Porn/edging as self-med for low testosterone

Do yo believe it increases testosterone?
Why yo say you have low testosterone were your low T levels check in an exam?

I haven't seen a single medical study in edging increasing testosterone. If you want to know if it works for you you can do the test, take a testosterone lab test now, do some edging for a couple of months and take the test back and see if edging increases your basal testosterone.
You could do the opposite no edging for some months and see if your testosterone increases.

The only thing that could increase testosterone if you have medical diagnosis of low T is hormone replacement therapy.

Interested in hearing about your thoughts on edging and testosterone and everything edging creates in you, it's very interesting.

Nonetheless if edging does something in testosterone I will say it can increase it for the time you are edging and some hours after but the thing is edging also causes an increase in cortisol levels which suppress testosterone production. So the effect gets nullified.

Even do is just thinking out loud and thinking of what we now about edging and hormonal response, I have not seen a study in edging and testosterone in humans.

 

Pretty sure it actually decreases T. Or as the prior poster said, at minimum it increases cortisol which in a man is effectively the same as increasing estrogen. I used to do pretty serious edging sessions to P and/or P subs, a couple times a week and sometimes going for hours, and my hormone profile got seriously out of whack with the corresponding increase in belly fat, man boobs etc. There are a number of "natural" methods I could recommend for men who believe they're low on T but edging is definitely not one of them.

 

It would lower testosterone, since edging is causing the dopamine and adrenals to rush. This raises cortisol and would actually deplete testosterone. Does edging recharge or deplete...exactly.

 

When you lack of a better word activate sexually your expressing the testosterone and other sex hormones .... it stimulated them sure but it's not like you jump 500 points it's just sexual energy channeled in a sexual way .....

If your fapping to porn a lot it's a sign testosterone is normal ..... it fapping all the time will desensitize the dopamine reward centres.... which you actually need to experience arousal in the first place ..... there's alot more going on that just testosterone .... bit porn addiction will definitely deplete dopamine or desensitize you to the visual stimulus that raises it .

Edging pmo addiction it's all the same .... it's a compulsion ... because of the increase in dopamine amongst normal to high testosterone levels low t you probably get by without ever wanting to pmo .... again not necessarily...... you can have high t but porn is the easy trigger .

 

"There’s a lack of scientific evidence to suggest that edging plays any role in increasing testosterone levels in men."
-literally the first google result

 

I always question new terms and words to describe problem behavior, they can be prone to stigmatizing others.

Good activities can supplant unhealthy, anti-social and unproductive ones.

As for supplements for health or empowerment; a quality multi is probably good. There are a lot of strengthening herbs, herbal teas, etc. as well as whole foods and healing modalities. Some high end essential oils diluted (organic lavender, etc.) can as applied to temples, bottom of feet, solar plexus, even scrotum can help recharge the system somewhat. A change of scenery can help gain new perspectives, tough during the pandemic. Herbs or pills with caffeine, ephedra, etc. are too stimulating. Those addicted to screens need to limit their exposure, read books, exercise and use other positive activities.

 

I found this study of sexual stimuli in stallions. And they increased testosterone but the effect was lost because of the increase in cortisol
Oxytocin, vasopressin, prostaglandin F(2alpha), luteinizing hormone, testosterone, estrone sulfate, and cortisol plasma concentrations after sexual stimulation in stallions
M C Veronesi et al. Theriogenology. 2010.

 

Very good kit

 

Struggling with the same! I am curios to know if you ever managed to bring your hormones back into balance? I'm really struggling.

 

Well, I had my T checked this summer and was pretty disappointed to find out it was still in the low 300s... very low, and virtually unchanged from 2 yrs ago despite many lifestyle and diet changes. The good news is that the amount of T in my body that is actually being utilized has gone up significantly. My doc said at my age I probably won't ever get much above the numbers I have now but that everything I'm doing will help it from dropping lower so I guess that's all I can hope for. He wouldn't approve me for T injections and I'm not sure I'd want them if he did. So the short answer is my hormonal profile has improved in a manner of speaking and some benefits have come (a much better mental and emotional outlook, some improvements in physique), while others (female attraction etc) haven't really happened at all.

 

I'm the exact same. Low 300 and sometimes lower, despite a very healthy lifestyle and smart supplementation and pretty much optimal diet. No alcohol, drugs or smoking. Still my levels haven't budged (actually decreased).

I also struggle with long edging sessions. That's usually what I've been addicted to.
Have you been able to quit or are you still working on it?

I'm asking because I have a hypothesis that since Dopamine trigger the release of LH and FSH hormones that in turn trigger Testosterone production, resensitizing the receptors in the pituitary gland (by quitting PMO) might help raise our levels.

Also, what age are you?