23-05-2012, 01:03 PM
Discussion about "Stalling"
Isabelle,
My mind is always going somewhere thinking about something. And since I am on TRT I am always "reading between the lines" about stalling since, in my case, stalling doesn't appear to be an issue.
Well I got to thinking about "stalling" in general and how it comes into play with those that are not undergoing any form of HRT.
So bascially if the "cumulative" levels of sex hormones reach a higher than normal level your body "adjusts" by cutting back on it's own production. It likes to keep levels within "tolerance" so to say. So, I think, the typical plan is to keep the "total levels" just below that point where your body starts to cut back production. To further complicate it there are hormones that don't "aide" in NBE that are still part of the "total number" so you need to watch those too and make sure they aren't causing a "regulation".
Well in my case ... which we have talked about ... I use a "prescribed" product called Testim to supplement my low testosterone levels. The daily use of Testim causes "my body" to shut down production of it's own Testosterone (lowers LH) ... the "control" part (LH/FSH) no longer comes into play.
So here's where the wheels starting turning ....
Let's talk about someone NOT undergoing HRT ... as they increase doses of their herbs they get closer and closer to that "LINE" ... the line where the body "cuts back" on it's own production. OK ... so now you hit that line ... and your body says "WHOA" ... so now you stop (or cut back) producing "Pregnenolone" and all of the associated hormones. If you
were to increase your herbs, to compensate for your body cutting back, why can't you "get past" stalling? If you didn't increase your Herbs, then you would stall, but it seems that increasing them would almost put you into a HRT Program ... meaning supplying your own.
What do you think?
Karen
Isabelle,
My mind is always going somewhere thinking about something. And since I am on TRT I am always "reading between the lines" about stalling since, in my case, stalling doesn't appear to be an issue.
Well I got to thinking about "stalling" in general and how it comes into play with those that are not undergoing any form of HRT.
So bascially if the "cumulative" levels of sex hormones reach a higher than normal level your body "adjusts" by cutting back on it's own production. It likes to keep levels within "tolerance" so to say. So, I think, the typical plan is to keep the "total levels" just below that point where your body starts to cut back production. To further complicate it there are hormones that don't "aide" in NBE that are still part of the "total number" so you need to watch those too and make sure they aren't causing a "regulation".
Well in my case ... which we have talked about ... I use a "prescribed" product called Testim to supplement my low testosterone levels. The daily use of Testim causes "my body" to shut down production of it's own Testosterone (lowers LH) ... the "control" part (LH/FSH) no longer comes into play.
So here's where the wheels starting turning ....
Let's talk about someone NOT undergoing HRT ... as they increase doses of their herbs they get closer and closer to that "LINE" ... the line where the body "cuts back" on it's own production. OK ... so now you hit that line ... and your body says "WHOA" ... so now you stop (or cut back) producing "Pregnenolone" and all of the associated hormones. If you
were to increase your herbs, to compensate for your body cutting back, why can't you "get past" stalling? If you didn't increase your Herbs, then you would stall, but it seems that increasing them would almost put you into a HRT Program ... meaning supplying your own.
What do you think?
Karen