I agree, Maca is crap, as far as my experience is concerned.
Get over the porn-negativity and wanking-negativity already. The majority of guys watch porn and wank all the time and have no problem. In fact, they are both beneficial on average. Both have been shown in studies to either raise testosterone levels or help prevent impotence in the long run.
Maca is really just a nutritional tonic, and although it does have some components that act as FAAH inhibitors and thus increase endogenous cannabinoid activitiy; it's "aphrodisiac" properties are well over rated...and very weak, to say the least. Now on the other hand, taking it daily for a while, a good extract, and combining it with other nutritional foods (because really, maca as with all herbs, are food) - this can result in some nice effects - particularly on stamina and fertility. It does seem to increase load size and also may help improve libido but not to the extent that most companies are bragging about. And..most importantly, it will not fix an underlying testosterone imbalance...estrogen excess etc
If you want real sexual enhancement...you need to do your research and dive into the deepest pharmacologica/nutraceutical area's.
Icariin is pretty decent, especially in combination with berberine or other PDE-5 expression modifiers .
On the pharma level, we have the big ones.
-PT-141, melanotan II
-Vasopressin and selective VP agonists/modulators.
-Oxytocin
-WAY 100,635
-Trazodone
-Requip and other dopaminergics
-SARMs and SERMs
The list goes on and on.
Personally, any kind of sexual enhancement is nice but not really necessary if you have the right mindset...
Also when saying "enhancement" you could be looking at multiple parameter's...enhancement means something different to everybody..
It seem like a great list! I am aware of what some of them are used for, but could you give a brief description of the positives for each? Food for thought for me and the rest of the people reading this thread, thanks.
Sure thing, Oxytocin would yield anxiolytic / anxiety relieving properties, and can help increase bonding and passionate feelings, as well as being erectogenic and it also may enhance orgasm.
Vasopressin is similar but a more masculine form of oxytocin, and generally is regarded as one of the strongest aphrodisiacs, especially in the presence of testosterone which enhances it's effects. Vasopressin stimulates sexual arousal and libido both.
WAY 100 635 is serotonin 5-ht1A antagonist and dopamine d4 specific agonist - it is potent and produces both behavioral effects and erectogenic effects, and also may lower cortisol and prolactin leading to increases in testosterone. It can help contribute to making the pervy kinda sex adddict type personality due to it's dual modulation properties, but goes much further beyond dopaminergics because it can act to modulate serotonin induced cell firing and calcium channel release.
Being that it is a 5-ht1a antagonist, on both presynaptic autoreceptors and postsynaptic receptors, it would also increase serotonin induced oxytocin and erectile response by 5-ht2c receptor. In addition , the postsynaptic blocking effect would enhance both histamine and NMDA activity - both of which are prosexual in regards to responses.
Trazodone will stop adrenaline induced vasoconstriction and may help performance anxiety this way - and it has anti-depressant effects and is well known for inducing long lasting spontaneous erections, even in older men...
Requip and other dopaminergics mainly increase libido , but may also help treat both male and female hyposexual disorder
SARMs are androgen receptor modulators, and can seleectively enhance androgen activity leading to increased sexual response, more confidence and less anxiety...serms modulate estrogen and can increase hypothalamic output leading to more testosterone.
SARMs also show potential for enlargement / and girth increases due to their ability to selectively stimulate the AR without blowing up the prostate.
PT-141 and melanotan II are selective melanocortin agents that also activate the hypothalamus, but via a different pathway than the above..they mainly increase libido, but as such may also affect responses.
Lastly, opiate antagonists may be used to enhance testosterone pulses and secretion, and may also disinhibit oxytocin and nnos..leading to less anxiety on some ends , although this will depend on the person because these drugs may cause anxiety for others..for me they don't though they just give a kinda out of it feel without caffeine.
However, i have multiple mutations on gaba (c45-GABA-ss2) and serotonin terminals ( variant but less severe of prader willi ) as well as the warrior gene so this might be part of it.
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