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Where are you from (country)? Brazil
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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
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What is your current age, height, weight? Im 20, 1 85, and 80 kg
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Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise? No
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What type of diet do you eat (vegetarian, meat eater, raw, fast-food/organic healthy)? Healthy
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Why did you take Finasteride (hair loss, BPH, other)? because im an idiot…Hair loss
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For how long did you take Finasteride (weeks/months/years)? 1 year and 2 months
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How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start Finasteride? 18
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How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit? 19
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How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)? taper off
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What type of Finasteride did you use – Propecia, Proscar, Fincar or other generic? Finasteride produced by medley in brazil
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What dose did you take (eg. 1 mg/day, 1 mg every other day etc.)? 1 mg almost every single day
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How long into your use of Finasteride did you notice the onset of side effects? after going off of it for 2 days while on vacation…(ran out of it)
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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:
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
[ x] Inability to Ejaculate / Orgasm
[ x] Reduced Sperm Count / Motility
Mental
[x ] Emotional Blunting / Emotionally Flat
[ x] Difficulty Focusing / Concentrating
[x ] Confusion
[x ] Memory Loss / Forgetfullness
[x ] Stumbling over Words / Losing Train of Thought
[x ] Slurring of Speech
[xx ] Lack of Motivation / Feeling Passive / Complacency
[xx ] Extreme Anxiety / Panic Attacks
[xx ] Depression / Melancholy
Physical
[ ] Penile Tissue Changes (narrowing, shrinkage, wrinkled)
[x ] Penis curvature / rotation on axis
[x ] Testicular Pain
[ ] Testicular Shrinkage / Loss of Fullness
[x ] Genital numbness / sensitivity decrease
[ ] Weight Gain
[ ] Gynecomastia (male breasts)
[x ] Muscle Wastage
[x ] Muscle Weakness
[x ] Joint Pain
[ ] Dry / Dark Circles under eyes
Misc
[ ] Prostate pain
[xx ] Persistent Fatigue / Exhaustion
[x ] Stomach Pains / Digestion Problems
[x ] Constipation / “Poo Pellets”
[x ] Vision - Acuity Decrease / Blurriness
[ ] Increased hair loss
[ ] Frequent urination
[xx ] Lowered body temperature
[x ] Other (please explain) Lost the ability to imagine things and to feel anything, its like im dead and cant react like i used to, it feels that im living in a bubble that i cant break thru.I Feel like being alone all the time, and isolated from everybody. During the time i took finasteride, i had some kind of pintching in one of my cheeks.
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What (if any) treatments have you undertaken to recover from your side effects since discontinuation of the drug? none, yet
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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)? testosterone increased after stoping it for good, but its all normal, only prolactin was a little alterated.
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Anything not listed in the above questions you’d like to share about your experience with Finasteride? I dont feel like myself, lost the ability to smile.
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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 have always been somewhat addicted to sexual pleasure, so for me this is like the worst thing that could EVER HAPPEN.
like i said i took finasteride, and something has been drastically changed in me, and not even one doctor in brazil is aware of this, and they all told me im crazy or dramatic, its all in my head, i have issues in the past that is blocking my mind, but i know thats not the case, i can feel deep inside that i have put myself in deep trouble because of this medicine. I went to a psychiatrist and im under medication right now, because of several anxiety attacks, i cant quite focus on my studies, and sometimes i feel like my brain is a complete fog, i feel Apathetic and i need to fake my emotions all of the time, so im not rude , im trying to remember how i usually would react with people, but its getting harder by the day, since i dont remember the last time i felt anything , im unable to love, i simply dont care about anything, i feel like laying in bed is the only thing that could possibly make sense in my life right now, i’ve always believed in god , jesus and everything, but now it seems like faith has gone away , and im getting pissed that my mom thinks im just too lazy to have faith, and she keeps telling me shes not feeling that this is for real, that is all just a fase, well I SERIOUSLY WANT THIS TO BE A FASE, because if not . life will no longer be something that i would wish for. its very sad this has happened to me, i have always been extremaly passionated about life, i used to love spending hours thinking about the future, i had imagination and i could acces this fantasy place where my mind would run wild and i could create music and lyrics and situation, or even think about sex, now thats not possible anymore and makes me very angry and sad. Its all my fault, i had hair, it would eventually fall , but who cares, most men are bald these days, and i was so concerned about image that didnt think about the possible effects that this medicine could cause me, im paying the price of vanity, the obssesive thinking about beauty and appearence.
