Hi folks
First time post and long read but I would appreciate if any of ye can help me please with any suggestions to my problem.
I was on oral Finasteride for 20 years and summer 2020 decided to transition over to topical Finasteride where I developed horrendous sides.
Muscle wastage, gyno, fat gain, stiff neck, penile shrinkage, testicles shrinking, fatigue.
I was on topical Finasteride for three months in total. I weaned off it and ceased taking it end of summer 2020
Even weeks/months on I would still have most of those symptoms and more developed, joint pain, gut problems, inflammation, my gyno worsened, sleep issues, high blood pressure, anxiety, light and sound sensitivity, dead left leg feeling, itchy eyes, sore eyes.
Taking Vitamin D helped very much with my penile and testicle issues and later taking Boron completely rectified that area.
2500/3000 IU Vit D with 6mg Boron daily.
Long story short, had neck x-ray, and told I have osteoarthritis, had brain MRI and told pituitary was fine.
Was prescribed anti inflammatory for few weeks, I stopped drinking, stopped smoking, increase gym workouts, ate better and six months later was making very good recovery.
Oh and half way through recovery I was still using Trinov, I stopped this and a couple of weeks later noticed my muscle recovery noticeably improve, and continue to improve. I have always been big into the gym.
One thing I would say on the muscle issue, I lose muscle far quicker when not working out compared to pre topical fin days.
My nipples at times would be puffy and I thought it could be estrogen issue so I took a DIM supplement for just two days and started to feel not right down below
As the days progressed I start getting again penile shrinkage. And it regressed all the way back to its worst.
It has been three months since I took DIM and I only have small recovery. My penis when flacid is about half inch smaller but at times just shrivels up, I had completed recovered from this before DIM which is mentally taking a toll on me as I cannot believe DIM has set me back.
This is where I would love if some of ye could help me theorise what could be causing it.
If I take Boron and Vitamin D now, my body won’t respond like it did pre DIM, my penis shrivels up if I take Vit D or Boron, so I believe either my body is turning the testosterone from Vit D and Boron into estrogen, could I now be estrogen dominant?
Or my second theory is ,the DIM supplement interrupted my 5ar receptor?
Since taking DIM, the penile issue is the only one symptom that has come back to haunt me, the other symptoms have remained as they were before DIM either recovered somewhat or alot.