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Where are you from (country)?
Switzerland -
How did you find this forum (Google search – if so, what search terms? Via link from a forum or website – if so, what page? Other?)
Google Research -
What is your current age, height, weight?
27, 175, 75kg -
Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise?
I did a lot of weight training, but stoped for a period of good 4 month (this was before taking FIN) -
What type of diet do you eat (vegetarian, meat eater, raw, fast-food/organic healthy)?
Just about everything, but mostly healthy -
Why did you take Finasteride (hair loss, BPH, other)?
har loss -
For how long did you take Finasteride (weeks/months/years)?
4 days -
How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start Finasteride?
27 -
How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit?
27 -
How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)?
quite away -
What type of Finasteride did you use – Propecia, Proscar, Fincar or other generic?
Proscar 5mg cut to smal pieces of 1mg -
What dose did you take (eg. 1 mg/day, 1 mg every other day etc.)?
1mg for 4 days -
How long into your use of Finasteride did you notice the onset of side effects?
on the 3 day. Because of the doctors advice to take a minor portion if side effects appear, i took 0.5mg on the 4th day -
What side effects did you experience while on the drug that have yet to resolve since discontinuation?
Put an X beside all that apply:
Sexual
[X] Loss of Libido / Sex Drive
[X] Erectile Dysfunction
[X] Complete Impotence
[X] Loss of Morning Erections
[X] Loss of Spontaneous Erections
[X] Loss of Nocturnal Erections
[X] Watery Ejaculate
[X] Reduced Ejaculate
[ ] Inability to Ejaculate / Orgasm
[X] Reduced Sperm Count / Motility
Mental
[X] Emotional Blunting / Emotionally Flat
[X] Difficulty Focusing / Concentrating
[X] Confusion
[X] Memory Loss / Forgetfullness
[X] Stumbling over Words / Losing Train of Thought
[ ] Slurring of Speech
[X] Lack of Motivation / Feeling Passive / Complacency
[ ] Extreme Anxiety / Panic Attacks
[X] Severe Depression / Melancholy
[X] Suicidal Thoughts
Physical
[ ] Penile Tissue Changes (narrowing, shrinkage, wrinkled)
[X] Penis curvature / rotation on axis (think size changes from time to time)
[X] Testicular Pain
[ ] Testicular Shrinkage / Loss of Fullness
[ ] Genital numbness / sensitivity decrease
[ ] Weight Gain
[X] Gynecomastia (male breasts)
[X] Muscle Wastage (i think so)
[X] Muscle Weakness
[ ] Joint Pain
[X] Dry / Dark Circles under eyes (light circles)
Misc
[X] Prostate pain (if it is)
[ ] Persistent Fatigue / Exhaustion
[ ] Stomach Pains / Digestion Problems
[ ] Constipation / “Poo Pellets”
[X] Vision - Acuity Decrease / Blurriness
[ ] Increased hair loss
[ ] Frequent urination
[ ] Lowered body temperature
[ ] Other (please explain)
I know maybe some Users will think this is totally over the top but it’s real.
My worst period was about after two weeks of quitting.
Most people don’t really believe the curent damage.
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What (if any) treatments have you undertaken to recover from your side effects since discontinuation of the drug?
Trying to do more sports, less smoking, more sleep (also seem to be tired all the time) -
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)?
Will go for an other one tomorrow, but my first blood test showed a low DHT level, but i think the doctor didn’t really mention it btw. didn’t see a connection to the problems. -
Anything not listed in the above questions you’d like to share about your experience with Finasteride?
Will mention my Story in point 17 -
Tell us your story, in your own words, about your Finasteride usage and side effects experienced while on/off the drug.
I started to suffer from hair loss over december 2012 that i had the feeling of not going out anymore because I felt unsure and was ashamed to show myself in public without a cap.
Somehow I started to generate a light depression because i was so focused on this problem that every word somebody said in context to hair I took personal and maked me even more unsure and depressed.
Then came the pressure of the media that I told my self I want to keep up to men like Gerald Buttler or Bradley Cooper not last because my GF loves their looks too, Because I felt so unsure I took so much personally that I tried to find a solution to feel my self good again.
I visited 2 different doctors - both advised me to take finasterid. For first I didn’t want to take it because I was afraid but after a second advice with state to congress XXX and the promise that he knows several persons that he gave this pill and no side effects and if - they go with time again i told my self to just give it a try. I hate my self for that decision and that naivety too.
After taking FIN 1mg for 3 times i recognized something sexual is wrong and after taking the 4 pill x0.5mg nothing at all happened anymore like it should be. No erection, shrinked penis etc.
I was scared to death.
Followed by little ups and downs after quitting and a strange pain at the lower stomache.
I had mornings that it took really really long to get a “stiff” one but it worked and mornings that nothing worked at all (really freaked me out). Libido still was quite OK.
After two weeks of waiting and not seeing an improvent i went to the doctor. (This was my worst time psychic too - Low Emotions, Not feeling my self, Suicide thoughts) He suggested a prostate inflammation and gave me antibiotica and cialis. I started taking the anticiotica. Then something strange happened. After 3 weeks my GF just spontaneously lied on me and i had an erection like before i took this f****** FIN and next day again and everything worked normal.
But somehow i recognized that i had a bigger one. Well, didn’t bother me. It worked and that was all that was important to mee and I felt a lot better.
The next week was the best week ever i had. Sex worked for 3 times just with a little wine and I felt normal and healthy and stronger again. Had more motivation too.
Tragic is that I only could keep this feeling and condition up for 1 week and then I felt something like a “system crash”.
My Libido droped to 0, ED came back more and more again, my feelings got colder, depression was there again and I couldn’t feel something like luck or happyness at all and even more frightening - I had moments I thought i defenetly have to much female hormons. This state persists but isn’t same strong all the time (psychic symtoms). But I don’t feel like the same person that I was before.
I had at least a few moments and things during the day that could make me happy or laugh or emotional. And now it sems so much leaves me cold.
Sexual: Now I had moments I could watch Porn and it was like looking at a Newspaper. Didn’t tell me anything at all. So strange I can’t explain. Something is going wrong with me.
I got my memories of a nice and good life (without or with hair does nothing to this anymore - at least it gave me Scope for what’s really important) which keeps me going and I know I really love and loved her what keeps me going too. Much memories that tell me there must be a solution somewhere. I just want my life and Emotions bevore FIN back.
Next Step for me is to do a Multivitamin Cure and start of with ZMA and Tribulus, Broccoli and Gym and Jogging - my Memories in my head.
What is really strange to me is this short Period that everything semed to be normal and then this crash again that changed everything upside down.
At least I got my self to working again to not have more damage in the relationship and financial.
I’m hoping for better times and if they come I would regret the decision to do nothing at all anymore.
I’m thankfully for every help or reply from persons that somehow had the same process over good 5 weeks and good advices anyway. I somehow just don’t want to believe this was it. I’m now fighting with the good recovery stories anyway.
It sems strange that I really had and still have the full range of side effects of such a little dosage of FIN.