I won’t use the term crash just in case my symptoms don’t qualify as a crash to some users, but since things got bad for me the color and texture of my stool changed. It’s often greenish/ yellow and changed the color of the water drastically too.
Has anyone else experienced this? I am considering mentioning it to my doctor because it might give some clues!
Well I did have a massive crash and ever since my stool has not been the same. Some times with a lot of constipation. It all came to a head this week when I had three consecutive days of bad constipation. This was followed by a extremely bad diarrhea, fever, and chills. Turns out I developed bacterial prostatitis and now I can’t piss right either. It really sucks because I thought I was starting to feel a tad better and then this brought me right back into hell.
Once the digestion system gets messed up and things starting getting stuck and leaking down there its a real mess. Prostate can get infected etc. I think the thyroid/liver gets screwed up post finasteride and then your digestion gets messed up. This post finasteride disease is unfathomable.
Shit that’s scary, I’m beginning to think the change of stool colour is something I should be taking seriously. How did you get diagnosed with a bacterial prostate infection? any sexual side effects?
I went into the emergency room a few days ago. They did blood and urine work to diagnose it. Urine came back clean meaning no urinary tract infection and blood work showed infection. Being that I have a weak stream and burning urination it was pretty clear that it was bacterial prostatitis. A urologist could get a semen sample from the prostate and culture it to confirm and get the appropriate anti biotic for it if necessary. Being that it was the weekend and I didn’t have time for all that, they gave me ciproflaxin, which is a common antibiotic prescribed for this condition. It seems to be working as I am feeling better already.
It sucks to have to worry about prostate problems now and probably for the rest of my life. Another scar from finasteride. I’m almost four months off the drug and seem to be doomed. I had a massive crash though. I looked and felt like a chemo therapy patient for the first 2 1/2 months. Everything is still shrunk. I’m semi functional sexually. Have seen some subtle improvement, but I don’t think I can ever get back to 100 percent.
If I were you I wouldn’t worry about it necessarily. However, I would really watch what you eat until your system balances out. Don’t slip up and think your recovering and eat a bunch of junk food. Eat foods that are good for digestion like yogurt, high fiber foods. Watch out for meat. I ate a lot of meat before this happened. Chew your food good also.
Anymore opinions on this? I will be pissed if my doctor doesn’t take this seriously.
My doctor told me i had depression and recomended prozac…
Because of your stool? I don’t think my doctor will do that, I would be straight up offended is so.
Hey Joe I see you joined here last year was that before you started fin?
I joined when I started fin and began to have minor issues. I barely looked at most of the categories on the forums, I just had concerns about my erections and a very small rash/ patch on my head, looking back to those times I wish I saw the warning signs and stayed off the drug.
Your probably thinking I am a great candidate for anxiety and my symptoms all being in my head but the only thing I took from this forum back then is that it can cause limp dick and brain fog. My symptoms are very different from that.
Not that was just wondering if it put you off finding this forum, I only found it when I was about to stop.