Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

OK, so about 8 years ago (3 years into my relationship with my then girlfriend-now fiance), I started to experience mild performance issues in the bedroom. I figured it couldn't be ED because I was 32 at the time, in decent shape, and had no problem getting wood with other women (no I wasn't cheating, she was just my girlfriend at the time). So I did some research and landed on a product called Python Extra from Vitamin Shoppe. I wrote a super-long review of the product right here on Amazon which you can still read. Bottom line was: the product worked LIKE A CHARM. Lots of arousal, stamina, etc. Now, over the years, I've started to lose it again. I'm 39 now and I've been lying to myself for years saying, "if I was having problems at 32 because of the same partner over and over again, then of course it's going to get worse with time." But then I started to have arousal issues when spotting a hot girl, or getting a massage, or even watching "adult-oriented cinema". Something was wrong, I figured. If you read that old review, you'll see that I was considering Viagra or Levitra at the time. I found myself in the same situation years later. But then I though, "if a natural remedy worked before, maybe it will again." I already knew that Tribulus Terrestris was the main ingredient in the Python Extra which helped increase testosterone. So I thought of maybe getting more Tribulus intake but first (as always) I hit the Internet for research. First thing I learned was that Trib should be standardized to at least 45% saponins. Python was only 40%. So even though that had served me brilliantly for years, I decided to move on. I did some research, read some reviews and found NOW Tribulus which is not only standardized to 45% but each pill has 1000 milligrams (1 full gram) of trib compared to 500mg in two Python pills. So I had found a new pill to get my testosterone boost. After taking that for a while, I noticed gains in the gym working out, and a lot more arousal and naughty dreams. But my little buddy still wasn't getting as chubby as he used to. So I hit the books (Internet) again. Somewhere along the way, I became an ED expert. In a nutshell, ED can be psychological, physical, emotional, or any combination of those. It gets complicated. Mine was a physical problem causing a psychological side effect. That is to say, I couldn't get it up all the way so I was shying away from sex because I had lost my self confidence. In the course of my studying I had read all about prostate issues and saw palmetto as a remedy. I figured my problem had nothing to do with the prostate--it was just low testosterone since I didn't really have other prostate symptoms like painful or frequent nighttime urination. But then I thought to myself..."I may not be going multiple times, but I have been waking up at 5:30 every night to pee". I figured It was just a new sleeping pattern where I woke up early, but it made a mental note of the issue and went back to looking for a better Testosterone product. I'd been hearing a lot of commercials about a testosterone booster called Ageless Male and I looked online for the nutrition label: Saw Palmetto. "Wait," I thought, "saw palmetto doesn't raise testosterone, it reduces inflammation. Why are they selling this as a testosterone booster?" Then I found it. The Holy Grail. An article about Saw Palmetto and testosterone. OK, here's the nitty gritty. As you get into and above your 30s, testosterone in your system tends to get converted to its metabolite dihydrotestosterone, or DHT. DHT does nasty things like make you grow hair where you've never had it (like your back and ears), make you lose hair where you want to keep it (like your head), and it accumulates in the prostate and causes it to GROW. Saw palmetto inhibits the enzyme that converts test into DHT. In other words, the testosterone that your body normally produces gets to do what it's supposed to instead of taking the DHT offramp. As an added bonus, it shrinks the prostate and reduces inflammation in other body parts. I felt that I might be on to something... So...I narrowed my choices down to Ageless Male and this stuff: New Chapter Prostate 5LX. Ageless Male and New Chapter are both standardized to about 85% (the recommended amount) of the active ingredient so neither had an advantage there. The big difference in the products is that Ageless Male has a lot more Saw Palmetto in the daily dose (I think 800mg compared to 320 in the daily dose of this stuff). New Chapter had less Saw Palmetto but it has other ingredients (which Ageless Male does not) that work synergistically with the Saw Palmetto in studies to kick the effects up a notch. I decided to go with New Chapter because I hadn't seen any studies where over 320mg was tested and I did not want to be Ageless Male's guinea pig (more is not always better). Plus, studies had been done with saw palmetto combos (like green tea found in New Chapter) that showed better effects than saw palmetto alone. If it didn't work, I could always try Ageless Male. If that didn't work, I would then have to resort to pharmaceuticals. Been on it a month. THIS STUFF IS UNREAL!!! I guess my prostate is shrinking because I'm not waking up at 5:30 anymore to pee. And all that testosterone I'm taking from the NOW Tribulus (on top of my body's normal production) is doing what testosterone is supposed to do. My lifts are bigger at the gym. I'm getting aroused by the faintest hint of perfume or a girl walking by. Hell, even my fiance turns me on again! LOL. And best of all, not only are my erections back to where they were 8 years ago when I started Python Extra, but they're back to Junior High School levels. Not to get graphic here, but I assume we're all guys here (since it's a prostate product) so I'll just say it: thanks to the shrinking of my prostate, my penis is AT LEAST an inch and a half bigger when erect (engorged is not the word). I swear, I'd forgotten how big it could be. And my ejaculations are...pretty amazing. I'm even considering dropping the extra testosterone I take. I don't want to "overmedicate". Maybe my problem all along had been the testosterone-turning-into-DHT issue. Prostate 5LX is a double-whammy. It will stop conversion of test into DHT so that you have energy, sex drive, etc. And it will shrink your prostate (where the DHT uptake occurs causing inflammation) so that more blood can flow into your penis when it's time to please your woman, and more semen can SHOOT it's way through the vas deferens and urethra (instead of dribbling out). So I probably will cycle down the NOW Tribulus just to see if the 5LX was the cure all along. If my performance diminishes in any way, then I'll just add it back. For now, the combo of a test-booster and Prostate 5LX (which lets that testosterone remain as it should instead of turning into DHT--plus it clears the way for penis-bound blood) has been truly hard to believe.