and had the classic, initial side effects and the classic feel good for two weeks then crash,....maybe this can help. BE CAREFUL if you are considering this, but for me, it didn't make me worse and for the past 2 days I'm good. I will continue to update and time will tell.
( By the way, when I search for similar protocols where it didn't work, it seems like the guys re took fin daily then tried to wean off. I don't think that works. You suppress your self just TOOOOO! much, maybe)
