Considering Finasteride works by shrinking the prostate, it may take a few weeks/months for your prostate to “heal” even though you only took it for 6 days.
Eat a Prostate/Prostatitis healthy diet for now, and if you are really concerned, get a Prostatic Ultrasound to see what’s going on and a Prostatitis bacterial culture.
In time your issues should resolve.
thanks for the advice.
i noticed from my very brief research that saw palmetto helped out with frequent urination symptoms, would you recommend i try it out for a few weeks along with trying to eat a good diet or is it best to stay away from it?
Every Naturopath says it helps quite a bit. It did for me.
Its mechanism of action has never been reported to cause problems.
It is the best know aid for frequent urination symptoms, and doctors all across the globe from East to Western will tell you that.
Even though Saw Palmetto is a natural herb, it operates as a DHT blocker.
Thus you may potentially experience side effects as a result… just something to be aware of if you’re concerned about inhibiting DHT after Finasteride.
I dont think so Mew… Why do you try to scare everybody on this site? Dude, well you might as well stop using plastic then, or buying anything in plastic, because plastics contain estrogens, which leach into foods and drinks, hence the rise in cancer in modern day American society.
Dude, why try to freak people out.
I’ve read it can actually be good for sexual performance and maintenance.
I thought saw palmetto had similar sides to fin, so it’s no joke.
I’m not trying to scare anyone, because anyone can look up how Saw Palmetto operates and see for themselves that it affects DHT, albeit in a different way than Finasteride.
I’m just saying that is something to keep in mind, if one is concerned about DHT issues post-Finasteride, but individual experiences will vary.
BTW – here is one physician’s opinion on SP as it relates to prostate cancer (although he mentions its mechanisms of action, ie similar to Finasteride): priory.com/med/saw.htm
Those aren’t my words Boston, I’m just presenting additional info so one can make a well-rounded decision.
I’d have to agree with Mew here, i have used palmetto after quitting fin for a few months thinking it would be harmless but i had the same side effects if not worse.To tell you the truth i actually got chest enlargement/puffy nipples from passing on to saw palmetto.
I’m sure Mew doesn’t want to scare anyone here but puts all his good will for making sure that people dont complicate theire already difficult health situation.
I would reccomend youd think over before replying time to time.
hey guys, just a general question to those who suffered with frequent urination. Did you get occasional discomfort in your pelvic area while you were having these problems? Or a sensation of having urine at the bottom of your penis after you go to the toilet?
Im finding it hard to relax and get my head around this, and im really really worried it could be Interstitial Cystitis but the fact that this problem first started when i started proscar keeps me thinking maybe its not IC and is definitely a side effect of Proscar. Some days i feel like im spending my whole day going to the toilet and then other days i go 6 hours or so without needing to urinate, both days sticking to the same diet.
So basically how long did it take for the urination problems to go for those of you who had it? Is it not weird that my problems started, then disappeared for 3 weeks before starting again?
My doctor is convinced that i dont have IC, but instead either Proscar or my weight training injury affected my bladder but im not so sure
Took a number of months for me for the frequent urination to calm down.
Even now 28 months off, I don’t go as much but when I need to go, it feels more urgent.
Nonetheless, it seems with time many of the “issues” seem to lessen, but are nonetheless still present.
thanks for the quick reply!
i guess my mind is just racing at the thought that it is IC and i wouldnt be so stressed if i knew it was definitely due to taking proscar (and of course the more i worry, the more i need to go!). I initially thought i was the only one suffering from frequent (but painless) urination on this site so that made me more anxious that it could be something else but it eases my mind to know im not the only one and that it does get better. Its way too coincidental that i started this drug and shortly after had this issue, so i have to keep telling myself that when i worry about it being something else 
Yes irish, I’d have to say that probably a good 50% of us have all complained at one time or another about urinary symptoms, i.e. frequent urination or related, and yes, for many it has definately improved over time. Just stay on the right track man!
Hey irish08,
Did you still suffer from Frequent Urination ?
Anyone had any success treating frequent urination ?
I have improved in that department, after a water fast of about 25 days, it is more or less the only thing that has improved noticeably.
I did a 14 day water fast but it didn’t cure my frequent urination problem.
I started seeing improvements after the twentieth day…
Does anyone have the opposite problem. I used to have insane frequent urination and now it’s like I never urinate
I notice my frequent urination problem gets a lot worse when the weather gets cold.
Has anyone else experienced this ?
Idk about necessarily this symptoms but I had a worsening of certain things when fall would roll in
Absolutely fucking absurd like what professional would believe that at all
But yes as the cold came in I’d get an aggravation of symptoms more and during summer less and less
I couldn’t take the cold I was miserable
What actually made me feel better was when a got a man electric heater for my room and I’d stay in front of it
Sounds crazy but it’s all true
My guess maybe is that cold weather makes your muscle constrict and your abdomen presses on your bladder?
Just a thought