anxiety, worrying, always aware of the way I breathe..

Symptoms Neurological
#1

Hello all,

I have been using propecia for about 2 years now. maybe a little bit more, I’m not sure. I never had any side effects, and I’m not sure I am having now…
Never had any problems with my erections, I always felt like having sex whenever I wanted and no other physical problems.
This year has been a very strange and amazing year for me, at the age of 19 (I’m 20 now) I went to NYC for an internship, partied alot there, and met amazing people. I even fell in love for the first time in my life, new emotions extremely heavy, alot of partying, but I could deal with it in the end…

Now I’m back in Holland for about 6 months and I think after New York I started to feel more worried about everything. Right now I’m at a phase where I get anxiety attacks sometimes, mildly though, I feel a constant itch in my stomach, I feel a pressure on my chest, and I’m always conscious on my breathing… these things might be hyperventilation, But I have nothing to worry about! I have great friends, a fun student life and a great future ahead of me.

Could these effects be cause of the propecia I’m taking? Or is it just deep stress about the future, and the past? I always used to be a extremely cheery guy, friends say that is a little bit less now… Are these psychological changes because of the crazy year, or has propecia something to do with it?

I would love to hear about other people who experience the same…

-Tom

#2

This whole forum is full of guys that experienced the same things you did, as did I.

Please be aware: This site is for guys that QUIT the drug and continued to have side effects, not for people still taking Finasteride – if you are having these issues, get off the medication and likely they will resolve within a few weeks.

There are studies in the Finasteride Studies section about Fin being linked to depression, and also sticky posts at top of Mental Side Effects section explaining why you are experiencing the symptoms you are (anxiety, panic attacks etc). It has to do with Fin causing loss of Allopregnanolone (neurosteroid) and messing with GABA-A receptors in the brain.

Please do some reading around here and you will find the answers to your questions.

Again however, until you QUIT the drug any advice you are given here will be pointless. Good luck.

#3

sdesigns – do yourself a favor and quit Propecia. You’ll thank us later.

#4

Hey Bud, CERTAINLY that youre symptoms are from the pill. My story is almost exactly like yours. I have been an energetic and fun guy for most of my life, and all of a sudden I started to get anxiety and getting scared of chocking and breathing etc. I also had some itching in my stomach but minor from time to time. I started to do research and have found tons of people with the exact same symptoms. Soooo to answer your question, YES the pill is causing your symptoms.

#5

Thank you for the answers. I have quit the drug for 3 weeks exactly now, and I noticed a better erection after a couple of days! I didn’t even notice this side effect before (I’m 20, ofcourse it was still working allright) But now it’s like I have a new toy to be honest.

The first week and a half were amazing for my mood as well. The itching in my stomach was gone, no tough breathing anymore, and I was a silly fool like I used to be a couple of years ago.

Now, after 3 weeks I have been having some of the symptoms I had before. Now I don’t know if it was just mental that I was getting better or that I really was.

Is it possible that the side effects come back after a little while and dissapear again after that?
I’m gonna see a doctor on monday to see if there isn’t anything else bad.

I am really happpy to have found you guys, it comforts me. I would have never guessed this poison did this shit to me, a few months ago I thought all those people on the internet who called ‘my wonderdrug’ poison were just silly.

I hope it all resolved within a couple of weeks :slight_smile: