05-11-2016, 17:47
(This post was last modified: 05-11-2016, 18:05 by surferjoe2007.)
Limited info in studies at pubmed.gov.
Slowly raises progesterone, I think at all doses, which helps. Very popular for hormonal balance precisely for this reason. Which is also good for NBE. That can lower estrogen which hurts NBE, but estrogen is very easy to get through a million herbs. If anything it's easy to overdo estrogen through too much PM, and often even too much of the weaker herbs. Progesterone is harder. Except with progesterone cream, but then you can likewise overdo it. It's hard to overdo vitex. I suspect that higher doses have no additional effect but that may only apply to dopamine. Not sure about progesterone.
40-125 mg lowers dopamine / raises prolactin. 250+ mg raises dopamine/lowers prolactin. Typically 500 mg. Prolactin aids NBE but it's a much smaller effect. Dopamine is good for your mood too. Prolactin and dopamine directly oppose each other; lowering one pretty much raises the other and vis versa.
Estrogen also raises prolactin. Prolactin reduces your body's production of all sexual hormones: estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, etc. through reduced LH & reduced FSH. As do the hormones themselves. It's a negative feedback loop to limit production once you have enough. However excessive prolactin is the most common reason for asexuality. As in very high prolactin can cause all sexual hormones to be low. OTOH total asexuality doesn't happen that often, it's usually from a benign pituitary tumor overproducing prolactin, and it's easily fixed with surgery. Others can have high prolactin but probably not that high.
Slowly raises progesterone, I think at all doses, which helps. Very popular for hormonal balance precisely for this reason. Which is also good for NBE. That can lower estrogen which hurts NBE, but estrogen is very easy to get through a million herbs. If anything it's easy to overdo estrogen through too much PM, and often even too much of the weaker herbs. Progesterone is harder. Except with progesterone cream, but then you can likewise overdo it. It's hard to overdo vitex. I suspect that higher doses have no additional effect but that may only apply to dopamine. Not sure about progesterone.
40-125 mg lowers dopamine / raises prolactin. 250+ mg raises dopamine/lowers prolactin. Typically 500 mg. Prolactin aids NBE but it's a much smaller effect. Dopamine is good for your mood too. Prolactin and dopamine directly oppose each other; lowering one pretty much raises the other and vis versa.
Estrogen also raises prolactin. Prolactin reduces your body's production of all sexual hormones: estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, etc. through reduced LH & reduced FSH. As do the hormones themselves. It's a negative feedback loop to limit production once you have enough. However excessive prolactin is the most common reason for asexuality. As in very high prolactin can cause all sexual hormones to be low. OTOH total asexuality doesn't happen that often, it's usually from a benign pituitary tumor overproducing prolactin, and it's easily fixed with surgery. Others can have high prolactin but probably not that high.