Stez said:
Does anyone have lab figures on how much 1tab, or half a tab lowered their E2? I know everyone is different but I'm just looking for an example. Thanks.
There really is no way to answer this question. It would be nice if there was. The reason there's no answer is because it depends on how response the man is to DIM. The range of daily maintenance dosage for DIM varies from 0.25 to 2 tablets per day.
Here's the advice I gave in my primer about finding your mainenance dosage for Indolplex/DIM.
A lot of posters say that they tried DIM and it improved their erections, but after a week they were as bad or worse off than before they started. What happened was that they dropped their E2 down to the optimum level and then went beyond it. The window of optimum E2 level is very small. Too little E2 is not a good thing. E2 is needed for libido as well as heart, muscle and bone health. That's why I suggest starting low (e.g., one tablet per day at dinner) and then see how it goes. If your erections get strong for a few days and then go away, that means that the dosage is too high for you. Stop for 2 or 3 days and start up again at half a tablet per day. If the same thing happens again, go to one quarter of a tablet per day. Once youre in the right range and you want to adjust from there, make the adjustment small and keep it at that level for a week, or better yet, 2 weeks. Observe your body's response and adjust accordingly.
Getting the dosage right is extremely tricky and extremely critical. The thing that makes adjusting the DIM dosage so difficult is that the clinical response you get (i.e., how you feel) when you take too much (i.e., drop your E2 too low) feels a lot like the response you get when you take too little (i.e., when your E2 is too high). As a result, when you feel down, you don't know whether to increase or decrease the dosage. That's why I learned to listen very carefully to my body and rely on certain indicators. These indicators include erectile response, nipple sensitivity, the quality and restfulness of my sleep, my tendency to maintain or gain weight, and the presence or absence of a burning sensation in my lips and tongue. Eventually, using these indicators, I developed the ability to regulate my daily DIM complex intake.
