You should realize that you have only stopped the drug a few days ago and there is a significant chance you will recover. A general rule of thumb is to come to terms with the problem after it has persisted at least 3 months since discontinuation. Also you should know what for some men (but not 100%) the mental and mood-destabilizing side effects disappear after a few months. I know from experience how crippling they can be though.
While this is true, I have been speaking with him in PMs and he has suffered a very intense crash similar to my own. And just from observation on here the more intense the crash the less likely there will be a quick recovery. I told him I’m not trying to be negative but that he needs to be able to focus, relax and work on keeping the negative aspects of the condition at bay … While hoping for recovery.
He is literally almost a carbon copy of my crash, with the 2-3 hours of sleep per night, extreme anxiety and depression… And all the sexual crap.
Mine too, unforunatley. :0
I got some blood test results back today. These were taken about 16 days after stopping. I have now been off the tablets 21 days.
Growth Hormone - 1.1 mIU/L (< 19.0)
IGF-1 - 36 nmol/L (17-42)
LH - 4 U/L (3-20)
FSH - 4 U/L (3-20)
Oestradiol - 80 pmol/L (< 150)
Testosterone - 13 nmol/L (10.0 - 33.0)
SHBG - 38 nmol/L (13-71)
Serum Cortisol - 420 nmol/L (190-610)
Potassium - 5.3 mmol/L (3.5-5.0)
Bicarbonate - 22 mmol/L (25-33)
Other Anions - 19 mmol/L (4-17)
ALT - 46 U/L (0-45)
LD - 289 U/L (80-250)
- I can now sleep 8hrs a night but am waking up after 4hrs before falling back asleep for the next 4hrs.
- Still have anxiety/panic attacks constantly through out the day. Less severe than the first week but still really bad. Had to take 2 weeks off work as I couldn’t leave the house because of the mental sides. I am now leaving the house and have started working again a couple hrs a day but that is a real struggle.
- Cognitive side of things is a mess. I’m forgetting words, names and other things making it extremely hard to work. Can’t focus on anything. Am finding myself starting a sentence and forgetting what I am talking about half way through the sentence.
- Migraines.
- Heart Palpitations (Magnesium seems to be helping them)
- Eye Floaters
- Depression is up and down.
- Muscle/Joint pain in neck and hips. Worse in the evening.
- No Libido, No Erections Nothing…
- Testicle pain
- Lost 10kg. Muscle loss. I think this was mainly due to not being able to eat much in the first week.
- Constipation
- Dry Mouth
Things that seem to be helping me a bit.
- Vitamin D
- Magnesium
- Fish Oil
- Vital Greens
Give it time your LH looks like it’s attempting to go up. Monitor your bloods over the next couple of weeks for improvements. I know a couple of guys who’s levels went up after a month or two. Don’t stress out yet, very early days.
If this isn’t the case after a month or so, i’m making the assumption that there is a issue with your testicular feedback loop.
i too had this constant metalic taste when i first crashed,you are the only other sufferer ive heard of also having it…
HI mate…I am in Australia still going through the same thing…we need to talk email me or message me we can chat, there are a few things we can discuss…re recovery etc…I know your pain first hand…
Llewellyn_samuels@hotmail.com
0415 140 917