Originally Posted by mravg
What is your experience with Tongkat ali?
There is a whole thread around here on the cabergoline.
Can You Guys believe this Drug?!?
Hi MrAvg,
Thanks for the link - I’ve saved it and will read it after I answer your question about the TA. I’ve been very pleased with TA. It’s not an ED solution (like V or C) but it is a serious libido enhancement botanical. It takes some time to kick in. If one were to take say 1600 mg of 50:1 extract per day cycling 20 days on and 10 days off or 6 wks of M-F on, weekends off followed by a week off then your body would not become too acclimatized so as to nullify the effects.
This is not a cheap supplement, but a very effective one for me as the gonads get engorged, the flaccid hang is enhanced, and you want sex big time. I believe it enhances free circulating testosterone by breaking down and eliminating SHBG (sex hormone binding globulin that seriously depresses effective testosterone) or the effects of SHBG. And, I think it also stimulates the testes to produce more fresh T, too - ergo the engorgement.
When I had hormone tests run a couple of years ago, total T was fine but free T was suppressed (low normal) and SHBG was just over normal range. Bummer! That’s when I started my search for something to target the SHBG. My production of T from the leydig cells in the testes was OK - not enough was remaining free to keep me at peak conditions.
And, this is a potential trap for a lot of guys that get testosterone tests - they get a total T that looks fine to their Dr and they fail to ask the critical question of “Doc, what’s my free T show?” as even in this so-called enlightened age many Drs don’t test for free T - just a quick check of total and then they push on. Either get the hormone test kits and sample yourself or insist that your Doc order the correct profile if you really want (and need) to know.
As for PE, I think TA can help you get a bigger dick in 2 ways aside from the significantly enhanced pleasure from sex (as good as that is) - 1) More T means more DHT which is absolutely essential to dick metabolism/growth; and 2) enhanced flaccid engorgement aids PE by stretching the plumbing some and keeping it that way for days, not hours.
As for my own hormonal profile, I am scheduled to run another set of tests right after the Holidays so as to quantify whats going on. I know T is up, but I’ll soon know just how much.
Cheers :)
MrTiPS