Fin cause Dysautonomia (autonomic Dysfunction)

General Discussion
#1

Could Fin cause Dysautonomia.

Malfunction of the autonomic nervous system. (Nerve Damage)

Study by eHealtMe
2013.

I have many of this symptoms.

#2

eHealthMe

Fin study 2013

Dysautonomia

#3

Can you provide a link to the ehealthme study?

#4

www.ehealthme.com/ds/finasteride/dysautonomia

#5

It says zero % got Dysautonomia. read your own link again.
On Mar, 23, 2013: 4,709 people reported to have side effects when taking Finasteride. Among them, 0 people (0.00%) has Dysautonomia.

#6

sonder, if you think you may have dysautonomia then you should go see a specialist and ask for some tests.

I read here that staying physically active may help with balancing the autonomic nervous system:
disease-reversal.com/2012/01 … rking.html

Also reflex biofeedback:-

“Psychological factors that contribute to diminished libido include anxiety, chronic stress, depression, guilt, grief and shock. While therapy is helpful and often necessary, it may not restore libido if the autonomic nervous system is stuck with high sympathetic (fight and flight) tone. Sometimes people find themselves not being able to “turn of” and reflex biofeedback is a very quick way of bringing up the parasympathetic (rest and relaxation) arm of the autonomic nervous system. Other treatments that work are acupuncture, homeopathy, breath work, yoga, meditation, massage and so on. I have found that the RITM SCENAR, a reflex biofeedback device, works the quickest and has the longest lasting results”.

#7

I have been diagnosed with this. After fin I had to take Dostinex (Cabergoline) to take down the prolactin. Suddendly I started having Tachicardia. A type which is a marker of autonomic dysfunction (sympathetic NS hypertone/hyperactivity). However tachycardia is not a side effect of dostinex, so fin or the post-fin did that (this means also possibly the terror of being a pfs sufferer; PTSD patiens get dysautonomia very often). It’s hard to get rid of this. Exercise and relaxation apparently work, but somewhat slowly. I am expertimenting with intense/“every day” exercise right now.

#8

what your Dr is saying about it? and how have you been diagnosed? what tests and where they were performed.

#9

My endo/andrologist didn’t tell me much about it. I have to talk to him in depth about this.
Dysautonomia (more precisely the diagnose was “sympathetic nervous system hypertone”) was diagnosed by a cardiologist. I went for the tachycardia, in accordance with my endo/andrologist. They performed a heart ultrasound - nothing wrong. But they also performed an electrocardiogram: my heartbeat was at approx 100 bpm. Nothing apparently wrong in the beats but the cardiologist told me to perform the Malsalva Maneuver: hold the breath and push like if I had to go to the toilet. My heartbeat went normal on this maneuver, approx 60 bpm If I remember correctly. When I stopped pushing, the bpm returned to 100 bpm.

They analyzed my thyroid values, twice, they were ok, so they diagnosed me with the aformentioned condition. They appeared a bit disappointed.

Honestly, I think however it’s a pretty common condition, a form of anxiety I believe. But in my case it’s pretty harsh I believe. I have to discuss this issue with my dr from an andrological point of view.

PS- the tests were performed in a private study in Rome

#10

As far as autoimmune is concerned I have no doubt our body is killing itself but I don’t know PFS is the cause of it or it caused PFS. I spoke to my doctor to test me further for autoimmune and she said diagnosing autoimmune is not simple and mostly it is diagnosed on symptoms based. is that true? She also said even if I have autoimmune what will I do to fix it?
Also I have read few posts about autoimmune where patients have sometimes high ANA and some times very low. So the immune system once gets crazy can not be caught red handed all the times.