Been on Fin for less than a year, help me quit

General Discussion
#1

I know this has been discussed over and over again, but i’m new and a bit frighten.

Should I wean off or stop cold turkey?

I believe I may have developed Post finastride syndrome. I’ve been on the stuff for maybe 8 months or 11 months, I can’t remember when I started (October of 2014 to be conservative). In short, I bought a 30 day supply of proscar and broke them up into .75mg or less. I was pretty on and off with the stuff, but did stay consistent, I believe I took two breaks spamming for a few weeks. The thing is I still have not finished the 30 pills, I believe I still have about 8 left. is that good or bad?

Are the symptoms short term, like how an addict would have withdraw syndromes?

I made an appointment with a doctor and she’ll see me on the 10th of September.

I’m afraid to get back on the stuff but if tapering is important I still have 8 pills of proscar left and I’ll probably do it.
I have a BIG GRE test on the September 15th and my short term memory is almost non-existent, i have massive head fog.

Its been around 5 days since my last dosage, should I just wean off, the symptoms are getting noticeable.

Last question, I’ve read crashes, what are they?

#2

Hi there,

I don’t think there is a right or wrong answer here, because if you have developed PFS, nothing (from what I read anyways) actually proved to work. In other words, stopping cold turkey or dosing off won’t do the trick. If I were you, I would never stick another pill in my mouth … but that’s your decision.

As for the crash, people seem to interpret it in different ways. For me, I would define it as an extended period of time (several weeks or months, not days) where you see an aggravation of your symptoms, after a period of recovery or stability. For my part, I believe that is what I’m going through right now. I had been ok (say 50-80%) for the last few months, and all of a sudden, everything broke down. No libido, almost no erectile capability, no nocturnal erections, etc… the scary part is that I’m kind of getting used to it. The first time, I could have died, but now, I’m kind of just waiting for time to go by, and presume that things will get better.

Hang in there.

#3

Speaking only based on my own experience: I have thought about this a lot and I really wish I had weened off instead of stopping cold turkey. It’s all speculative, but in my case I believe that the abrupt hormonal change from quitting cold turkey (coupled with the enormous stress and anxiety I was feeling as I quit) accounts for why I got hit so hard.

#4

Do wean off.

#5

wean