- Where are you from (country)?
Poland.
- 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?)
From other forum about hairloss
- What is your current age, height, weight?
20, 5’8", 75 kg/ 165 lb.
- Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise?
Not really, judo from time to type
- What type of diet do you eat (vegetarian, meat eater, raw, fast-food/organic healthy)?
I try to keep it balanced between meat and vegetables, not too much sweet things.
- Why did you take Finasteride (hair loss, BPH, other)?
Hairloss.
- For how long did you take Finasteride (weeks/months/years)?
Around 10-12 months.
- How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start Finasteride?
18, around June 2015.
- How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit?
19, April 2016.
- How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)?
Cold turkey.
- What type of Finasteride did you use – Propecia, Proscar, Fincar or other generic?
Other generic.
- What dose did you take (eg. 1 mg/day, 1 mg every other day etc.)?
1mg/day.
- How long into your use of Finasteride did you notice the onset of side effects?
When I started I had higher libido than usual for aroudn 1.5 week, then I had problems with erection and libido for around 2-3 weeks. Then it returned to normal and I think from that time I started to lose libido.
- What side effects did you experience while on the drug that have yet to resolve since discontinuation?
Put an X beside all that apply:
Sexual
[x] Loss of Libido / Sex Drive
[x] Erectile Dysfunction
[ ] Complete Impotence
[x] Loss of Morning Erections
[x] Loss of Spontaneous Erections
[?] Loss of Nocturnal Erections
[ ] Watery Ejaculate
[ ] Reduced Ejaculate
[ ] Inability to Ejaculate / Orgasm
[ ] Reduced Sperm Count / Motility
Mental
[ ] Emotional Blunting / Emotionally Flat
[ ] Difficulty Focusing / Concentrating
[ ] Confusion
[ ] Memory Loss / Forgetfullness
[ ] Stumbling over Words / Losing Train of Thought
[ ] Slurring of Speech
[ ] Lack of Motivation / Feeling Passive / Complacency
[ ] Extreme Anxiety / Panic Attacks
[ ] Severe Depression / Melancholy
[ ] 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
[ ] Gynecomastia (male breasts)
[ ] Muscle Wastage
[ ] Muscle Weakness
[ ] Joint Pain
[ ] Dry / Dark Circles under eyes
Misc
[ ] Prostate pain
[ ] Persistent Fatigue / Exhaustion
[ ] Stomach Pains / Digestion Problems
[ ] Constipation / “Poo Pellets”
[ ] Vision - Acuity Decrease / Blurriness
[ ] Increased hair loss
[ ] Frequent urination
[ ] Lowered body temperature
[ ] Other (please explain)
- What (if any) treatments have you undertaken to recover from your side effects since discontinuation of the drug?
None.
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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)?
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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.
So my story is pretty much summed up up there. Besides that I have hard flaccid (but I think this is more connected to the anxiety because of other side effects). About morning erections - it might be because of porn, because I had problem with them even before fin. I was depressed even before fin, now I am even more depressed and suicidal, but this is not because of fin, but because of side effects. About anxiety - I have some kind of social anxiety disorder. My sex drive is practically DEAD, I don’t feel any urge at all to masturbate or do anything sexual. It’s like someone plugged me off my sex drive and it just make me want to kill myself even more.
Now it’s been around 1.5 year after quitting fin, and my libido is still dead as fuck. I can achive erections, but it’s harder to keep it and it’s not as hard as before. I don’t know what to do, right now I’m in this kind of mood that if it’s gonna continue I will just kill myself. I had problems with suicidal thoughts before fin, but with these side effects now it’s worse. MUCH worse. I don’t know how long I will keep with it. Being so much different from other people of my age is slowly driving me crazy (and to suicide).
What can I do? I plan on buying zinc and tribulus to at least see if it’s gonna work. Ask other questions if that might help. And sorry for my English.