Anyone experience ED after using Saw Palmetto?

I have been running a small experiment on myself. I have totally noticed erectile issues while taking this supplement. The other side however is I have noticed as well that it does help with prostrate issues and help urine flow. A bit of catch 22, But I’m sure it does without a doubt cause soft erections.

I started having ED issues after I started using a shampoo that contains saw palmetto. How is this even possible? The shampoo was recommended by the hair clinic where I had my hair transplant, and I've been using it for 2 to 3 weeks now. I can't seem to get hard even when watching porn. Does topical use have the same effect as taking it orally? Or could there have been other ingredients in the shampoo besides saw palmetto that caused this issue?
Has anyone experienced something like this using a shampoo or some other topical material?

When I was in my early 40s, maybe 41 or 42, about 35 years ago, I decided to try Saw Palmetto, which had been recommended for prostate and male sexual health for a few years at that point. I just took an over-the-counter standardized extract gel cap supplement, 30 capsules, one capsule a day. After about a week I could feel something was different, a little duller blah feeling, but I continued to take it for the full month. By the end of the month it reduced my sexual response about 50%, so in some situations I couldn't even get an full erection or achieve orgasm. In other situations it didn't interfere so much, but it completely dulled the acute response I had before, even after I stopped taking it, and although it's hard to tell exactly when it came back, it took about three years for my sexual response to fully recover. Numerous times over the last number of decades I have reported this problem to an organization and vitamin company I've been a subscriber to since the mid 1980s, which sells supplements that include Saw Palmetto. I reported my experience and I mentioned that there are reports on different forums of many such cases, which in some cases they never regained their sexual function and it ruined their lives, including one report of a particularly tragic outcome. I told the organization there should be a warning or an acknowledgment of the issue. They claimed that they had no reports of such effects. I'm not sure I believe it. They also tried to counter by saying that studies show that Saw Palmetto increases testosterone. This may well be, because by inhibiting the conversion of testosterone to the more potent DHT, it leaves more regular testosterone in the bloodstream, but it's the DHT that is most potent for the sex drive, in most cases, something they fail to comprehend. And in fact people who suffer this effect may have normal levels of testosterone yet still have ED, even after having taken Saw Palmetto for a relatively short time, and having been off it for a long time.

@mikei
I want to ask you if it got better? I'm really worried.

@battle777
Hello
Did it get better after stopping it ?

Did it improve after stopping it?

@snowonder
Please could you tell me what's your experience after stopping it?

@sam1990 how r things now

@aa126 how are your symptoms now ?

@kraken

I am very sorry to hear this. This just goes to show that these issues are not nearly as uncommon as much of mainstream medicine (and definitely pharma/supplement/cosmetic companies) want to make it seem to be. The persistence is the real issue that remains largely unaddressed and is the most deleterious to quality of life outcomes. However, there is, for the first time, current and extensive research being invested into the actual genetically predisposing causes of this in the attempt to reverse these effects. Hang in there and a reliable remedy to this iatrogenic nightmare should finally ensue within the next 12 months.