COPY AND PASTE THE FOLLOWING INTO YOUR OWN POST, then answer the questions.
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Where are you from (country)? US
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How did you find this forum (Google search – if so, what search terms? Via link from a forum or website – if so, what page? Other?)
Google - propecia nocturnal erections
- What is your current age, height, weight?
49, 6’ 2", 205 lbs
- Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise?
Swim 3 times a week from May thru mid October. Not so much winter.
- What type of diet do you eat (vegetarian, meat eater, raw, fast-food/organic healthy)?
Sometimes paleo, sometimes vegan, sometimes whatever.
- Why did you take Finasteride (hair loss, BPH, other)?
Hairloss
- For how long did you take Finasteride (weeks/months/years)?
On and off for 3-4 years. Stopped when trying to get pregnant.
- How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start Finasteride?
Started February, 1998 at 31 yrs.
- How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit?
Quit in around 2003.
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How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)? Cold turkey all times but was taking quarter pills.
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What type of Finasteride did you use – Propecia, Proscar, Fincar or other generic?
Propecia.
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What dose did you take (eg. 1 mg/day, 1 mg every other day etc.)? 1mg at first then .25 or .5 using pill cutter.
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How long into your use of Finasteride did you notice the onset of side effects?
6 months developed horrible pain in prostate. Worst case of prostatitis like symptoms ever.
- What side effects did you experience while on the drug that have yet to resolve since discontinuation?
I developed a syndrome of painful nocturnal erections that don’t go away unless I stand up or bring my knees to my chest. It wakes me up several times a night in REM sleep. It hurts and ruins sleep most nights. It results in pain in Penis and perennial region and Sperm attic cord region. It’s like my body can’t regulate nocturnal erections anymore naturally/normally. It’s called SRPE sleep related painful erections since and it started 6 months after taking propecia.
Put an X beside all that apply:
Sexual
[ x] Loss of Libido / Sex Drive
[ ] Erectile Dysfunction
[ ] Complete Impotence
[ ] Loss of Morning Erections
[ ] Loss of Spontaneous Erections
[ ] Loss of Nocturnal Erections
[ ] Watery Ejaculate
[ x] Reduced Ejaculate
[ ] Inability to Ejaculate / Orgasm
[ ] Reduced Sperm Count / Motility
Mental
[ ] Emotional Blunting / Emotionally Flat
[ x] Difficulty Focusing / Concentrating
[ ] Confusion
[ ] Memory Loss / Forgetfullness
[ ] Stumbling over Words / Losing Train of Thought
[ ] Slurring of Speech
[ ] Lack of Motivation / Feeling Passive / Complacency
[X ] Extreme Anxiety / Panic Attacks
[ ] Severe Depression / Melancholy
[ x] Suicidal Thoughts
Physical
[ ] Penile Tissue Changes (narrowing, shrinkage, wrinkled)
[ ] Penis curvature / rotation on axis
[ ] Testicular Pain
[ ] Testicular Shrinkage / Loss of Fullness
[ ] Genital numbness / sensitivity decrease
[ ] Weight Gain
[ x] Gynecomastia (male breasts)
[ ] Muscle Wastage
[ ] Muscle Weakness
[ ] Joint Pain
[X ] Dry / Dark Circles under eyes
Misc
[ x] Prostate pain
[ ] Persistent Fatigue / Exhaustion
[ ] Stomach Pains / Digestion Problems
[ ] Constipation / “Poo Pellets”
[ ] Vision - Acuity Decrease / Blurriness
[ ] Increased hair loss
[ ] Frequent urination
[ ] Lowered body temperature
[ x] Other (please explain)
Penile pain with slight curvature at base to left. Perennial pain and groin pain. Wake with extremely incomfortanle/painful erections multiple times a
- What (if any) treatments have you undertaken to recover from your side effects since discontinuation of the drug?
Baclofen helps with intense spasm in pain caused by nocturnal erections.
- If you have pre or post-Finasteride bloodtests, what hormonal changes have you encountered since discontinuing the drug (pls post your test results in the “Blood Tests” section and link to them in your post)?
My T levels are at the extreme low end of normal scale now. I have no pre finasteride reference.
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Anything not listed in the above questions you’d like to share about your experience with Finasteride?
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Tell us your story, in your own words, about your Finasteride usage and side effects experienced while on/off the drug.
I started taking it 4 months before my wedding. Shortly after my honeymoon I developed horific sharp burning pain in my prostate unlike anything I had ever experienced. I began to wake at night with horrible perennial burning and penile pain accompanied by erections so hard and intense they hurt. They would not go away unless I stood up and I later discovered that if I brought my knees to my chest they would subside. Also if I came to full waken in they would subside. This condition is torturous because you get no sleep and it makes your genitals and perenium hurt. My prostate constantly burned and my Penis hurt for years. I have been able to get some relief only by taking Baclofen which I only discovered recently. I believe propecia damaged my bodies autonomous nervous system and the system that regulates nocturnal erections.