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QuoteIt is still possible that beta blockers cause depression in some cases, cautions psychiatrist Stuart C. Yudofsky of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Beta blockers are known to affect serotonin, a brain chemical that may be associated with depression, he says.It's written on internet that beta-blockers are sometimes causing depression. This disease is frequently coming with high levels of cortisol. To be sure I'd make the cortisol test without taking them.
It is still possible that beta blockers cause depression in some cases, cautions psychiatrist Stuart C. Yudofsky of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Beta blockers are known to affect serotonin, a brain chemical that may be associated with depression, he says.
I am not a big believer in the superiority of conventional practitioners. I almost died from taking Vioxx for a knee injury. I ended up wandering around in a haze with dangerously low BP. I survived by stumbling into a convenience store and downing energy drinks. I had severe chest pain for months after.The pharmeceutical industry puts out articles trashing alternative medicine and tries to push for regulations that would require prescriptions for vitamins because they fear them. Hospitals and drug companies are conglomerates intersted in a bottom line. The old family doctor is almost extinct. My mother died in a hospital because the epinephrine they gave in the ER wouldn't work because her dcoctor had upped the dose of high blood pressure medicineI worked in medical research. The labs are paid big bucks to get results for drugs. They get positive test results. If not there is always a paper shredder nearby. The lack of oversight is a "joke".
Martin, which category do you put Levitra in? That's been a powerful remedy for at least two people here, myself included.
Martin, I am seeing the university endocrinologist as an individual patient (anyone can go). Not as part of any research study. But it might also be a good way to find out if there is a possibility for them to do POIS research eventually.
...I have no doubt that Levitra is powerful and effective for you. But you say it's only a 50-75% cure.
So it [Fenugreek] is still very successful for me!
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/06/990617072302.htmThe track we are following with cortisol seems like a very plausible path because this articles supports high cortisol level for short period affects memory functions.
I understand that you'll probably have to find the [university endocrinology] boss there to ask how to initiate a research! Obviously anything we can try to be able to start something will be very welcome.
Quote from: martin88 on 20/11/2008 20:40:15...I have no doubt that Levitra is powerful and effective for you. But you say it's only a 50-75% cure.Martin, if I took 20 mg (I take 10mg now) I suspect it would be a 100% POIS cure. It's risky but I might do it. Do you (or anyone else) have an opinion about that?
Hi, haven't posted for a bit due to not having internet access.The fenugreek supplements are still working very well - I am taking 3 capsules of Solgar fenugreek before and after orgasm, as well as having a protein-heavy meal shortly after. On a couple of occasions the POIS symptoms have hardly happened at all, on a couple more they have been very substantially reduced (70%). On one occasion when I left out the protein meal and did not take fenugreek after the event, the POIS effects were only partly alleviated.So it is still very successful for me!
Quote from: martin88 on 20/11/2008 20:40:15I understand that you'll probably have to find the [university endocrinology] boss there to ask how to initiate a research! Obviously anything we can try to be able to start something will be very welcome.I think winning over the endocrinologist I'm working with might be more beneficial. They all have stellar reputations and can "fight" for a particular project/grant, etc. I'm taking it a step at a time. First step is to see what they can do for me as a POIS patient!
Perhaps cortisol has an important function in sleep. As I mentioned before, I had insomnia the nights following orgasm. And others have mentioned that Relora has actually caused insomnia. So I definitely see a connection between sleep and cortisol and orgasm.