[bryony]

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The high dosage of 6 g/D you mentioned was determined to be effective for that individual after MUCH trial and error and with the stated purpose of relieving his anxiety/feelings/edginess related to GID, and that any breast growth was considered a side effect for him. based on his posts on this forum, I don't think that individual is reckless or insane.

Hi there,

apologies if I've got it wrong, but this sounds a lot like me; if so, I'd like to clarify that the dose I need to keep anxiety/depression etc at bay is 6x500mg / day (3g). I'm sure I would have noticed if there were someone similar who needed double my dose, but, I may have missed it. (If I'm right, thanks for the vote of confidence in my sanity! )

Regardless, I'd like to confirm that I now use PM in this manner primarily, not for breast growth, although that is how I discovered its other beneficial effects. I'd also like to confirm that some people need huge doses to kickstart breast growth. I didn't get any below 3g/day. The irony is that the amount that causes growth with me is the amount required to remove the desire for growth. It's little things like that which suggest that (a) there is a creator, and (b) s/he has a warped sense of humour.

I'm also aware of a former contributor who often needed 4g/day, but that's the most I recall seeing.

Re: addiction, I'd say more a dependency.

I think some perspective is required though: this substance is a powdered root vegetable, and the N Thai people have been eating it for generations. If it had any bad effects, I'm sure they would be documented by now. Of course, Thailand has a rather large number of Katoeys .... but that's no bad thing is it? At least they grow up looking the real deal, rather than the grotesquerie that I would be.

My feeling is that if something improves your quality of life to the extent that this does for me, then it is worth any associated risks.

(Rather like low carbohydrate menus fly in the face of medical orthodoxy - I feel so much healther than with what they would have me eat!)

B.