ERD50,
As we say in Thailand, “up to you”.
Billy
What Rich said.
BTW, I'm assuming that Thai phrase "up to you" is not loosely translated as "up your's"?)
- I AM just kidding, I hope you are laughing
It would not matter what I do nor the results that have been produced, you would still discount them.
I'm not sure why you say that. I did question the results, as I have seen near the change you mentioned, with no known changes in lifestyle/dosages, etc. You claim to be a skeptic, it seems like a reasonably skeptical question to me. That's all.
What I will discount though, is that anecdotal 'evidence' should mean much of anything to anyone. It may indicate that a large scale study is in order, so that we can better understand the efficacy/risk on the general population.
For example, someone mentioned statins and ED. The first few studies I found indicated that some people had
improvements with their ED while on statins. Clearly, individual results can vary. I put more weight on measured results based on thousands of people, under somewhat controlled conditions, over what a few people report under uncontrolled conditions. Just seems reasonable to me.
What confuses me is why you are so concerned about what it is I have chosen to do. I am not trying to convince you to do this, nor anyone else.
I don't recall saying you shouldn't be doing this. It is your choice, you are an adult. And I didn't get the impression you were trying to 'sell' anyone on the idea, you were just communicating your story. Fair enough.
As Rich pointed out, this is public forum. We discuss viewpoints and observations.
My observation, based on this discussion, is still that you (and some others) set a low threshold of proof for 'alternative' treatments, and a high threshold of proof for 'conventional' treatments. That is your prerogative, and it is my prerogative to point out that there may be some dangers to that approach. People will choose to do what they want, but I just like to get both sides of the story out there.
You accused me of not being open-minded towards alternate treatments. I just don't see that, as I am totally willing to accept an 'alternative' treatment if there is data to back it up. Perhaps you are close-minded towards conventional treatments?
-ERD50