Thanks guys! I was exactly looking for an answer like stablemind's. i know about working out and going out and talk to everybody, etc. but the thing is, I do all of these stuff. I just want to feel and appear more dominant, more "alpha" if you know what I mean.
I think it's fundamental I give a bit of background information about myself. I'm male, 21 and have bipolar II. I study medicine (finishing 3rd year out of 6). I take quetiapine, lamotrigine, desvenlafaxine (for bipolar) plus propranolol for hypertension and tachycardia. Occasionally Modafinil for studying and rarely opioid painkillers for an inoperable pilonidal cyst.
I used to smoke cigarettes but now quit and "smoke" the electronic one, used to drink but now not anymore.
Supplements I take:
- NOW curcumin liposomal 500 mg (mainly for inflammation and depression)
- Jarrow's Rhodiola Rosea 500 mg
- NOW NAC 600 mg
- Huperzine A 200 mg
Blood tests came back normal, but couldn't do a hormone panel because no doctor prescribes me the test. They say it's not necessary. I have no family history of hormone imbalances and I have a very high sex drive, deep voice, normal muscle mass and normal body hair so I guess my testosterone is OK.
It's worthwile to mention that I always have had symptoms of low self confidence, although during hypomania it gets better. Alcohol and benzos make me less anxious, but that's not the point, they don't make me more self confident.
I was thinking that in case my testosterone is lower than normal, I could try clomifene (here is practically OTC), does anybody have experience with it? Keep the advices coming!
I'm surely going to try ALCAR (what doses do you advice?)
Cheers!
Edited by ricca91, 09 November 2012 - 12:21 AM.