[DavidZ]

Originally Posted by SWALE

I do not know anything about this.

You're not alone. No one else I've talked to, including Dr. Shippen, does either.

Originally Posted by SWALE

IMPO, adding in the Selegiline negated your results, as it is a true confounder.

The Selegiline dosage was held constant throughout the trial. Doesn't that effectively eliminate it from the analysis?

BTW, I was taking Selegiline for two years before and two years after the above trial. And the first blood test represents a good baseline because I got similar and consistent blood test results prior to that test.

Originally Posted by SWALE

Total Testosterone assays are notoriously unreliable.

I definitely felt things going on in my body at the time and was very curiously awaiting the 2nd blood test results cited above. I have no reason to doubt the blood test results. In fact, I'm pretty confident they are correct based on my clinical response.

Originally Posted by SWALE

Using HCG in the way you did meant you put yourself on such a hormonal roller coaster that no single t assay is of any value whatsoever.

Look at the first 2 blood tests. They constitute a before and after, with and without L-Arginine. In other words, all elements of my protocol were held constant EXCEPT adding the L-Arginine.

Further, the Medline articles provide the scientific explanation as to why my T went up. Please note that my reasons for trying L-Arginine were NOT to increase T. My reasons were based on the book I cited above which does not mention anything about increasing T. I found those Medline articles AFTER I did the above 2 blood tests because I was looking for some explanation of the surprising results I got from L-Arginine.

However, I still have no explanation of why E2 went up so much. Do you have any theory as to why nitric oxide would increase aromatization? Even a wild guess of a theory would be appreciated.