Can anyone point me to a doctor in the Tampa Bay area?

Therapeutic Efforts Doctors & Therapists
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I have been lurking for a few years actually. Finally decided to do something about these post-finasteride problems of mine. I’ve been off 5ar inhibitors for over 2 years with no real recovery. Minimal sex drive, penis feels numb/non-existentent, Brian fog, general ill feelings, chemical sensitivities, sleep problems, etc. All stated after ceasing use of finasteride.

Anyways, I’m 34 and my name is Brad. I was wondering if there is anyone in the Tampa Bay area I could go see, or should I even waste my time? If not, I’m willing to see crisler or shippen. I just want to start feeling better. Anyways, thanks for the help in advance.

Brad

#2

Welcome.

Sorry, I havnt heard of anyone down there.

Personally I’d encourage you to go to one of the docs. Get yourself in as a patient at least and start bloodwork. Yes, its true there is no cure right now so keep your expectations realistic. Thats not saying they cant help you at all. I think the more of us guinea pigs who go for treatments the closer we get to figuring out something… someday.

If your gonna travel if it were me I might try Dr. Mariano. A couple of guys here have gone to see him and speak very highly of him. Personally Im very interested to hear their progress with him. Ive seen Shippen and Jacobs and its scary how different they both see it.

Shippen - Alot of experience trial and error wise and probably seen more of us than anyone.

Dr. Jacobs - Only started treating this Nov 2009 but a brilliant guy. Duke Medical school, Columbia trained, taught at Harvard, etc. Nice guy too and always seems upbeat and positive.

ps- No improvement at all? Could you go to the new members section and fill out the form? Might be useful to see your history/symptoms. Some guys around here have a better grasp of endocrinology/urology than the docs after dealing with this daily for years.