≡ ▼
ABC Homeopathy Forum

 

The ABC Homeopathy Forum

21 days on saw palmetto has made me impotent! Please Help

hello everybody, i am also having difficulties after using saw palmetto. I used it for 3 weeks in march 2014 and i have had erection problems and no libido for 4 months now. Im sweating bullets. Its a mistake on my part. I had a stressful year last year and suffered with abit of alopecia by the end of the year so i decided to get abit of help with regrowth from manchester hair loss clinic. they gave me what i thought were just vitamins. one of the ingredients was saw palmetto. I didnt have a clue at the time, i just thought they were vitamins. Within the first 10 days i got terrible sides but just thought i had the flu or summit. Took me 3 weeks to suss out what was going on. Anyway came of them slowly improved but however end of july now 4months later and im still having problems. Is it a case ive umbalanced my hormones and they will correct themselves? On another note i had bloods taken in may and my test was rock bottom for my age 27. Im very angry and should of researched what i was taking before i took it. Only took 21 tablets!

James
 
  pageidol86 on 2014-07-28
This is just a forum. Assume posts are not from medical professionals.
Dear James,

I am not a homeopathic doctor but I have the same problem as you and I took saw palmetto for 3 weeks about 2 years ago. My testosterone levels dropped down to minimum and I suffered alot from this in all aspects of my life.

Homeopathy gave me a hope in my life. I am a physical chemist and I wouldn't have believed in it otherwise. With sawplametto what happened with me is that the drug stays in your system even after you stop taking it affecting your liver and testosterone levels.

Please try Nux vomica D12 which is low potency remedy to clear up the drugs staying in your system. You could try 4 to 5 pills (one dose) twice a day. For me the effect was instant as i got erections back. Since it is low potency it wont stay in your system. after two months my this remedy stopped working and my libido dropped again. Later my homeopath recommended another remedy which brought a great change my shooting up my libido. I wont post the remedy because for every person the constitution is different so I suggest you try nux V as it wont harm you in anyway and then Ofcourse you need to find a proper homeopath to find the right remedy to recover completely. For me it took almost a year to have proper erections.I also suppplemented ayurvedic medicines in the mean time.

Please be positive during this time. It caused severe depression for me and I was seeing a counsellor during this time. I guess you have similar thing going on.
 
acheilles 9 years ago
yeah im in a similar place with it and the whole affair has really rattled me. Im paranoid ive buggered up my sexual function for good. So did you get back completely to normal albeit it took around a year? I will try the D12 protocol.

Why did you take saw palmetto?
I thought i was just taking vitamins, im angry about this.

scary stuff

James
 
pageidol86 9 years ago
Dear P-

I will ask Dr. Mohla to help you out
with this.

Everyone as Acheilles said is different
He took Nux Vomica for a long time-
Nux clears overdoses of things out of
the body. But when he stopped it no
longer worked, so that means he had
to get the right remedy, which he did
which was unique for his symptoms.

Nux did not take care of it permanently.
 
simone717 9 years ago
Actually the things were not exactly same as before. I was prescribed propecia but i didn't want to try this as I read about side effects. So I tried saw palmetto 50 mg for 3 weeks and that was the biggest mistake of my life.

After Nux V stopped working Staph c30 (just 2 doses) was given to me and it gave a huge boost to libido and then now it dropped again. I tried couple of doses but it didnt work anymore. The other side effect was severe deramatitis due to saw palmetto which I got and it got cured by nux.V and after an year Causticum D12 helped to cure dermatitis

Also Im curious about Dr.Mohla's reply. I want to see if this could also help me. I suffered for almost 2 years now.
 
acheilles 9 years ago
how can only 3 weeks cause a permanent change...i dont believe it...cells replenish and what not, you must be almost be normal espcially after 2 years
[message edited by pageidol86 on Tue, 29 Jul 2014 17:26:53 BST]
 
pageidol86 9 years ago
trust me there were times when I wanted to end my life. I thought things will get back to normal in few months but it didnt and I saw that I couldnt get erection at all when I tried sex with my gf after 4 months of stopping saw palmetto. That's when I checked my test levels and was shocked at the results.

Its a biggest tragedy in my life buddy. I dont even want my worst enemy to face this.

I really hope you would recover soon. I also had alcohol intolerance for a while i.e. with a few sips of beer I used to get high
 
acheilles 9 years ago
so you can get erections now? you can have sex now? How long before the sexual function returned?
 
pageidol86 9 years ago
After using staph c30 for few months it had a great effect where I had great morning erections and good physical urge.

And this was beginning of this year. This time my sexual functioning was good but then now my libido has reduced. So in a way the libido is fluctuating. Recently when I tried sex my erections were weak again with premature ejaculation. I want to see if I someone will suggest a better remedy for my case.

Compared to last year I have greatly recovered. I started heavy weight training which also helped with my teststerone levels.

In fact last year I had also surgery for gynecomastia which was the result the other side effect.

I dont want you to get scared with my story. It varies with person and there is always a solution for any problem. I wish you all the very best.

See what Dr.Mohla here would suggest. I don't think Allopathy can do anything in this case. If you dont get any reply I strongly recommend that you find a reputed homeopath in your town.
 
acheilles 9 years ago
Nux vom 30 one dose evening time for five days .pl have patience and confidence ,you will recover and back to original.pl give me feed back after five days .Drink more water and no beer and liquor .pl follow advise .one dose is 4drops of 30 in two table spoon of water .one table spoon at any time evening and second after one hour of first and same way for five days .drink citrus juices during treatment.
 
akshaymohl 9 years ago
Dear P-

to clarify- it is Nux vomica 30c

4 drops in two tablespoons

One tablespoon is a dose and take
two doses in the evening for 5 evenings.

Then report.

Thanks Dr. Mohla-Simone717
 
simone717 9 years ago
Ok doctor ill give it a go. Thanks for the support guys. The only sides I have now are low libido and I can get a full erection but can't seem to maintain it but I think thats more libido orienented.i never got any gyno or shrinkage or anything like that. Ive improved alot all ready in 4 months. I couldn't get any erection at all. But now it very slowly seems to be getting better but im no where bk to normal. It is by far the worst experience ive ever dealt with and what makes me so angry is that I didn't even need to take the bloody things I just had abit of alopecia that was all. Sexually I was perfect. Dude what percentage would you rate your recovery at? How old are you? Did you have any sexual problems before this?
 
pageidol86 9 years ago
Hi-

Dr Mohla is a homeopathic Doctor in India who volunteers some free
time on here to help suffering people who are not getting cured,
and who cannot afford a homeopath.. He has over 30 years experience. He knows
what he is doing, so please just follow the advice.
 
simone717 9 years ago
I had this problem when I was 27 and before that I was sexually perfect. Now problem is the recovery is fluctuating not constant this is what worries me.

Dear Dr.Mohla could you also please suggest me your opinion about my case. My libido got perfectly alright after 3 days (one dose each day) of staph C30 and then I tried Causticum D12 for dermatitis and Hemmoroid which I got due to stress during last 2 years of low testosterone. Causticum cleared up my dermatitis and Hemmoroid quite effectively. Now when I notice that my libido went down I tried Staph c30 two doses (2 days gap in between) but of no effect.
Now my morning erections are weak and no physical urge. Though I am not depressed and I am physically active.
 
acheilles 9 years ago
I cannot advise when you are already using med.First have confidence and patience .I am sure you are getting advise from a good homoeopath .
 
akshaymohl 9 years ago
Thanks
 
acheilles 9 years ago
Hello there. Ok ive followed the nux vomica protocol the last 5 days and to be honest i feel dreadful with it. Side effects like muscle spasms and stuff and i cant get it up at all now whereas i could before taking nux vomica. have i caused damage taking it? Ive read it contains poison?? and it can damage the nervous system and brain? Im drinking coffee to try and counteract it and plenty of water. Can nux vomica cause permanent impotence? How long will it stay in my system? thanks
 
pageidol86 9 years ago
i quote

In manufacturing, nux vomica is used as rat poison. ThatÂ’s because it contains strychnine and brucine, two deadly chemicals.

James
 
pageidol86 9 years ago
Our medicine Nux-vomica contains neither of those chemicals. In fact the potentized medicine we use is so diluted as to contain no physical remainder of the substance at all.

What exactly do you mean by 'Nux-vomica protocol'? Who has been prescribing this for you? What potency did you take? How often did you take it? How did you administer the remedy to yourself?
 
Evocationer 9 years ago
Nux vom 30 one dose evening time for five days .pl have patience and confidence ,you will recover and back to original.pl give me feed back after five days .Drink more water and no beer and liquor .pl follow advise .one dose is 4drops of 30 in two table spoon of water .one table spoon at any time evening and second after one hour of first and same way for five days .drink citrus juices during treatment.
 
pageidol86 9 years ago
Dr. Mohla is prescribing for Pageido on this thread- look at the previous page.

Nus Vomica was given as it clears out overdoses of other things in
the body.

What is going on now will wear off- please wait for Dr. Mohla's
new instructions.
 
simone717 9 years ago
Thankyou...my libido appears to be coming back slowly...just the brain penis signal is lagging behind
 
pageidol86 9 years ago
Yes-this was temporary-a lot of homeopaths use nux vomica when
there has been overdosing of some substance, before they start
the other remedies.
 
simone717 9 years ago
I Still do not believe 3 weeks of saw palmetto can cause permanent damage...a tempoary upset to the body yes but nothing permanent. Maybe after 6 months use id would say thats not good but not 3 weeks.

Thanks
 
pageidol86 9 years ago
Dear pageido,

You can click Dr. Mohla's name and send
him an email with the thread title-

Due to translation issues, it might appear that you do not
want further advice, instruction etc on your treatment-

so I would email him, tell him you are on and you would like
to continue treatment, if that is the case. Normally there is one
patient and one dr. on a thread, and this thread got a bit confusing.
 
simone717 9 years ago
hello

i still want help and treatment with this issue. I cannot seem to find Dr.Mohlas name to click on? Thanks James
 
pageidol86 9 years ago

Post ReplyTo post a reply, you must first LOG ON or Register

 

Important
Information given in this forum is given by way of exchange of views only, and those views are not necessarily those of ABC Homeopathy. It is not to be treated as a medical diagnosis or prescription, and should not be used as a substitute for a consultation with a qualified homeopath or physician. It is possible that advice given here may be dangerous, and you should make your own checks that it is safe. If symptoms persist, seek professional medical attention. Bear in mind that even minor symptoms can be a sign of a more serious underlying condition, and a timely diagnosis by your doctor could save your life.