madman
Super Moderator
Dopamine is probably the most important neurosteroid for libido. You could ask you doctor to try Pramipexole.
When it comes to libido let alone erectile function its much more complex!
The main neurosteroids involved in stimulating libido would be dopamine, norepinephrine, and estrogen.
The main neurosteroids involved in stimulating arousal would be nitric oxide, dopamine, NE, estrogen and testosterone, oxytocin, acetylcholine, and melanocortin.
The main neurosteroids involved in stimulating D1 and D5 receptors promoting erections would be T and it's metabolites (DHT and estradiol), allopregnanolone, pregnenolone sulfate, and dehydroepiandrosterone/ DHEA Sulfate.
Pseudo scientific nonsense.
Libido is controlled by the brain and lack of it indicates a problem in the brain, probably neurotransmitters. No wonder, libido is often restored to even hypersexuality with dopamine agonists. Everything else is secondary to dopamine.
Contemporary impotent medicine has almost zero understanding of the problem. Instead, we are served the usual fluff that it's all in your head and you should drink more water, sleep longer, and go to a psychotherapy LOL
Just dopamine LOL...
* When we discuss the sexual cycle and the role of antidepressants in altering it, it becomes useful to first understand the physiology of the sexual cycle and the neurotransmitters affecting it. Among the neurotransmitters concerned with psychiatry, the following have a role to play in the sexual response cycle as well. In chronological order, desire is promoted by dopamine, norepinephrine (NE), and estrogen, while it is inhibited by serotonin and prolactin. When it comes to arousal, nitric oxide, dopamine, NE, estrogen and testosterone, oxytocin, acetylcholine, and melanocortin enhance it, while serotonin brings down the arousal. In the stage of orgasm, dopamine and nitric oxide help in enhancing the orgasm while serotonin dampens it. When D1 and D5 receptors are stimulated, they help in facilitating sexual arousal in the form of erection in males and receptivity in females. On stimulation of D2 receptors, orgasm comes to fruition, while serotonin reduces sexual activity by blocking dopamine.7