Androsterone did the opposite for me when I tried it, perhaps it has something to do with age and what the deficiencies actually are, being young may imply pregnenolone or other milder supplements would be better suited.
Monoamines and Neurosteroids in Sexual Function During Induced Hypogonadism in Healthy Men
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The CSF testosterone, dihydrotestosterone, and androsterone levels were significantly lower during hypogonadism (P=.002, .04, and .046, respectively), but no significant changes were observed in CSF measures of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid, homovanillic acid, dehydroepiandrosterone, or pregnenolone. Decreased sexual interest was observed during the hypogonadal state compared with both baseline and testosterone replacement (P=.009) and correlated significantly with CSF measures of androsterone during both hypogonadism and testosterone replacement (r = −0.76 and −0.81, respectively; P<.01). Moreover, the change in severity of decreased sexual interest correlated significantly with the change in CSF androsterone levels between testosterone replacement and hypogonadism (r = −0.68; P<.05). The CSF 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid and homovanillic acid levels did not correlate significantly with any behavioral or CSF measure.
Conclusion These data suggest that the neurosteroid androsterone contributes to the regulation of sexual function in men.
Recently, there has been considerable interest in the behavioral effects of androgenic anabolic steroids, in large part due to the extent and consequences of androgenic anabolic steroid abuse among young men, the potential impact on mood and behavior of the age-related decline in androgen secretion, and the potential therapeutic use of androgen replacement in symptomatic aging men. Both increased and decreased androgen secretion have been observed to induce clinically significant mood and behavioral changes in some men.1- 9 However, the effects observed are not uniform, and factors have not been identified that will predict which individuals will develop androgen-induced mood and behavioral disorders. Additionally, despite the well-described relationship between hypogonadism and loss of sexual function,10- 13 the hormonal mediators of the reported loss of libido are not well described
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It's possible. That's why I use it with pregnenolone and/or DHEA. As I mentioned in the thread on synergism between DHEA and androsterone, the studies that looked into the effects of different steroids found optimal effects from a combination of aromatizable and non-aromatizable steroid. A few people told Ray that they are thinking of using DHT and he always responded with suggesting adding some DHEA. Same with pregnenolone, which btw seems to possibly convert to androsterone, and to be non-aromatizable.
Pregnenolone, Progesterone And Androsterone Are Aromatase Inhibitors
THERAPEUTIC EFFICACY OF Δ5-PREGNENOLONE IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
"...The Zimmerman reaction measurement includes 20-ketosteroids as well as 17-ketosteroids, so that the increase might be attributable to excreted pregnenolone, but the antimony trichloride (SbCl3) reaction excludes pregnenolone because it is very nearly specific for androsterone and its isomers. It follows, therefore, either that pregnenolone is metabolized to androsterone-like substances or that it stimulates the adrenals to produce 17-ketosteroid precursors."