I originally quit propecia because my hair started falling out again rapidly and I was feeling really depressed (back in Dec/Jan/Feb). I’ve never felt depression as bad as I did at that time and when I quit propecia I felt a lot better. One of the big things that was going on in my life was a really bad breakup between me and my girlfriend which caused me great stress. I don’t know if this was the reason for the extra hairloss, but I thought I’d point that out. Before I quit propecia I also noticed lack of morning erections, low libido and I couldn’t feel my penis which scared me so I quit cold turkey. Could the stressful situation in my life at the time have triggered the problems I had because of propecia discussed below?
I’d like to also point out that I took propecia for 2yrs and I didn’t have any performance problems while on the drug except that I probably would have at the end of taking propecia if I wasn’t single at the time.
Since quitting I have gotten most morning erections back, but I still have a serious issue with my libido. I’d say most of the time I try to have sex I loose my erection or I can’t get it hard enough to do anything. And if I do have sex and have an orgasm I feel drained for a day or too after and I feel depressed/anxious. I’d like to know if anyone else is going through something similar to this. It is like I am sexually an old man and my recovery between coitus is a really long time. Viagra works, but I am 31 and it feels like I am lying to my girlfriend when I use it to satisfy her since otherwise I might not be able too. Also, I get serious brain fog the day after Viagra, so I don’t want it to be a permanent solution, but every time I try to quit the sex is mostly lackluster.
I guess my biggest problem after taking propecia is recovery between sex, ED and lack of really wanting sex like I used to. I feel this drug has ravenged my endocrine system and taken years off my sex life. I still hope I will get married some day and that my wife would understand…
I’m going to my doctor this week with info from this site to see what can be done. I may ask for a referral to a endocrinologist or an urologist. I will also tell him to think twice before perscribing propecia.
This website is very useful. I really feel sorry for some of the people on it that have been affected by this drug and I hope my post is useful.