[Alexis]

Ok so we all know that SP eliminates the conversion of T to a more portent form of T called DHT. Now one of the things that high DHT does is raise libido among other things. Anyways i was planning on taking a short brake from hops for my receptors to rejuvenate and take SP extract to keep the T levels down before I continue hops again. and instead of it reducing my T levels, my libido is through the roof! before when i used to take SP it completely shut my libido like no body's business and now its doing the exact opposite. Any ideas anybody? im taking around 360 mg.

[Isabelle]

Hops also blocks T from becoming DHT. Depending on how much you take, probably more than only 360 mg of SP.

[Alexis]

Another question I have is when SP does its job by eliminating the conversion of T to DHT, what happens to the Testosterone that was gonna get converted to DHT? am i just gonna have more of the free T circulating through my system or does it expire as soon as SP hits? any ideas. The reason why I'm asking this is because if the T stops being converted to DHT doesn't more of it accumulate in my system and causes more muscle growth since muscles are the only tissue that responds to regular Testosterone?

[beverley.rose]

Wikipedia is your friend...

"In men, approximately 5% of testosterone undergoes 5α-reduction to form the more potent androgen, dihydrotestosterone. DHT has three times greater affinity for androgen receptors than testosterone and has 15-30 times greater affinity than adrenal androgens."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dihydrotestosterone

Do not worry about T, worry about DHT. SP is supposed to block the production of DHT. With only 5% of T being converted, I would not panic too much about having T increase by 5%.

Beverley

[Pansy-Mae]

It is said that excess T is converted to estrogens, via the aromatase path, so therefore making extra T available is actually a good thing if it happens at the same time as stopping T from blocking the estrogen receptors.

[Alexis]

Beverly rose and pansy - mae your both responses make a lot of sense. Thank you so much for replying and explaining this. I appreciate it. if only 5 percent of it being converted to DHT it is much less worse than i expected. wow. thank you guys. By the way the reason why the SP didn't work at first is because i was opening up the capsules and dumping the contents in a spoon then eating it like that thinking it would get into the bloodstream more effectively. Well, I was wrong. for some reason swallowing the capsule as is is much more effective. I don't know why. But it works better that way