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Anyone taking saw palmetto and or get any side effects after long term use ect

Anyone have experience with saw palmetto withdrawls or issues causing low testosterone or have any issues with a sudden severe drop in testosterone causing genital numbness (or just penis specifically numb) low mood, low energy, bad thoughts,

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Im curious if they presented as normal for some of you yet still had symptoms or did it present as low ?

Just filled with existential dread at how life is going to go , I’m scared an I really I hope I make it through this

Been taking DHT blocker saw palmetto every day for 4-5 years, no issue and achully better errection quality, I decided to randomly stop taking it and 2 weeks later I crashed, my d shrank, shaking, went to A&E hospital cause I was so low and scared, I went back on It for 2 weeks and all my issues went away, I tried to ween off it every two weeks since but on half the dose ( one tab A day ) but too quick and crashed again, my mood is unbearable low an everyday sucks and my dick has zero feeling in the the sensitive parts like its broken, thinking of going back on one a day for a few weeks or two-3 months to stabilise then ween off over the span of many months super slow to give my body time to adapt as it feels like I’m rushing it to quickly With the taper maybe… really weird situation

Been on fluxotine 4+ years no side effcts. When i try and go up to 20mg a day it gave me temporary ED which went away when I went back down to 10m. I wonder if I'm safe FROM PSSD IF I ever decided to stop.

Additionally i have been on long term ssris for years on and off since 14 and never had an issue with PSSD weirdly.

I wonder if pfs after stopping the neds is more likly to heal than pfs that occurs during taking the meds or vise versa? Anyone got any info on this ?

Pfs can resolved within 3 months or so I hear so here's my scenario.... when i came off the dht blockers I had super super bad pfs symptoms for a month which were debilitating but I Couldn't push through i was so scared so I went back on the dht blockers and all symptoms went away, so...n9w I'm stuck , do I ween off and hope for the best or stay on it.

Anyone recovered from PFS 3 months or so after stopping the medication but had super bad side effcts in the meantime ?

The worst part is a lack of emotions or ability to relax, I dont even care if I have permanent inability to get hard ever again, I just hope I can heal emotionally, any success stories ?

When i first started expecting PFS it felt like a huge shock to the system and I felt i had to constantly keep busy and moving so my thoughts dident catch up to me. it was an still is impossible to sit and relax like i used to. i really miss being abke to just sit alone and be bored or with nohung to donwithout constant numb and dredd feeling. then it turned into constant tiredness. Anyone else experience this ?

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) do you own research but I heard it rewires the brain. Might help thoughs who are "close to giving up" with severe PFS ? just a suggestion to maybe look into apologies if comes across insensitive