Note to administrator: Initially I wanted to contribute this in the “Recovery” forum.
I can whole heartily say that this process has been the greatest experience of my life. I think it is healthy to love oneself and I know that leading up to and during taking the medication that this was not the case for me. I was looking at acceptance not so much from people around me but how I perceived the society I lived in. No doubt this journey was difficult and in this post I hope to share that and the “recovery” steps that I took.
Let me provide a background to my situation in which the American summer of 2012 I ordered a packet of Propecia from Vanautu. Straight away I realised my body didn’t feel right taking this so called “medication”. I reduced my dosage and continued to take it and found a reason to keep on going from a hairloss help forum – along the lines that the the side effects that I was experiencing will subside in due time. Vanity at the time certainly was valued more then listening to the symptoms of my body. After about 2 weeks I was at a bar and one thing led to another we were together and I could not maintain an erection later on in the night. I stopped taking the medication after this incident and about a week and a half later I had a rush of testosterone through out my body – normality returning I thought! I was pretty much on a week long alcohol binge at the time and a few days after the rush I was very ill (obviously in hindsight I should have avoided alcohol) . Over the next few weeks I felt as if my body was deteriorating. After constant comments by those around me that I had built up anger within me and that I didn’t look well I decided to go to the doctor. However as this was self inflicted and insurance would not cover me so I omitted the fact that I even took this medication. I was “diagnosed” with a sinus infection and after multiple visits was also prescribed a course of doxycycline which was a precaution of the off chance that I had lyme disease. This seemed to plateau the worsening symptoms that I was going through, it provided somewhat of a base for me and whilst it certainly didn’t return me to normal I was able to be sexually active during and after this course. I found that I could get an erection with sexual intercourse with my partner at the time however I did not have “spontaneous” erections or morning wood. Over the next 2 years I would have plenty of ups and down’s and the correlated stress that comes with these emotions.
I do want to make an account of what I believe helped me on this journey and before I do this I must disclose that I have no faith in western medicine. I live by people before profit and they certainly do not share that viewpoint. I believe everyone can form their own recovery path but that this path is found within rather then relying of anything or anyone externally. This is what has helped me and may help you in which I will now go over:
Water Fasting:
What a powerful process. I initially did a self supervised 7 day water fast in my own home and the detox that went on during this time was phenomenal. If this is your first fast you will most likely feel detox symptoms in full force. I noticed an improvement within my body during and after breaking this fast. A few months later I decided to fly half way around the world with the aim of fasting for one month. In this circumstance I fasted at a ladies house I found online. This experience and the way the mind and body feels during the process was humbling to say the least. The experience of having no responsibility or agenda while this beautiful process goes on within you is something that I will always treasure. The body is capable of astronomical things and this healing process is one of them.
Toxins:
I believe because of the ordeal the body goes through due to the side effects of this drug that it becomes more sensitive to toxins in our environment. Triggers for myself include being in a high EMF environment – e.g. airplanes, mold with in our living areas, food we consume (which I will go into depth shortly) and air quality. I really recommend using this website to gain a better understanding of this topic
Meditation:
With all the symptoms the body experiencing the mind can go absolutely spastic and from my experience into deep depression. Whilst this forum is of course a valuable resource it has been somewhere that I have purposely avoided as for myself reading other symptoms people are experiencing can be a trigger for great instability within one self. Spiritually when I was at my worst mentally (when I was alone) I went to my local church everyday for a few weeks. Just being in the presence of faith whether you believe in it or not at least creates an environment of hope. I also completed a 10 day vipassana meditation course which is by donation. We are all vibrational beings and this really helped me to view how quickly my thoughts can spiral out of control. I believe this course enabled me to feel my vibration within my body.
Diet:
I believe this has been covered quite extensively and my conclusion is similar to those views expressed on this forum – avoid sugar, gluten and processed foods. I also am of the opinion that our digestive system has been compromised by the effects of the pills. Therefore I think emphasis has to be put on healing the digestive tract. Water fasting is in my opinion the foremost way to do this but other solutions could be the following: whole leaf aloe vera juice, I-glutaimine, digestive enzymes, bile salts, bromelain/quercitin, bone broth, collagen, vitamin C, a high quality pro-biotic, 3 tbsps of coconut oil a day, prebiotic foods such as artichoke, and DGL (degltcerrhized licorice root extract. . I think that emphasis should be put on purchasing organic produce and avoiding genetically modified food as it is the plague because quite frankly it is! I also would recommend the bulletproof diet (just want to disclose that I have no commercial association with this diet and am truthfully recommending it as I feel fantastic mentally and physically whilst following it) To summarise the diet I would say that it is a lifestyle plan that assists in minimising the amount of toxins we consume. It is also a diet that encourages “good” high fat consumption, low carbohydrates and lots of vegetables.
I believe if one can make changes to their lifestyle over time the healing process can be a reality. I don’t have any time for any of these “studies” under way in Houston and Boston – after all the very maker of propecia provides significant funding to these institutions!
Best wishes to you all on your journey… the end will be worth it!
I am happy to answer any questions.
