Originally Posted by
LetsGo
Hey Ethan, I’m sorry to hear that you had this awful setback, man.
In terms of the strength of DHT blockers, here’s the order:
Dutasteride: 84% DHT reduction
Finasteride: 70% DHT reduction
Saw Palmetto: 50% DHT reduction
Panax Ginseng: about 15-20% DHT reduction
So it’s a lot weaker than finasteride, but still pretty strong, especially for someone with a history of PFS or who currently has PFS.
As for how could it do so much damage after just a few doses, that’s just how PFS is sometimes. There are guys who got PFS from one finasteride pill, or a few doses of saw palmetto. Others take dutasteride for 20 years and somehow don’t get affected. It’s Russian roulette, but the more powerful the DHT blocker, the more likely it is to cause PFS.
You said you were mostly recovered, but you’re not fully recovered, so it’s easy for things to collapse. If you’d never had PFS, I doubt the ginseng would cause it, but when you’re incompletely recovered from PFS, it’s like falling back down into the well. So you gotta climb back out again.
You will get better by following the CDsnuts protocol, for sure. If you follow it, you’ll see improvements again and get back to where you were, and even to full recovery this time.
This board is mostly quiet now, but there’s still a handful of us. Feel free to post if you want. Anyway, I believe in you. You got this!