Boron as EQ supplement

Very interesting. I get very nice fluffy boners during sleep. For some reason, my sleep and morning boners are wonderful but the daytime boners are unremarkable. I thought it was because I was microdosing viagra at night, but stopped doing that and the fluffy boners continue most nights. I experiment a lot and was trying to figure out what to attribute it to. I take boron before sleeping most of the time by habit and forgot about it. I wonder if that’s it?

Cut the boron for a week or two and see if things change.

Working on a sample size of one is awkward, but that’s all you have.

Where would you purchase boron capsules?

Out here in the boonies, eBay or Amazon. In a city you might have a large-enough pharmacy that would stock some.

There are several different types of boron. I don’t know how, or if, they differ in effectiveness. I use industrial-grade borax and make my own capsules.

Is there a supplement brand that you guys prefer?

Life extensions is a very good brand.

Any updates with longer term boron supplementation? There isn’t a whole lot of info about use in humans (and what little exists is often somewhat contradictory), so anecdotal reports are helpful. This Reddit thread is interesting in that some lab results are provided. Of course, it’s only a sample of one.

My interest in boron supplementation is primarily for arthritis. I’m concerned that it also affects hormone levels because I don’t really want to screw with that. 4 years ago my total T was 695 ng/dL, which was surprisingly decent for my age. That was the only test done, nothing about free T, estradiol, SHBG, etc. Convincing the doctor to check total T was difficult enough.

I don’t know how much boron I get on average through my diet that varies at times from awful to fairly decent. I’m guessing not very much. I just ordered 100 3mg boron pills for $6 (Now brand from Amazon). That’s cheap enough for a trial. If boron is something I decide to continue I’ll probably buy a box of borax for a lifetime supply. I have a milligram scale and can do math.

I’ve been taking 3 mg daily, sometimes twice a day for about 8 months now. No dramatic change that I can tell, but no negative for sure.

I buy empty gelcaps on eBay. I have a loading machine for that size - about $35 - but for #3 or #2 size, you can just sweep them through a bowl of borax and assemble them by hand. It’s not real fast, but it’s something you can do while watching a movie or something.

The dosage for sodium tetraborate decahydrate (borax) is pretty small; you’ll need filler even in the small caps. You just use more filler in the big caps. Celery seed extract has been useful for as an EQ aid for me; you can buy that off eBay in bulk, and the usual dose is about right for topping off a #2 capsule.

Boron is awesome for arthritis. Literally saved my life a few years ago. Had debilitating arthritis in my neck, within 2 weeks of starting supplements, the arthritis started receding. I did 90 mg for about 3 months, I take a 10 mg maintenance dose now. Didn’t notice about EQ quality just due to me being more focused on pain. EQ has increased with hanging, clamping and using a TENS unit for me.

The LD50 of Borox is 3.2 to 3.6 grams per pound of body weight, so, 50% of people, that weighed 150 pounds, would be expected to die with a dosage of 480 to 540 grams. That’s a lot of Borox and no one should be taking that much. As a point of comparison, the LD50 of salt is 1.4 and 1.8 grams per pound of body weight.

I’ve been taking the Life Ext 3mg and noticed no positives or negatives. Sample of 1