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Where are you from (country)? Myanmar
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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: “Propecia Side Effects”
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What is your current age, height, weight? Age: 22yrs; Height: ~5’8"; Weight: ~160lbs
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Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise? Walking around, the occasional hike
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What type of diet do you eat (vegetarian, meat eater, raw, fast-food/organic healthy)? I suppose I generally eat well
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Why did you take Finasteride (hair loss, BPH, other)? follicular reconstitution
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For how long did you take Finasteride (weeks/months/years)? ~5 months
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How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start Finasteride? t +0:00; 21yrs
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How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit? ~5 months later; 22yrs
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How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)? misplaced my script, found ~2-3 weeks later, reestablished regimen, quit ~1 month afterwards
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What type of Finasteride did you use – Propecia, Proscar, Fincar or other generic? generic proscar, quartered
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What dose did you take (eg. 1 mg/day, 1 mg every other day etc.)? 1.25mg ± .25mg, missed a few days here and there
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How long into your use of Finasteride did you notice the onset of side effects? 3-4 months to detect pallid ejaculate, remaining sides descried immediately upon cessation
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What side effects did you experience while on the drug that have yet to resolve since discontinuation? "
Put an X beside all that apply: x
Sexual
[x] Loss of Libido / Sex Drive
[x] Erectile Dysfunction
[ ] Complete Impotence
[x] Loss of Morning Erections
[x] Loss of Spontaneous Erections
[x] Loss of Nocturnal Erections
[x] Watery Ejaculate
[x] Reduced Ejaculate
[ ] Inability to Ejaculate / Orgasm
[x] Reduced Sperm Count / Motility
Mental (parameters 2-5 relatively mild)
[x] Emotional Blunting / Emotionally Flat
[x] Difficulty Focusing / Concentrating
[x] Confusion
[x] Memory Loss / Forgetfullness
[x] Stumbling over Words / Losing Train of Thought
[ ] Slurring of Speech
[x] Lack of Motivation / Feeling Passive / Complacency
[ ] Extreme Anxiety / Panic Attacks
[x] Depression / Melancholy
Physical
[x] Penile Tissue Changes (narrowing, shrinkage, wrinkled)
[ ] Penis curvature / rotation on axis
[x] Testicular Pain
[x] Testicular Shrinkage / Loss of Fullness
[x] Genital numbness / sensitivity decrease
[ ] Weight Gain
[ ] Gynecomastia (male breasts)
[x] Muscle Wastage
[x] Muscle Weakness
[ ] Joint Pain
[ ] Dry / Dark Circles under eyes
Misc
[x] Prostate pain
[x] Persistent Fatigue / Exhaustion
[ ] Stomach Pains / Digestion Problems
[ ] Constipation / “Poo Pellets”
[ ] Vision - Acuity Decrease / Blurriness
[ ] Increased hair loss
[ ] Frequent urination
[x] Lowered body temperature
[x] 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? prior to discontinuation, self-prescribed Ashwagandha, Bacopa, Rhodiola, Mucuna, Schizandra, Gotu Kola, D-Ribose, Acetyl-L-Carnitine, Coenzymated B-Vitamin, etc. Since discontinuation, I’ve tried an herbal tea, to some effect
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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)? urologist appt. scheduled for thursday 6/23
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Anything not listed in the above questions you’d like to share about your experience with Finasteride? umm, hmm, uhhhh, mmmmm, see item number seventeen?
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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.
I can’t recall quite when I purchased my ticket to sexually-insipid hell. January-ish. Maybe. I remember my GP, his gigantic visage, his massive digits tracing lines in the air, time graphs depicting just what it was that Finasteride does. “If you have a family history of male-pattern baldness, you may still lose some hair, but just not really as quickly.” He contrasted two lines with each other, one that illustrated the the time-induced abatement of hair that defined ordinary androgenic alopecia with an identical line, but with the additional variable of a “DHT-Blocker.” He’s a kind heart, but I wish more medical professionals would be more professionally scientific, for my technical comprehension. I already understood the therapeutic modality of Finasteride; that’s why I asked for it. I like not to think I longed for a scalp more pulchritudinous than my uncle’s (they say that maternal uncles better determine balding propensity than maternal grandfathers), or my father’s, for that matter. Who am I kidding? I was afraid! My hairline had undergone a slight recession around the temples, and there was a spot in the rear of my scalp that had been gradually dilating since I was 18. My scalp wasn’t going to end up like theirs…
Lo and behold.
I wasn’t keenly aware of my body during my inadvertent Finasteride lacuna, when I lost that diminutive orange bottle, but I still got rock hard. I would have noticed if I didn’t. Now, I am encumbered by a manifold constellation of symptoms as well as a fear of what they might become.
No spontaneous erections, and none in bed (nocturnal, morning wood). I’m less capable of a hardon with my imaginative faculties. Porn doesn’t burgeon my gonads nearly as feverishly. I’m markedly less sensitive, I never get rock hard, my balls remain languid through a weak release, which begets the most meager ejaculate I’ve ever produced. My dick used to be 7.5" long, too. I’ve no drive, not even with my pants adorned to my waist, not for anything. I’ve roommates, so I regularly contribute to the cleanliness of our common living quarters, but lately I just don’t care. [Expletive!] Everything’s flaccid, my sh!t hurts, I can’t think when I haven’t had my herbs (some of which I actually need, now, i.e. Ashwagandha, Mucuna, Rhodiola). I’ve even a mollified musculature, AFTER A WEEK AND A HALF; my roommate has this pull-up bar; it’s this gangrenous dirge that bathes my mind-box with some mephitic reminder that I can only do one pull-up. Two weeks ago, I could manage 4-5, depending on what muscle groups I’d isolate for. One pull-up. One. F*ck me. It’s so difficult. I can’t wait for my bloodwork.
I’ve conflagrated myself, and I need to go to bed. Maybe I’m becoming emotionally labile, but it’s too early for me to tell. I haven’t gotten this way around my roommates.
There’s more, but I’m so tired.