Biohacking Women's Orgasms - ebook

Contents

Preface

Hack #1 – Oxytocin

Hack #2 – O-Shot (and P-Shot)

Hack #3 – A Simple Procedure Worth Trying

Hack #4 – What You Probably Don’t Know About Kegels

Hack #5 – For Highly Stressed Women and for Older Women

Hack #6 – For Women Who are in Menopause (read it even if you are not there yet; there is some useful information for you, and it is brief)

Hack #7 – For Women Who Are Having Menstrual Cycles (read Hack #6 even if you are not menopausal yet; there is some useful information for you, and it is brief)

Hack #8 – Heighten Your Sensations 1

Hack #9 – Heighten Your Sensations 2

Biohack #10 PeptidesPREFACE

This brief guide is for women who want to have, or to regain, better orgasms. It is easily read in one sitting. I could have written a 150-page book that would take you a couple of hours to get to the take-home-messages, but personally, I don’t care for those types of how-to books that in all reality should have just been a booklet. I provide the information for you to understand the hack, without fluff or pages of vignettes.

Compared to men, women have a far greater range in their capacity for the number, frequency, and length of orgasms, and more to the point of this guide, women are able to change their current capacity for orgasms. That is, given the right circumstances, women can acquire the ability to begin to have orgasms, and if they already are orgasmic, to have them much more readily and of greater frequency and intensity.

The reason this is a “doctor’s guide” is because six of the hacks require a prescription, and another hack is a medical office procedure. And thanks to our connected world, it has become much easier to find physicians near you who are informed about these.

The other hacks included are useful information and an over-the-counter product. The information is not strictly medical, but most of my patients with whom I have discussed these did not know about them and much appreciated the information.

Hacks #1 and #2 are medical hacks for any woman who wants to have more frequent and more intense orgasms. And there is the real possibility that women who have rare or no orgasms may be able to have them and have them regularly. The first requires a prescription and the second is an office procedure.

#3 is for women who have orgasms on a routine basis who may want to try this simple procedure to knock it out of the park. You will need a willing partner.

#4 is a useful procedure for all women.

#5 is about inexpensive over-the-counter products for stressed and older women.

#6 is a prescription item for menopausal women.

#7 is a prescription for women who are still having menstrual cycles, or who have had a hysterectomy but still have their ovaries and who are pre-menopausal.

#8 is another prescription item for all women to heighten sensations.

#9 also heightens sensations but to a more profound level

#10 a prescription to heighten libido

This book is NOT medical advice or recommendations. It is for informing you about options that you may not be aware of. You should pursue any of these options under the supervision of a qualified clinician. But don’t expect your family doctor to be that clinician. It is not something we learn in medical school. You will likely have to search for an alternative medical practitioner. These may be called integrative, holistic, functional, or complementary-alternative physicians. Let me repeat, this guide is not advice or recommendations to you; it is informational.HACK #1 – OXYTOCIN

Oxytocin is a hormone that has extensive actions throughout the body, most of which have little to do with orgasms, but, which nonetheless, are nice. It is a feel-good hormone that promotes bonding, trust, feelings of intimacy, feelings of empathy, and feelings of self-esteem. It also suppresses inflammation and pain, relieves stress, and reduces cravings.

More to our point, oxytocin enhances the blood supply to the genitals and other tissues, increases sexual arousal, and intensifies orgasms.

We secrete oxytocin when we interact with others, more so when we touch or hug, and even more so when we are falling in love or when we caress. The greatest production occurs at orgasm. It both promotes and is the result of orgasm.

When we have more oxytocin on board, we get more of the above. Oxytocin has been used with success for those on the autistic spectrum to promote socialization and communication, for those with social anxiety, PTSD, depression, and food/drug cravings, for couples in marriage counseling, and for fibromyalgia and other chronic pain disorders. And, of course, oxytocin is used to enhance sexual sensitivity and responsiveness, and to boost the intensity and the number of orgasms.

In my practice, approximately 10-15% have a dramatic increase in the intensity of their orgasms on most occasions, and 25% or so report a marked improvement. The rest may notice some enhancement but not enough to keep taking oxytocin. But adding Hack #2, described below, to oxytocin, most women are ecstatic when they talk about the new heights of their sexual sensation and in the intensity and length of their orgasms.

How do you obtain oxytocin? It is a prescription drug, so you will need a physician to prescribe it for you. Do not be concerned about the “oxy” in the name of the hormone. It is in no way related to addictive drugs like Oxycontin. Oxytocin is quite harmless otherwise and not addictive.

Your conventional physician is not likely to know about using oxytocin for anything other than to promote labor in childbirth (pregnant women should NOT take oxytocin unless it is given by her obstetrician to induce labor) or to initiate the letdown reflex for breastfeeding. You will likely need to find an alternative physician. If you do find one and he or she is not already savvy about oxytocin for sexual enhancement, an alternative medical physician is much more likely to be open-minded and curious to learn about it than your family doctor.

How do you take oxytocin for sexual enhancement? It comes in tablets, sublingual tablets or sprays, or creams, but the best absorption is intranasal spray.

I prescribe 20U intranasal sprays to be taken before sexual activity. Its level peaks at about 45 to 90 minutes after taking it. If you have prolonged foreplay, you may want to take it after you are in to it. You can experiment a bit with masturbation to figure out the timing since you are likely to be able to determine the onset of your orgasm a little easier than with love-making.

I have a few older patients who find that they do much better by also adding a 20U dose every day and then again before sexual activity. I also have several patients with chronic pain, such as fibromyalgia, who take daily doses with significant decrease in pain.HACK #2 – O-SHOT (AND P-SHOT)

Charles Runels, M.D. developed the O Shot and P Shot. The O Shot stands for orgasm shot, and the P shot for men stands for priapus shot.

The injection is platelet rich plasma (PRP). Platelets, as you may know, are blood components and they are the first thing that shows up at the site of an injury to promote clotting. They are also packed with growth factors that promote healing and regeneration. For instance, one factor activates the stem cells in the tissue, others promote the regeneration of various tissues.

PRP is an extraordinary healing substance. Even though it is not FDA-approved (it is a naturally occurring substance so is not patentable no drug company interest) it is being used extensively for orthopedic injuries and cosmetic purposes, and many studies are underway for nerve and organ damage repair. PRP is what professional athletes are now using to heal their injuries instead of prednisone which gives temporary relief but worsens the underlying condition.

The O Shot is an entirely safe procedure because your own platelets are used. We draw your blood and centrifuge it to divide into layers of the different blood components, and then obtain the platelet layer. We then anesthetize your clitoris and upper vaginal wall and inject the platelets (you either feel nothing or a slight pinch).

Some women will notice an immediate increase in arousal, intensity of orgasms, and number of orgasms the next day. But for most women, it is a gradual build-up over a few weeks. Older women commonly report that they no longer need to use lubrication. There have been instances where women reported having their first vaginal orgasm, and some, their first orgasm.

Overall, the usual reports are quicker and greater levels of arousal, longer and more intense orgasms, and more orgasms.

The sexual enhancements typically last for months before there is some decline, but most women feel that it is still at a good enough level to not seek another treatment for a year.

PRP is also a remarkably effective treatment for urinary incontinence, pelvic pain, pain on intercourse, and for vaginal lichen sclerosis, all of which of course wreak havoc on your sex life as well as being troublesome conditions.

The P Shot is PRP injections into the penis (also not painful). Men report better erections, greater sensation, and that general feeling of being the man you were before things slowed down. And his improved sex life can of course lead to a better sexual life for you too.

There are some downsides. Even though a high percentage of women love their results, there are some that do not get the degree of improvement hoped for. And the cost is off-putting for many - $1200 to $1500. Many clinics will provide a second treatment at no cost if there is no response to the first. But only get that second treatment if the first failed to produce results. If you overdo, you will not get even greater levels of pleasure but irritation and urinary pressure.

If cost is prohibitive for you, see if there is an O Shot instructor near you and volunteer to be a patient for that doctor’s next training session. You can find instructors that Dr. Runels has certified at http://oshot.info/members/directory/. The certified instructors have ACCMA by their names. Don’t worry about being treated by a beginner. Dr. Runels’ training is superb, and the procedure is a quite easy one to perform correctly.

Some women experience urinary frequency for days after the injection. This is not of concern and actually a good indicator of a nice outcome in the making.

Another potential downside that occurs on occasion, more likely to occur in a young woman, is that initially the effects are too great; they become hypersexualized for several days to a week. It is difficult to get on with your day when all you want to do is have more sex.

No guarantees, but if you decide to do the O Shot, add the relatively inexpensive Hack #1 already discussed, and do the following Hack (which is free), you have an excellent chance of having that kind of intense, explosive ecstasy that can make the earth move. For couples who have been together a while and feel like a lot of the magic is gone, it can be a reawakening in their relationship. It is a great wedding present, especially for those remarrying in mid-life or later.HACK #3 – A SIMPLE PROCEDURE WORTH TRYING

This Hack is not medical so does not require a physician, but it does require a willing partner. I am including it because most of my patients never heard of it, and much appreciate the information after they have tried it. It is one you will likely only do from time to time for a special experience and not every time you make love. Combined with Hacks #1 and/or #2, it makes for extraordinary experiences.

This works best when your partner provides you with oral stimulation. You arrange pillows so that you can lie back with your legs spread comfortably with no muscle tension at all to maintain the position. Your partner stimulates you while you remain completely relaxed; no muscle tension whatsoever. Any time your partner sees that you are not completely relaxed, he or she will briefly withdraw stimulation and remind you to relax those muscles again and perhaps gently rub the area that is tensing, then resume stimulation when you are again fully relaxed. And no moaning either. You are completely relaxed, simply breathing quietly, abdominal (diaphragmatic) breathing. Once you are relaxed, focus on the sensations but do not react to them.

It takes somewhat longer to reach orgasm than usual. That is important for your partner to know, because with none of the usual feedback, like hip movement or moans, it seems like nothing good is happening. But just stay with it. When the orgasm comes, it is on a far deeper, more profound “the earth moved” level. It is best described as – you don’t _have_ an orgasm, you _are_ the orgasm. The medical explanation, which is not necessary to go into for this guide, has to do with the brainwave state that you are in when you have an orgasm. Some report something of a mystical experience, with a sense of profound peace and oneness. And many report that the lovemaking that follows is more intense and passionate.

By the way, if you are a woman who feels the need for more direct clitoral stimulation during love making, if you haven’t already tried it, have your partner lie back at a 45⁰ angle, perhaps on a couch, and straddle him. Slide your vulva up and down along his pubic bone as you like. Certainly, we are all built differently, and no one position maximizes clitoral stimulation during love making, but this one, indicated by medical scans during lovemaking, works well for many women who like that extra clitoral contact.HACK #4 – WHAT YOU PROBABLY DON’T KNOW ABOUT KEGELS

For rich sexual experiences, you need to have a toned pelvic floor wall (the muscles, connective tissues and nerves that support the pelvic organs, contract the urinary and rectal sphincters, and produce the contractions during orgasm). This hack is not specifically medical either, but I include it because most women do not know what the medical literature says about how Kegels are done most effectively. Improving pelvic floor wall tone is a particularly big deal for women who have had long labor times, even if the birth was eventually a Caesarian delivery, women who are overweight, and for middle-aged and older women.

Most women are told that doing ten quick Kegel squeezes several times and day will strengthen your pelvic floor wall. That does almost nothing.

Studies show that the most effective way to optimize your pelvic floor wall tone is to obtain a maximum contraction. It is best to lie down. You contract your pelvic floor wall muscles as strongly as you can, as described in the next paragraph, and hold it for ten seconds. Then consciously relax those muscles for another ten seconds, and when your pelvic floor wall is fully relaxed, do another ten second contraction. The contraction should only be the pelvic floor wall, not your glutes or legs or abdomen. And don’t grimace or hold your breath either. Except for your pelvic floor wall, you are relaxed.

The key to a maximal contraction is to focus on squeezing your rectal sphincter, and contracting it as strongly as you can. For most women, attention to the rectal sphincter dramatically increases the strength of the contraction, no doubt because most of us are much more attuned to our rectal sphincter than to our urinary sphincter. The pelvic floor wall is made up of several layers that go in different directions, and the rectal sphincter is part of it.

Note: When you do a strong pelvic floor wall contraction it may cause an increased heart rate during the contraction; you may feel a bit of a rush in your chest. This is not a problem, and is an indicator of a strong contraction.

The conscious relaxation of your pelvic floor wall between contractions is critical. You do not want a tight pelvic floor wall. It is rare in my practice, but some women have an overly tight pelvic floor wall and need to avoid Kegels until they have worked on relaxing it. When it is too tight, it is not uncommon to have pain during sex.

If your pelvic floor wall tone is okay (it is not difficult to hold the contraction for ten seconds), four or five contractions a day is good to maintain. Just takes a few minutes.

If your tone is poor or if you lose urine when you sneeze or jump, work up to ten contractions a day, then five after you have significantly strengthened.

If you have a prolapsed bladder, do these religiously and put real effort into it. It is not unusual for women to be able to correct the problem, though it takes time and effort. And avoiding surgery would be a great outcome. It has been the rare woman in my practice who is glad that she had a bladder-tuck surgery.

You will get much better results with your pelvic floor wall if you also work on your core, so doing exercises like planks has that added benefit. Doing squats also helps considerably providing a mild stretch of your pelvic floor wall.

The squatting position also provides some benefits for your pelvic floor wall, so using a Squatty Potty (a small stool that fits around the base of your toilet) is a good idea. It benefits your bowel as well as your pelvic floor wall. It is the natural position that our bodies are designed for us to move our bowels. The squatting position is important for those women who have an overly tight pelvic floor wall.

There are devices that women can use. One is vaginal weights, but I advise against these. They can be used correctly but aren’t better than correctly done Kegels, and done incorrectly, can lead to a tense pelvic floor wall.

Biofeedback devices designed for improving pelvic floor wall tone can be quite useful, but only get one of those that trains relaxation as well as contraction. You place the sensor in your vagina that measures the strength of the contraction, and you watch the feedback display. The device’s program will put you through a series of contractions and relaxations, with a gradual increase in the length of contraction times and with shorter bursts of contractions.

Note: Your pelvic floor wall has numerous testosterone receptors. As testosterone levels drop as we age, tone decreases. Bringing testosterone levels back up to youthful levels is another important way to have a healthy pelvic floor wall. I discuss testosterone later.

_The next Hacks are for women who have experienced terrific orgasms, but who have lost some of the quality of their orgasms, and perhaps whose libidos are flagging as well. This is most often due to hormones. Women are more complicated than men when it comes to hormones and the impact on their sexual lives. For most men, bringing their testosterone levels back up to a healthy young man’s level does the trick. This may work for women as_ _well, of course aiming for a healthy young woman’s testosterone level. But it is often not that simple for them._

Women may require optimizing levels of other hormones, or combinations of them. The hormones include estrogen, progesterone, DHEA, and pregnenolone as well as testosterone.

(This assumes that you are not hypothyroid, i.e., low thyroid. Women and men who have low thyroid levels not only have abysmal libidos, but low energy, easy weight gain and difficult weight loss, may be cold intolerant, constipated, irritable, hair loss, or have dry skin and brittle nails. Have your doctor check for this if you have any these symptoms. For many reasons that I won’t go into here, you will likely do better finding an alternative physician because most conventional doctors use lab tests exclusively; alternative doctors are much more likely to consider the clinical picture.HACK #5 – FOR HIGHLY STRESSED WOMEN AND FOR OLDER WOMEN

DHEA and pregnenolone are stress hormones. They help us handle stress more resiliently in a physiological way. Their production decreases with age and also with stress. A stressed young person has levels like an old unstressed person.

But you would not take DHEA and pregnenolone to make more downstream steroid hormones. You take them because DHEA and pregnenolone are hormones in and of themselves. We have receptors for both hormones distributed widely in our bodies, and women have a greater concentration of DHEA receptors in their brains.

It is not clear why some women have heightened sexuality when taking these, but some do, especially highly stressed women and older women.

Both hormones are over-the-counter and inexpensive. They have numerous other health-related benefits which I won’t go into here. A good dose of each for most women is 25mg per day. You take them immediately on arising in the morning.

The following two hacks are for prescription hormone replacement therapy. The first is for women who are in menopause and the second is for women who are still having menstrual periods. But first a word about what kind of hormones. Anyone taking estrogen, progesterone, or testosterone has two options: hormones that are identical to human hormones, called bioidentical hormones, or hormone-like drugs that do not occur in nature. There are major differences, discussed below.

Bioidentical hormones are prescription, manufactured drugs and are identical to human hormones. Since they are identical to what occurs in nature, they are not able to be patented. No patent means no drug company interest, so bioidentical hormones are not FDA-approved. Certainly no one will put up several hundreds of millions of dollars to obtain FDA-approval if there is no return on the considerable investment.

Almost all of the synthetic drugs are hormone-like chemicals. All have been demonstrated in multiple studies to not only increase risk of breast cancer, but of clots, strokes, and heart attacks. One of the estrogens, Premarin, is naturally occurring, but it is obtained urine from a pregnant horse.

Why consider a non-FDA-approved drug? Because the hundreds of studies done since the 1970s indicate that bioidentical hormones not only do not carry the risks that the synthetic drugs do, but it appears that they lower risks, including risks for breast cancer. There is a common-sense factor as well. Conventional physicians simply do not trust non-FDA-approved drugs assuming that they did not meet either safety or efficacy standards. But which estrogen would you prefer to use, one that is identical to what you make, or one from a pregnant mare?

Bioidentical hormones are obtained from compounding pharmacies, not the usual chain pharmacies. That said, there are now some bioidentical hormones available in BigPharma drugs, but they have the downsides that are typical of their products: expensive and loaded with unnecessary additives and artificial colors. By the way, the reasons that BigPharma has moved in the direction of bioidenticals is because of safety issues and the growing demand for them by informed women.HACK #6 – FOR WOMEN WHO ARE IN MENOPAUSE (READ IT EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT THERE YET; THERE IS SOME USEFUL INFORMATION FOR YOU, AND IT IS BRIEF)

Women face numerous difficulties when they enter menopause. The low hormone levels often lead to any of a number of problems including memory lapses, disrupted sleep, hot flashes, headaches, abdominal weight gain, urinary stress incontinence, irritability, anxiety and/or depression.

Even if a woman has very mild or no menopausal symptoms, there are predictable downsides. Continuing loss of bone density is a given unless you are a weight lifter. And for our topic, for sexual functioning, menopause is often disastrous – vaginal dryness, thinning of vaginal and labial tissues, loss of libido, fewer and less intense orgasms. It doesn’t have to be that way.

Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (B-HRT) with estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone often makes a huge difference in all of the above. Bringing your hormone levels up to where they were when you were 25-year-old promotes healthier aging and a more passionate, pleasurable sexual life.

The first important thing to know about bioidentical estrogen options is that there are three major estrogens. Any of these can be used, or in combination. The first two estrogens, called E1 and E2 (estrone and estradiol), are very similar, and all of the FDA-approved drugs in the USA are variations of one of these two. Both have significant proliferative activity (increase in cell division and number) in breasts, uterus, and ovaries, and both increase clotting. These are the estrogens that lead to increased risks of breast cancer, clots, heart attacks, and strokes.

The third estrogen, E3 (estriol), attaches to receptors on breasts, uterus and ovaries but has no activity. And it also does not increase clotting. Yet, on all the other tissue, it has all of the benefits that estrogen bestows. The finding in the 1960s that E3 has no activity in breast tissues led to the studies to see if it also increases breast cancer risk. As mentioned above, studies indicate that it decreases breast cancer risk.

Almost all my menopausal patients on B-HRT only take E3 as their estrogen. Rarely, a women may do a little better with a tiny bit of E2 added. This is not of concern because bioidentical progesterone fully balances the effects of the estrogens. Read the next hack for an explanation.

Unlike estrogen, there is only one form of progesterone and one of testosterone. I also discuss progesterone in the next hack.

Testosterone has benefits well beyond sexual functioning. Not only does regaining an optimal blood level usually improve libido and sexual response, it has many effects that promote health and have an indirect positive effect on your sexual life.

Testosterone improves energy, mood, and recovery from exercise or hard work. These all contribute to a healthier sex life.

Testosterone helps us maintain muscle mass as we age, which is critical for not gaining weight for no apparent reason. Muscle mass burns calories even at rest, so as we lose mass from aging we burn fewer calories. If we eat the same, it is easy to begin putting pounds on.

Testosterone is a terrific bone building hormone. Estrogen helps you not lose bone density as quickly, and progesterone has some density increasing effects, but testosterone is the key to maintaining healthy bones.

Labs: Like most conventional and many alternative physicians, I do not find that obtaining a menopausal woman’s estrogen and progesterone blood levels to be useful. By definition, when you have depleted your eggs, blood levels will be low. The reason estrogen and progesterone levels are not useful is because the normal range of these hormones in a young healthy woman is extremely wide. This does not provide a good target range.

Different story for testosterone. These blood levels are very useful for determining the dose to supplement a woman’s own testosterone production to achieve a youthful level.

Some doctors use salivary testing. These are not always reliable as salivary glands have their own metabolism of estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone, so may not reflect a woman’s blood levels consistently. But if your doctor insists, go along with it so you can get on B-HRT. But if you are menopausal and your doctor tells you that your salivary progesterone is through the roof so he or she will not prescribe, find a new doctor who will. This is not an uncommon scenario with doctors who use saliva testing for B-HRT. There is no way a menopausal woman will have an elevated progesterone level unless she has a tumor producing it. I have yet to see one of those.

Dosing: Estrogen/progesterone are dosed twice a day, and testosterone in the morning. My preference is topical application and I advise application to face and neck for estrogen and progesterone. Absorption is good, and it delays skin aging and promotes a healthier appearance of your skin. So in addition to everything else, your skin looks nicer.

Testosterone is applied over thin skin or muscle, but NOT over fattier layers. If you use your legs, use the more muscular areas, not the insides. Certainly, do not use your breasts, buttocks, abdomen, or even the backs of your arms. Using the insides of your wrists is convenient. A little pearl if you have dry eyes a tiny bit of your testosterone dose applied to your eyelids can help a lot. Daily at first, and then two or three times a week when you are better.

The base cream that the hormones are mixed in get absorbed also, so I am a stickler about what is used. I encourage the use of a compounding pharmacy that uses naturally occurring substances, such as cocoa butter, emu oil, or coconut oil. If the pharmacies near you can’t provide a naturally occurring base, your physician can call in your prescription to a pharmacy that will, and they can mail it to you.HACK #7 – FOR WOMEN WHO ARE HAVING MENSTRUAL CYCLES (READ HACK #6 EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT MENOPAUSAL YET; THERE IS SOME USEFUL INFORMATION FOR YOU, AND IT IS BRIEF)

If the intensity and frequency of your orgasms and/or your libido have lessened, you may be estrogen dominant, a condition that is highly prevalent. It is the result of having relatively low progesterone levels. Progesterone balances the effects of estrogen, so when levels of progesterone drop, there is excessive estrogen activity, called estrogen dominance.

When a woman is estrogen dominant she may not only experience a drop in libido and orgasm intensity, but she may also have longer, heavier periods, worsened PMS, bloating, breast tenderness/fibrocystic breasts, irritability, brain fog, symptoms of low thyroid, or easier abdominal/hip weight gain.

Women used to become progesterone deficient when they became menopausal. Today almost all women in their 40s, many in their 30s, and not uncommonly in their 20s are progesterone deficient. It appears to be the result of environmental toxins. It is similar to the 50% decrease in sperm concentration in men between 1973 and 2011.

Estrogen dominance is the reason that so many women in their forties have uterine fibroids, ovarian cysts, and breast masses. A decade or two of excessive estrogen activity has been signaling those cells in those organs to grow and divide. Increased clotting from estrogen dominance can also increase risks of clots, strokes and heart attacks.

Bioidentical progesterone balances both the proliferative and the clotting effects of estrogen. When back in balance, women typically note normalization of their sexual lives, their periods, breast tenderness and PMS, feeling calmer, sharper, and having more energy. The weight gain needs some work; it just doesn’t fall off but it does become more responsive to healthy lifestyle changes.

Because estrogen dominance often leads to irritability and progesterone leads to calming, some think that progesterone is sedating and will tell you to take it only at bedtime. This is not the case. Women feel calmer because of the balancing. It is important to take progesterone twice a day so its effects last all day.

A blood test to check estrogen and progesterone levels on day 21 of your menstrual cycle can confirm suspected estrogen dominance. Both hormones should be in the upper end of the normal range. If your progesterone level is in the lower end of the range on day 21 you can correct this with bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (B-HRT) with progesterone.HACK #8 – HEIGHTEN YOUR SENSATIONS 1

You can heighten your sensations with a prescription product often called Scream Cream. Like oxytocin and estrogen/progesterone/testosterone, your prescription must be called in to a compounding pharmacy. It contains several substances, low-dose medications and naturally occurring ones, that you apply to your clitoris and vulva. Make sure you rub it in thoroughly. It takes at least 30 minutes to kick in fully.

These substances dilate the blood vessels and relax smooth muscles, and this leads to the heightened sensations. Women usually report that they don’t necessarily have more orgasms, but they do get to the heights of sensation much sooner and longer. As an alternative medicine physician, I generally avoid synthetic drugs as possible, but these are very low doses and are usually well tolerated.

Use a very small amount at first to see how you react. If you tend to be sensitive to chemicals, of course use a very small amount on a small area of skin first. Also, stay away if you are allergic to any of the following:

- Aminophylline
- Pentoxifylline (Trental)
- Sildenafil (Viagra)
- Testosterone
- Ergoloid Mesylate (Hydergine)
- L-arginineHACK #9 – HEIGHTEN YOUR SENSATIONS 2

This Hack is similar to the O Shot in that it can be a game-changer for many women. It has a much more profound effect on orgasm length and intensity than Scream Cream, but it may be harder to get, depending on where you live. It is topical THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), the substance in hemp (marijuana) that causes the high. Applied topically, there is no high. It interacts with receptors in skin and does not get into the bloodstream.

There is marked sensory enhancement, but only where it is applied. It is available in lubes and sprays; start with 10mg or so to your clitoris, vulva, and vagina. It takes around 30 minutes to kick in fully, although you will notice pleasant sensations before that. Adjust the dose as necessary. Some of the products require a higher dose to get the full effect.

Women’s reports of their experiences using topical THC are similar to those who get an O Shot – easier peak arousal, longer intense orgasms, more orgasms. And like the O Shot, women who struggle with problems, such as pain on intercourse or pelvic pain, not uncommonly are free of pain and lovemaking takes on that longed for experience of a blissful union.

Cannabidiol oil, CBD, is also derived from the hemp plant but does not have more than a trace of THC. Taken internally it does not cause a high, and topically, it does not have the same robust effect on sensations and orgasm that the THC-containing products do. That said, some women report heightened sensations and some men note better erections. So it is worth a try if you live in a State where recreational THC has not been legalized or if you do not have a medical marijuana card.BIOHACK #10 PEPTIDES

Peptides are bioactive molecules. Our bodies make an enormous number of peptides and these regulate functioning in of most of our tissues. Some serve as hormones, some as neurotransmitters, and many as regulators of arrays of cell activity. Every cell has peptide receptors.

There are some peptides that promote the healing of connective tissues, of bowel, recovering from neurological disease and injury, growing hair, losing weight, decreasing wrinkles, and, of course, some for enhancing sexual functioning.

Most peptides must be injected, by you at home, not at a clinic. But don’t let that put you off. Virtually all patients say, “no big deal.” The syringe used is the smallest one and has the smallest gauge needle. The injection itself is subcutaneous, a very superficial injection. You pinch up a bit of skin, abdomen is convenient, and insert the needle. It is the kind of injection that insulin-dependent diabetics do.

The first peptide to gain attention for sexual functioning was Melanotan. It was initially used for tanning rapidly and aiding in weight loss. Soon, men began reporting having terrific erections.

But, melanotan use requires extra caution. The initial doses must be low, and it is only used temporarily. Moles may darken. More extended use will cause excessive pigmentation well beyond a nice tan; you will look freakish if you do. Also, it is not known if it increases the risk of melanoma. Melanotan has been used since the 1990s so the single case that was reported may have not been due to the Melanotan. Fortunately, there is a better option.

Researchers determined which part of the melanotan molecule was responsible for the sexual response, and used it to develop PT-141, also known as Bremelanotide. PT 141 was found to improve libido in both women and men, and it significantly upgraded men’s erections. It does not have the tanning effect. Occasionally, freckles may darken but this is temporary.

The studies on PT-141 have been done on women and men with different degrees of hypoactive sexual arousal or sexual dysfunction and these show significant improvements. The usefulness for those without any sexual problems comes largely from clinical reports. The reports run the gamut from better libido to out of this world responses.

Unlike the drugs that have been touted to improve a woman’s sexual desire and do little other than produce side effects, PT-141 acts directly on the part of the brain that activates sexual arousal.

You will want to determine your best dose with a bit of experimentation. It isn’t difficult. Most people find one of three dosages is best. Too high will cause a bit of nausea. But note, PT-141 is injected no more than twice a week.

Also, the onset of the peak effect (and you will know when this happens) varies. Men and women often report somewhere between two and four hours after the injection although there are the occasional reports of one to six hours. Good thing is that it does not vary for an individual. If you feel the peak at three hours, then that is very likely going to be consistent for you.

You will want to have peptides prescribed from a physician who is knowledgeable and experienced, and who uses a pharmacy that has been vetted for the purity, potency, and the stability of their peptides. The International Peptide Society (IPS) validates these pharmacies. You will likely find a knowledgeable doctor if he or she trained with IPS, with the American Academy of Antiaging (A4M), or with Age Management Medicine Group (AAMG).

If you want to try PT-141, move quickly while it is available. PT-141 has been FDA-approved, but only for pre-menopausal women with diagnosed with hypoactive sexual desire disorder; brand name is Vyleesi. The potential problem is that since Big Pharma gets the FDA to do what it wants, they, the FDA, will not allow compounding pharmacies to sell a product that is FDA-approved and on the market.

But there is also an FDA regulation that allows compounding pharmacies to provide a drug in doses that are not available from standard pharmacies. There is usually a delay of a year or so before compounding pharmacies can dispense the drug in other doses. There needs to be a recognition of the need for other doses. This will likely occur with Vyleesi. Only one dose has been approved and, in my opinion, it will be too high for many women and they will experience nausea.

If you are someone who is interested in biohacking more than your sexual life, the array of peptides that are available are a treasure trove of options that have remarkable safety and efficacy.

I sincerely hope this guide will be of use to you to in improving the quality of your sexual life. Sexual drive is a powerful _force in our lives, and is_ _certainly why we humans are still here, eons later, populating the planet. Sexual pleasure can be one of the richest parts of our experience, can provide meaning, comfort,_ _healing,_ _and can deepen intimate relationships._