(24-03-2013, 09:42 PM)bryony Wrote: (24-03-2013, 04:27 PM)Holmes12 Wrote: Quote:As far as I know there is no way of "taking prolactin', in an NBE sense at least. There is no natural/herbal type source.
Prolactin production within the body, male or female, can be stimulated / increased by taking domperidone, a handy source of this is the drug motilium.
So not NATURAL as in NBE by any stretch of the imagination.
Just a cursory google of this horrendous drug gives me the heebie-jeebies!
It's rather ironic that one of the known side-effects of anti-dopamines is dysphoria and clinical depression! Isn't that what's got you here in the first place?
If you are willing to go to these lengths of experimental pharmacology, why don't you go for a proper transition with medical supervision?
This place seems to be turning into TS DIY Hormones!
Sheesh!
Bryony
If you want "natural," then Goat's rue--just don't kill your liver in the process. A more refined, less toxic form of Goat's rue would be the prescription drug metformin which seems to be prescribed for nearly everything these days. There's no guarantee it will raise prolactin, however. I take the maximum dose in an effort to improve insulin sensitivity, and my prolactin level is slightly below the mid-point of the normal range.
Another option, [sarcasm] would be extreme starvation almost to the point of death, followed by adequate nutrition [/sarcasm]. It was not uncommon for men who survived the Nazi death camps to lactate once proper nutrition was restored. It was due to the total hormone disruption caused by nearly starving to death.
If one looks up galactagogues, nearly every NBE herb is on the list. Using a breast pump (like for extracting breast milk) every 2 hours for 20 minutes (that is every 2 hours even in the middle of sleeping) is supposed to induce lactation after a few weeks or months. Supposedly, just wanting it badly enough can cause it to happen, but then I remember reading a little blurb that women can increase their breast size by up to 1 cup size just by thinking long enough and hard enough about wanting larger breasts.
Btw, I'm with you on domperidone. I will never, ever ingest another pharmaceutical aimed specifically at tweaking my brain chemistry. Among other things, antidepressants stole my joy and slowed my ability to recall information, and after six years of not taking them, I've yet to get any of those things back. I was on three different antidepressants (one at a time) over a course of about two years, then it took me six months to successfully wean myself off the third one.