Scrotal application of test gel/ cream has highest conversion to DHT, greatly increasing sex drive. Take your test by inject and use Proscar to prevent DHT conversion. Sex drive will go way down.
Interestingly, DHT has never been a factor for me. No difference between scrotal cream and inject test and things like proviron or masteron never influenced my sex drive either.
Using outside help such as Sexaholics Anonymous or other forms of treatment may have a low success rate but it seems the treatment plan you have been using on yourself so far has had a zero rate of success. So trying something else would give you an exponentially greater chance of success it would seems.
As I've stated I am seeing multiple professionals already
Onto the addiction phase - is it the chase/hunt, actual act, or the feeling of accomplishment after that you are addicted to? You need an actual behavioral study to understand if it’s a dopaminetic drive or a behavioral trigger. Medicating without truly understanding what the issue is like putting a bandaid on a massive hemmorhage.
Enacting severe lifestyle changes should be the place to start and finding a way to serve something greater than yourself without copious free time.
I wish you the best but it sounds like an alcoholic saying how much weed can I smoke to stop drinking. Just not a good way to solve this problem.
Mine is both behavioral and neurochemical. I did not go into enormous extra detail in my original post but I also have Wilsons Disease which causes copper accumulation in the brain and compulsive sexual behavior is a somewhat common effect in patients. I could go into hours of detail about that and other things but wanted the focus to stay on hormones here since that is what this board is for. While the simple answer is "just get rid of the copper" its obvioulsy much more complex and chelation takes years. So in the meantime, I am thinking outside the box to make life work.
I meditate regularly, do work to focus on creating a purposeful life, and attempt to keep focus on what I want to create rather than what I need to give up. All of what you said is true and I have logged hundreds of hours of meditation, therapy, etc this within the past year to help.
Dude I would not use any hormones if I had a sex addiction and wanted to quit. I wouldn't even bother with hrt. Not until i.could get myself under control. What your doing to me is just adding different kind of fuels to a.fire to see if one might not be flammable
That's obviously a potential approach. However, test is really what drives libido (at least in my experience with maybe the exception of trestolone and dianabol) so I think cutting that out while giving my body some small androgen receptor stimulation to prevent more processes than needed being devoid of normal physiological action, then it will likely lead to more success. Same idea with estrogen replacement. Why cut out multiple necessary hormones when one will likely do the trick.
Sex addiction as in porn? If so I understand your frustration. The access is just so damn easy and just about anything (whatever kink interrest you) is just a few keystrokes away. This age of instant gratification is a double edged sword my friend. I don't know if it's my YouTube algorithm but I keep seeing stories, news reports, research about psychedelics being used in therapeutic settings in hopes of rewiring the brain. Evidently hallucinogens have the ability of altering the brains neuroplasticity helping addicts drop addictions in one "heroic dose treatment" session. You've tried Ibogaine. Have you tried any of the other hallucinogens (DMT, psilocybin) with set, setting and intention in mind?
Porn, sex, masturbation - any and all alike. At some point, yes, I have used LSD, psilocybin, DMT, ayahuasca, etc in addition to ibogaine.
I don't want to sound condescending. But you have an addiction to a biological need. This is different than a drug addiction. This is like a food or water addiction (first one Is far more common) people have to overcome their outlook and relationship with food, stopping hunger doesn't work. You should be talking to a therapist about your views and outlook on sex, if you're dealing with guilt from porn, molestation or kinks ect. Also having a partner with a matching libido and sexual tastes helps. It's an addiction when you're repeating the same behavior in the face of consequence. A therapist can help you far more than trying to reduce a normal biological function.
Well...I don't think so. I have seen therapists, been in groups. As stated previously I am seeing multiple healthcare professionals and so far a week off of test has made a much more significant difference than the hundreds of hours with them.
Perhaps in the absence of any test and at the low doses you are looking at it would not???
That's a good thought you are likely correct. If I feel I need more libido suppression in addition to being off test, I'll keep it in mind
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