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How did you find this forum?
I googled high prolactine and low testosterone and I came to a spanish website “similar” to this one. In that website there were links to this one. -
What is your current age, height, weight?
34, 1,74 mts, 78 Kgs -
Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise?
Tennis, Bycicle, Football (soccer) -
What type of diet do you eat (vegetarian, meat eater, raw, fast-food/organic healthy)?
Meat, Fish some vegetables (but not many), no fruits -
Why did you take Finasteride (hair loss, BPH, other)?
Hair Loss -
For how long did you take Finasteride (weeks/months/years)?
Almost Five years (aprox) -
How old were you when you started Finasteride?
25 -
How old were you when you quit?
29-30 -
How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)?
Taper off for some weeks (as Dermathologist said) -
What type of Finasteride did you use – Propecia, Proscar, Fincar or other generic?
Propecia -
What dose did you take (eg. 1 mg/day, 1 mg every other day etc.)?
1mg/day -
How long into your use of Finasteride did you notice the onset of side effects?
Looking back now, I’d say within the first year but I thought it was because of the stress I was suffering by then. -
What side effects did you experience while on the drug that have yet to resolve since discontinuation?
The most important: Anxiety, sexual effects are very important too.
Put an X beside all that apply:
Sexual
[X ] Loss of Libido / Sex Drive
[1/2] Erectile Dysfunction / I have improved in these years though
[ ] Complete Impotence
[1/2 ] Loss of Morning Erections / Improved also
[1/2 ] Loss of Spontaneous Erections / Improved also
[X ] Loss of Nocturnal Erections (very rare)
[X ] Watery Ejaculate / i think is getting thicker
[ ] Reduced Ejaculate
[ ] Inability to Ejaculate / Orgasm
[ ] Reduced Sperm Count / Motility
Mental
[X ] Emotional Blunting / Emotionally Flat
[ ] Difficulty Focusing / Concentrating
[ ] Confusion
[ ] Memory Loss / Forgetfullness
[ ] Stumbling over Words / Losing Train of Thought
[ ] Slurring of Speech
[X ] Lack of Motivation / Feeling Passive / Complacency
[X ] Extreme Anxiety / Panic Attacks
[ ] Depression / Melancholy (almost but I wouldn’t say Depression is a very strong word)
Physical (I had some but after these years everything returned more or less to pre-fin).
[ ] Penile Tissue Changes (narrowing, shrinkage, wrinkled)
[ ] Penis curvature / rotation on axis
[ ] Testicular Pain
[ ] Testicular Shrinkage / Loss of Fullness
[ ] Genital numbness / sensitivity decrease
[ ] Weight Gain
[?] Gynecomastia (male breasts) My wife used to make fun of me because of my big breasts (I thought it was because of weight gaining), not sure now.
[X ] Muscle Wastage
[X] Muscle Weakness
[ ] Joint Pain
[ ] Dry / Dark Circles under eyes
Misc
[ ] Prostate pain
[X ] Persistent Fatigue / Exhaustion
[ ] Stomach Pains / Digestion Problems
[ ] Constipation / “Poo Pellets”
[ ] Vision - Acuity Decrease / Blurriness
[ ] Increased hair loss
[X ] Frequent urination
[ ] Lowered body temperature
[ ] Other (please explain)
Since I quitted the drug I live in a constant “fear” everything affects me extremely, sometimes I have the feeling that I’m going to faint. I was sent to Psychiatrist twice (once I had Adofen and the other Motivan). Recovered a little bit but again and again keep on living the same drama. It’s making me avoiding social events or just being with friends.
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What (if any) treatments have you undertaken to recover from your side effects since discontinuation of the drug?
It’s been now when I’m completely sure all this was caused by Finasteride, I’ll finish all the blood tests, RMI’s etc and start trying tu heal.
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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)?
Before taking Propecia I was asked to bring my bloodtests, nothing was wrong as she said I could take the drug. But I don’t keep those results.
My bloodtests are in hormone and bloodtest forum: propeciahelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1702 -
Anything not listed in the above questions you’d like to share about your experience with Finasteride?
That I feel some hope even I know It will be very difficult to get to somewhat normal. Happy for finding people, help and guideance, so at least I could ease my deep pain. -
Tell us your story, in your own words, about your Finasteride usage and side effects experienced while on/off the drug.
As all this happened so far ago there are issues that I can’t recall accurately. I was really tired for no reason, I started not having the great interest in women I’d allways had. I felt emotionally low but I blamed all to my job. Propecia worked well for me on the hair loss problem but It devasted everything else.
I can say though that I’ve been through improvements, specially Physical: (erections, etc.) but the mental effects are being my main battle and secondary libido.
Thank to all of you.