Andactrim is dht, right? I think italysideeffect tried this before and people here warned him of Hpta shutdown. I don’t remember the particulars.
i cycled it. used a tube (which lasted 2.5 weeks) then 2 weeks off. it definelty made the penis warmer, heavier and generally looking like before. Hasnt done anything for sensativty. at first i thaught it had but i had accupunture the same time and i belive this was the cause. I have sinse stopped the gel.
Been on tamixfen for 6 months also but Dr wont extend my prescription. So as of next month i will be off everything.
Might just give up on trying different things and allow body to heal by itself.
annon,
how did Tamoxifen work for you. Did you get better? If yes, by how much. Did you have a relapse or could you maintain it?
So how do you respond to direct sexual stimulation? You see, I also had someone stick a needle in my penis to check sensitivy, and while I smilarly to you could barely feel a thing (generally, something like that should be extremely painful), my penis actually responded by retracting. I also almost kicked a girl in the face with my knee when she gave me a blowjob a while back, and, supposedly, both my legs were extremely twitchy. It feels like my body responds perfectly fine to touching and other sexual stimulation, but that the signal just doesn’t make it all the way through.
As for details, boston332’s “feels cold, hard and fiberous” fits perfectly. My testicles are still sensitive, though.
I also think that the signal does not make it all the way through. When I am together with a girl there is still something.
However, opposite to you, I do not feel perfectly fine when I am touched by a girl etc. I definitely lack sensitivity. When I have sexual intercourse I do not feel it! It is a mechanical thing (usually I also use Cialis etc.). Before Finasteride I have felt when I penetrated a girl. Now I hardly feel it! It is such a loss. I am suffering for almost eight years by now.
My post was poorly phrased. Sorry. I don’t feel much when stimulated sexually either. Blowjobs are somewhat pleasurable, but it feels like having at least one condom on. Handjobs are completely pointless and I can feel penetration, but it’s not giving me any pleasure. It looks like my body, mechanically, is still able to register it (twitching, ejaculating, retracting), but I myself feel very little of it.
Sorry to hear about that. Wish you all the best.
Yes. I can combat it by going on a diet of only vegetables and fish for 2 or 3 days and it returns back to normal. However, I haven’t allowed it to get to the point of weeks at a time of being in that state. If I notice numbness, I will go on the diet right away. If it works for me, than it may work for you.
There’s clear triggers that cause it for me, stuff like gluten, dairy, sugar, etc. can give it the numb effect over time. Other things can can give it the effect right away. Exercise helps it a lot as well.
Bryce54, first you claim that Tim is making “outrageous claims” by outlining similarities between being on finasteride (inhibiting allopregnalone conversion along with other important neurosteroids) and MS (of which low levels of allopregnalone is associated), now you’re claiming that a fish and vegetable diet brings back feeling to your penis along with warmer temperatures - in 2 days?
I was surprised at some of the other junk you’ve posted but this seems downright BS.
smh… it bounces back after 2 or 3 days because I don’t let it go numb for more than a week. I also do 45 minutes bath and try to walk an hour everyday.
Look, I really don’t care if you think it’s BS or not, I’m just answering his question as to whether anyone was successful with removing numbness or not. It’s not a theory, it’s exactly what happens to me. So maybe I’m just some freak exception to everyone else even though I took Propecia and have sex drive issues as well. Interpret it as you want, but it’s my own experience. Maybe if other people gave it a try instead of trying to argue about why it’s wrong… they’d be in the same boat as me? But like I said, I can’t be sure since no one else has really tried what I’ve tried and just likes to try to shut me down for reasons that are beyond me.
I also wonder if there lessened sensitivity throughout my entire body. I can still feel touch just fine but I think I may have lost something. A massage would once put me into extacy and now I can take it or leave it.
There are times when i feel that many of my senses are have been dumbed down.
I just want to describe the state of my penis as it is now, because it is bad.
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completely irresponsive; i can play with it as much as i want, shake it, rub it, whatever and it does nothing, not even a bit of plumpness develops
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shrunken severely in circumference, especially in the middle where it’s gone quite hard and fibrous with wrinkles
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penis tip is pale/ white as if there is no blood
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skin all over penis and testicles is terrible, sort of red (inflamed) and the tip gets blood blister type things really easily or red dots showing up in there
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testicles/ scrotum either feel completely empty and saggy or they are tight like a babies or something and too squidgy, the skin feels so strange too
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very numb; i can squeeze on it really hard and it just feels like my elbow
If you chopped your penis off and left it there for a minute i would imagine this is what it would look like. Completely lifeless.
I was reading something on the internet and a paralyzed person said he would give up his legs or arms if his penis would function properly again. That made me sad. I swear this is one of the most horrible things that could happen to a person. I would say that i am probably going through what old men that get treatment for prostate cancer do but at 20. It’s not fair at all. I would much, much rather be dead tonight than face another day like this.
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Hey bluecloud… pump your brakes bro. This situation truly sucks… don’t get me wrong I can definitely empathize with that but I hope you’re not thinking of doing anything crazy tonight. You have worth and value as a human being beyond your what’s in your pants (though that part is pretty damned important!). Have you exhausted all options yet in terms of potential remedies? Probably not right? Take it day by day… I don’t want to beat you over the head with platitudes but you can find a way through this if you try to remain as clear-headed as possible.
Good luck, feel free to pm me anytime if you want a sounding board (be warned though my response times suck!)
How long did it take for you guys to get numb, I mean how long between first day when you noticed it and where it was at its worst?
Can I bring this thread back up. One of the worse sides for me.
It feels cold leathery and like I’ve been hit with local anaesthetic all over my dick and balls, the tip is no longer sensitive I can rub on it minimal pain before it used to make me jump being uncut if anything rubbed me the wrong way.
The numbness has always increased with higher doses of TRT and remained PERMANENTLY worse.
It’s gotten so bad that i feel it during my orgasms now, theyre less enjoyable.
The numbness is worse the less time I’ve gone without an orgasm
Doesn’t seem to really reduce, has a baseline numb and that’s it now. I’m never going to increase my TRT dose ever again because of this side, I really hope it improves with time.
Devastating side effect, anyone else get this? Any cures?
completely irresponsive; i can play with it as much as i want, shake it, rub it, whatever and it does nothing, not even a bit of plumpness develops
Blowjobs are somewhat pleasurable, but it feels like having at least one condom on. Handjobs are completely pointless and I can feel penetration, but it’s not giving me any pleasure. It looks like my body, mechanically, is still able to register it (twitching, ejaculating, retracting), but I myself feel very little of it.
Exactly the same as many posts here… I can get full 100% erections, but my penis feels totally numb to any sensation and the “stroking motion”.
Like the signal doesnt travel to brain.
Im PRAYING that its mostly a pelvic floor issue that can be resolved via relaxing the tense muslces,
Has anyone and i mean ANYONE recovered from this torture?
Same for me. Although I observe some mild fluctuations between absolutely zero sensitivity to a tiny glimpse of sensitivity in some areas (which actually doesn’t mean any improvement with pleasurable sensations/orgasm). Quite often I don’t even feel water while showering which makes me think my tactile sensitivity is also impaired to some extent.
But it seems to me it’s actually much more than just the skin sensitivity and signal transmission. My brain doesn’t seem to recognize the arousing images the way it used to.
Also, when I had some sort of brief improvement a year ago, the numbness was still present, maybe somewhat weaker but far from the norm.
I still have some hope for recovery though. Because before developing this persistent condition from the higher dose I experienced the same symptoms for two brief periods, and I was able to recover naturally after that. I really hope there’s no permament damage to my body from that crazy drug.
When you pinch your penis skin with the nails, do you feel it?
It’s basically the only thing I can feel.
Yep, I feel pinching, especially the pain. And the temperature. But the pressure(even of some pointy objects) feels rather weak, seemingly weaker than by the skin of my arms. Also, I almost doesn’t feel the erection. A year ago I couldn’t feel it at all.
I read some paper saying that the majority of people with PSSD (89% if I remember correctly) demonstrates some abnormal results of Quantitative sensory testing (QST,unfortunately I couldn’t find the exact details of the test procedure, it was connected with the genital numbness).
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