As someone without much knowledge of the hard science behind all of this, your theory makes sense to me. Sibelio, What do you think of the Possibility of some people having BOTH types of PFS?
If your hyphotesis is true, it might be what happened to me. I had “immediate” side effects that appeared quite quickly(it’s been a while, but i would say within 1 month of treatment), such as non existing morning and spontaneous erections, lack(or much weaker) Visual Lust, and lower libido etc. These are some of the side effects that still haunt me to this day(more than 2 years after stopping Fin).
However, i also had 2 of the infamous “Crashes” in which i became virtually asexual and had a dead penis. The first one made me have a break of ~6 months from Fin, and the second one made me stop using it altogether. These are the terrible “sides” i’ve had some success in recovering from, merely through time, specially in the first 3 months after stopping the medication, but with some degree of recovery up to 1 year after it. I’ve also had some mental health issues that happened somewhere in between starting and the crash, but these seem ot have resolved mostly.
I believe my current status is quite similar to how i was post-fin but pre-crash(a bit better maybe).
That’s interesting, because both my crashes happened while i was still taking Finasteride, they were the reason why i stopped. But i still think rising DHT(Or other androgen) might’ve still been the cause, Why?
You see, in retrospect i realized that both my crashes happened in very specific and unique moments of my life. When i started a relationship with a girl(I only had relationships with 2 girls during my Fin use). Why is this relevant?
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1090513803000539
This may seem far-fetched(bear with me, i’m no expert). But could it be that these events triggered a rise in Androgens that messed with my hormonal homeostasis?