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My Ongoing TRT Mystery
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<blockquote data-quote="osirisrisen" data-source="post: 240224" data-attributes="member: 3489"><p><h3>Here is the study</h3><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4585531/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Wait, it seems that I am interpreting this wrong. I’ll find the other one.</p><h3>Results</h3><p><strong><u>One and 4 months of androgen treatment in female-to-male transsexuals increased SERT binding in amygdala, caudate, putamen, and median raphe nucleus. SERT binding increases correlated with treatment-induced increases in testosterone levels, suggesting that testosterone increases SERT expression on the cell surface.</u></strong> <strong><u>Conversely, 4 months of antiandrogen and estrogen treatment in male-to-female transsexuals led to decreases in SERT binding in insula, anterior, and mid-cingulate cortex</u></strong>. Increases in estradiol levels correlated negatively with decreases in regional SERT binding, indicating a protective effect of estradiol against SERT loss.</p><p></p><p>I totally agree with everything you’re saying. ANS imbalances and high NE response are totally my situation. There was a great thread years ago on the AllThingsMale form where user chilln documented the use of alpha blockers like doxasosin and Flomax which block NE at the penis and allow erections. They worked for me, but made me so lethargic and blah that it wasn’t worth it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="osirisrisen, post: 240224, member: 3489"] [HEADING=2]Here is the study[/HEADING] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4585531/[/URL] Wait, it seems that I am interpreting this wrong. I’ll find the other one. [HEADING=2]Results[/HEADING] [B][U]One and 4 months of androgen treatment in female-to-male transsexuals increased SERT binding in amygdala, caudate, putamen, and median raphe nucleus. SERT binding increases correlated with treatment-induced increases in testosterone levels, suggesting that testosterone increases SERT expression on the cell surface.[/U][/B] [B][U]Conversely, 4 months of antiandrogen and estrogen treatment in male-to-female transsexuals led to decreases in SERT binding in insula, anterior, and mid-cingulate cortex[/U][/B]. Increases in estradiol levels correlated negatively with decreases in regional SERT binding, indicating a protective effect of estradiol against SERT loss. I totally agree with everything you’re saying. ANS imbalances and high NE response are totally my situation. There was a great thread years ago on the AllThingsMale form where user chilln documented the use of alpha blockers like doxasosin and Flomax which block NE at the penis and allow erections. They worked for me, but made me so lethargic and blah that it wasn’t worth it. [/QUOTE]
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