[AbiDrew85]

Look at it this way, you googled it, knew what the product was, and asked how I was taking it. Asking what my procedure was. I, on the other hand, didn't know that you googled it, and thought you were asking how I was taking GTE (as in pill form or liquid extract). This seemed like a fair interpretation to me, because there are many "how" questions that are looking for a form, type, or amount response, rather than a procedure ("How would you like your steak cooked?" "How old are you?" "How do you take pm? Pills? Extract? Spray?" etc.)

So when you said "Well obviously" it made me feel judged, like I wasn't at all making a fair interpretation of the question. Frankly, it hurt my feelings. I understand perfectly how you were asking it now, but at the time, do you at all understand how I was seeing it?

I see what you're saying, though I'm afraid I still don't understand the thought process that led to it. My brain just doesn't work that way... sorry for the confusion and the unintended feelings... I was just trying to get an idea for the variables involved in your experience to know what if anything I could conclude.

As for my experience. Who knows? I certainly haven't taken any fish oil in, um, ten years? I'm not certain as to my vit E intake, and my vitamin C intake has got to be lower these days than it's been in years (went from fruit everyday to... not). I do know for a fact that I wasn't drinking enough water, however, I'm still hesitant to want to try again, since my current herb combo of SP/PM seems to be the only one that's consistently worked for me.

I can understand being hesitant to try again when your prior experience was only negative and you already had found something else that worked well for you. I'm still struggling to get my insanely high T under control. It does sound quite likely that if you had taken it synergistically and drank more water the experience you had may not have occurred, however. I find that encouraging considering I just increased my dose.

Best of luck upping your dose Abi. Sorry that this has gotten a bit tangled and that I didn't understand your question.

Thank you. We'll see how it goes, if it helps any, or causes any problems. When the BF gets the bills caught up from when he was massively underemployed I'm planning to add reishi as well. Alas, I may never get a job myself and be able to really do a proper NBE plan again.