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Where are you from (country)?
Valencia, Spain. -
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?)
Google search. -
What is your current age, height, weight?
21, 1,86m, 71 kg -
Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise?
Nowadays I’m not doing exercise, somedays I do a little, but afable. -
What type of diet do you eat (vegetarian, meat eater, raw, fast-food/organic healthy)?
I’m eating a diet without sugar, gluten, lactosa, and avoiding all type of grains when i can. -
Why did you take Finasteride (hair loss, BPH, other)?
Because of hair loss. -
For how long did you take Finasteride (weeks/months/years)?
3,5 years. -
How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start Finasteride?
18 years. -
How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit?
I was 21 and I quit 29/3/2016. -
How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)?
Cold turkey. -
What type of Finasteride did you use – Propecia, Proscar, Fincar or other generic?
Proscar 1/4. -
What dose did you take (eg. 1 mg/day, 1 mg every other day etc.)?
1’5 mg/day, sometimes posible more. -
How long into your use of Finasteride did you notice the onset of side effects?
While I was on it I experienced less volume of eyaculation and less sensibility. -
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
[X] Complete Impotence (somedays)
[ ] Loss of Morning Erections
[X] Loss of Spontaneous Erections (sometimes I have)
[X] Loss of Nocturnal Erections (50% of the days I have it)
[ ] Watery Ejaculate
[X] 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
[X] Penile Tissue Changes (narrowing, shrinkage, wrinkled)
[ ] Penis curvature / rotation on axis
[ ] Testicular Pain
[X] 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
[ ] Prostate pain
[ ] Persistent Fatigue / Exhaustion
[X] Stomach Pains / Digestion Problems (Sometimes)
[ ] Constipation / “Poo Pellets”
[ ] Vision - Acuity Decrease / Blurriness
[ ] Increased hair loss
[ ] Frequent urination
[ ] Lowered body temperature
[ ] Other (please explain)
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What (if any) treatments have you undertaken to recover from your side effects since discontinuation of the drug?
I’m having a healthy life, whithout stress, sugar, alcohol, drugs… I’m having rest the most of the days.
Some exercise sometimes, but afable. -
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)?
I don’t have pre-Finasteride bloodtests.
I have post-finasteride bloodtests:
Total Testosterone: 623 ng/dL. (262 ng/dl y 1593 ng/dL)
Prolactina: 17,10 ng/ml (2,5-17,0 ng/ml)
FSH: 8,96 U/L (0,7 - 11,10 U/L)
LH: 5,8 U/L (0,8 - 7,6 U/L) -
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.
Hi, I’m an Spanish 21’s boy, I started finasteride when i was 18. I have all the sex that I want to when I was on it, but the last 2 months that I took I experienced sever episodes of ED.
Since them I discontinued finasteride on the 27-28 of March, things seem to be improving little by little, I felt nearly recovered the days before the crash. I crashed 6th of June, and since them I experienced the secundarys that I marked with X.
I have spontaneuos erections, the most days I have morning erections with variable quality and 50-60% more or less I have nocturnals erections. And then when I’m in some places somedays I have spontaneous too.
Some days in the month I can have sex with my girlfriend, I have erections when I kissed her, but are very irregular. I have digestive issues that I think are very related with PFS. Now I’m eating very healthy, taking rest and avoiding grains and procesed food.
I think this can be some sort of autoinmune disease, I know people who recovered with corticoesteroids, healthy live stile and resting.
Some help will be grateful. Thank you!