(20-09-2014, 02:25 AM)surferjoe2007 Wrote: Testing for dopamine and prolactin isn't that hard; might be in the low hundreds of dollars but not an MRI. And didn't I talk to you before and suggest a weaker extract of mucuna pruriens? What happened with that? Still problematic? Or something even milder is vitex to lower prolactin and raise dopamine. Or get off the nbe herbs and eat bran, sunchokes and oysters so the body can self correct. But that's the tradeoff with feminizing. Some can partly manage for even a year but eventually it hurts your male function.Yes, we've spoken in the past. I never bothered with a weaker form of mucuna pruriens. Anything that increases dopamine also can raise blood pressure, and mine is high to begin with. A couple years ago, a doctor did check my prolactin levels (well within normal) trying to determine why I had all the symptoms of low T, but my total T was 390. The fact I have higher SHBG and low free T was lost on him. My sexual function issues long pre-date my venture into NBE. I can definitely empathize with the OP. I have tried vitex with no improvement.
Btw anything that raises prolactin lowers dopamine and vis versa.
Raising dopamine might not be of benefit if the receptors are blocked, which could be the case.