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Just on a little side note, I'm aware I'm taking a very high dosage, I will be finishing this bottle and considering toning it down a little on the next one I buy. It's all about the money though and since this bottle was the cheapest I may just get it again. If there is anyone who experienced drastic and terrible side effects from using too much of this stuff, I would LOVE to hear about you, because I do care what happens to my body even though I do tend to sometimes think of myself as a guinea pig.
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Hi, I am a 21 year old female, I started yesterday on Saw Palmetto 3200 mg, standardized to contain fatty acids 288mg. Brand: Cenovis. I got it for just $10 AUD at The discount chemist warehouse. It wasn't on their recommendation, I just went in there and bought it.
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I used to skip my monthly cycle a LOT with the pill (combination, Diane 35 ED, brenda, Estelle), and it really worked for me. My doctor kept on telling me that I should take a break every 3 months, but wouldn't tell me why it was bad not to. I got sick of trying to get an answer and just went on the implant instead, as I was actually using it as a contraception anyway.
BUT of course my acne came back. I didn't experience any increase of acne beyond what is natural when I go off the pill, some women on the implant get terrible side effects like a lot of acne, weight gain, bleeding... just terrible. If you're looking to get the implant (just on a little side note), don't be looking up stuff on forums about it as it's all very scary. The only reason these women are online posting is because they had problems. The ones who didn't don't have a reason to ask questions online about their treatment. Those complaining online are among only about 10% of those who get implanon, says my doctor. Just give it a try, I even heard that some 60% of women who experience acne prior to getting the implant actually clear up a little after they get it. I don't know how accurate that is by the way. Anyway the thing is, when it plays up, you can just get the doc to take it out and that's it, the bad symptoms stop.
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Anyway so basically what I'm saying is that my acne must be hormonal as the pill worked very effectively. I have extremely greasy skin, I use blotting paper (which isn't available in my city in Queensland, Australia, so I get it on Ebay), I don't know that it helps my acne, but it does help my makeup hang on a little longer.
So I came to the conclusion that I must have high testosterone and went to my doc to get that tested. It came back actually a little lower than average, and I was flabbergasted.
So at the moment I'm testing the theory that maybe my testosterone is just a little bit high for me.
I first found out about Saw Palmetto when I was googling other symptoms I experience naturally, and found that I may have been displaying mild PCOS. As I know from my test results for doctor, this is not the case, but this thread is very interesting-
all I had heard about the herb is that is lowers Testosterone. But now I know that it inhibits the production of a certain kind of Testosterone, so maybe I'm just making too much of that, but not too much testosterone overall?
Very interesting! So I bought this stuff and I'm just taking one a day with breakfast and i'll see what happens. If anything weird (or anything at all, even positive) happens, I will be straight off to the Doc's office so please don't think I am going outside his wishes, it's just he's a doctor, so he can't help being close-minded about herbs. I've never met one who wasn't at least a bit overly orthodox and difficult to get real info out of. Maybe he's scared I'll sue him if I take his advice wrongly or maybe he doesn't think I'm smart enough to understand, or maybe he just couldn't be stuffed. I dunno.. it's ok I got used to that at least a year ago. eusa_boohoo.gif
I'll be back with my review after taking the full bottle, thats 30 capsules. This is day two.
Have a good one!
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Hey guys Zebriel here, just posting an update on day 9 of my Saw Palmetto program.
I should note firstly that for a couple of weeks prior to the date of starting this thing, i was quite hormonal. It was obvious to me because of my zits and the people around me because of my highly shitty mood. Yes, I have seen some results this week! But I may just be bouncing back from the hormonal low so I'm not reading anything into it yet.
Observations:
Shoulders: almost completely cleared up, aside from remaining tiny blackheads.
chest: (yes, chest, ugh, I hate it) I have had some new arrivals, however they are notably smaller than usual. Older infections that appeared before start date are taking just as agonizingly long to heal as they normally do, but nothing like them is replacing them.
Face: Blackhead population absolutely unaffected as yet. The oiliness seems to be just as bad as before, but strangely no new arrivals along the jawline or on the cheeks, and only small, short lived ones on the nose and forehead.
Back: New arrivals are slightly smaller, but just as numerous.
It's happy snap time!! Oh how I wish I had taken some pics before I started on this herb. Now the world will never quite see just how good the results are. Anyway, here I am at the end of week one. This is the first time I have deliberately posted unflattering images of myself online. It feels a bit dirty. lolz..
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Edited by zebriel, 05 April 2011 - 06:35 PM.
