Welcome to our community. Please fill in the following template as a way of introducing yourself, and helping others to understand your background and situation.
Where are you from (country)? Italy
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?) Web
What is your current age, height, weight? 22, 172cm, 72 kg
What specific drug did you use (finasteride, dutasteride, saw palmetto, isotretinoin/Accutane, fluoxetine, sertraline, citalopram, leuprorelin, etc…)? Finasteride
What dose did you take (eg. 1 mg/day, 1 mg every other day etc.)? 1mg every 3 days
What condition was being treated with the drug? Alopecia
For how long did you take the drug (weeks/months/years)? 2 weeks
How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start the drug? 22, 3 weeks ago
How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit? 22 3 weeks ago
How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)? cold turkey
How long into your usage did you notice the onset of side effects? in the second week
What side effects did you experience that have yet to resolve since discontinuation? libido ones, anxiety insomnia
Check the boxes that apply. You can save your post first, then interactively check/uncheck the boxes by clicking on them. If your symptoms change, please update your list.
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
[x] Watery Ejaculate (resolved)
[x] Reduced Ejaculate
[ ] Inability or Difficulty to Ejaculate / Orgasm
[ ] Reduced Sperm Count / Motility
Mental
[ ] Emotional Blunting / Emotionally Flat
[ ] Difficulty Focusing / Concentrating
[ ] Confusion
[ ] Memory Loss / Forgetfulness
[ ] Stumbling over Words / Losing Train of Thought
[ ] Slurring of Speech
[ ] Lack of Motivation / Feeling Passive / Complacency
[x] Extreme Anxiety / Panic Attacks
[ ] Severe Depression / Melancholy
[ ] Suicidal Thoughts
Physical
[x] Penile Tissue Changes (narrowing, shrinkage, wrinkled) (maybe i dont kow)
[ ] Penis curvature / rotation on axis
[x] Testicular Pain
[ ] Testicular Shrinkage / Loss of Fullness
[x] Genital numbness / sensitivity decrease
[ ] Weight Gain
[ ] Gynecomastia (male breasts)
[ ] Muscle Wastage
[ ] Muscle Weakness
[ ] Joint Pain
[ ] Dry / Dark Circles under eyes
Misc
[x] Prostate pain
[ ] Persistent Fatigue / Exhaustion
[x] Stomach Pains / Digestion Problems (but i took Augmentin for 12 days)
[ ] Constipation / “Poo Pellets”
[ ] Vision - Acuity Decrease / Blurriness
[ ] Tinnitus (ringing or high pitched sound in ears)
[ ] Hearing loss
[ ] Increased hair loss
[x] 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
If you have pre or post-drug blood tests, what hormonal changes have you encountered since discontinuing the drug (please post your test results in the “Blood Tests” section and link to them in your post)? no i havent yet
Anything not listed in the above questions you’d like to share about your experience?
Tell us your story, in your own words, about your usage and side effects experienced while on/off the drug.
Weel i took 6 pills in 2 weeks, about 3 weeks ago, on the starting i felt a very very high libido, that slowly fell down until the crash, (that i had in the second week after stopping), i accused genital pain and went to hospital where they diagnosted me a prostatitys, so i took Augmentin and Brufen for 2 weeks, i suspended finasteride, and at this sime, watery sperm resolved, but then my libido decreased until the 3rd week (now) where i had anxious problems and insomnia (crash, i think), i spend one or two nights reading the stories on websites (this didn’t helped whit the anxiety) now after tre days, i sleept well and i have been able to touch myself yesterday and today, my erection is not so strong and i have to concentrate to get fully erect, but the orgasms and the sensitivity are good
I tought that, couse the 5-Alpha reductase half-life is about 30 days, on the third week of whitdrawal my testosterone has been converted to DHT, so the libido got lower couse of his riduction (as it got higher in the first days), i also think that anxiety and insomnia due to high Cortisol levels, couse high testosterone inhibits cortisol and other surrenalic hormones, like aldosterone (i feel dry mouth too), then having it low, may have increased Cortisol, that at his time inhibits testosterone production.
so i need to calm down my cortisol, to make testosterone levels go high, but i’m really scared after reading stories online, so i was thinking, it may be possible for me that this sides will be permanent? couse i’m scared about this crash after suspension, and i hope that il will be okay within 2 or 3 months… Do you think i really need to worry that much? couse i didn’t red so many stories of peopole who recovered in months here
I’m really scared to have damaged my sexuality,