Hard to put a percentage on it. My skin was still screwed up (lacked texture and was elastic, thin, crazy body hairs), but I was able to put back on 75% of my muscle on my upper body and get strong muscle pumps again. Strength was going up as well, skin was able to tan again. It all happened within less than a year, lifting weights frequently and going for walks outside in the sun. I didn’t realize how far I had come physically until my crash from Lexapro, looking at my body while its wasting and my skin and stuff is getting worse again. It wasn’t far from being back how it was before I ever took Finasteride. I still had screwed up visual acuity, really bad anxiety and depression. But my drive and motivation, sleep and energy were all better. Instead of coming home after class and just staying inside trying to distract myself, I had much more drive and motivation to go for walks outside, to be around people (i’ve always been very introverted), and to lift weights.
I can say for the muscle and strength issues, Before they got better, exercising and lifting weights seemed really pointless and made me feel fucking terrible. I started noticing It wasn’t as difficult or made me as sick after the first 15-20 minutes once I warmed up some, but I would be super shaky and have crazy high cortisol symptoms afterwards and in the evenings. This would improve with eating a meal and calming down. It was gradually getting better with less crazy reactions to stress and working out. All until I got involved with a toxic relationship that put me in a super bad place, and then I took Lexapro and Buspar. Now i’m back at square one and worse.