Fully recovered

Just wanted to share with you my story, and give you all a bit of hope…

I haven’t been signed on this group in years but it was a part of my life several years ago when I had serious sexual side effects from Propecia.

I took Propecia at age 22 in August of 2000. Magically, in July of 2003, my erections were not as firm as literally a month before. I can still remember the condom falling off and thinking that this was the first time this has happened, and why all of a sudden were my erections not as strong as before.

Stupidly, I took this pill for another 2 years and stopped in August of 2005. I had the most strenuous blood testing imaginable, with all the hormones checked. Everything always came back normal. I went to urologists, who all said I should take Viagra, which I did. The truth is, Doctors have no clue why you are having sexual side effects and some Doctors would like to convince you that you really need a sex therapist and that it’s all in your head.

I can tell you that it’s not in your head, you have a physical malady that really cannot be corrected. Jeez, now that I think about it I even bought and took pills from that loveaction.com or actionlove.com. That was a waste of time and money.

My erection qualify returned to full strength in 2009. I don’t remember the exact date because I still remember taking some Viagra at the end of 2008. But now, in 2010, I can tell you with 100% certainty that my erection quality is 100% like before. I’m basically as hard as a rock, and horny as hell too.

I’m 32 years old now.

So if you are suffering from poor erection quality as a result of this Propecia and it is messing up your mind because you don’t know if you can perform so you have to take 25 mg of Viagra to give yourself some reassurance, let me tell you that it may take 4.5 years, but you will return to normal, as I have.

I just wanted to let you know, so that you have something to look forward to.

I’m not dealing with this issue with my girlfriend, who has been on Zoloft for 5 years. She is not even off of it yet but I’m hopeful I don’t have to wait 4.5 years for her to get back to normal!

Before anybody messages him and asks what he did exactly…I did, and this was his reply:

"Yeah dude, I tried everything. I tried running, taking pills from actionlove.com or loveaction.com, taking other supplements which I thought would work, boiling broccoli and drinking the broccoli juice, extreme hormonal testing…

Nothing worked. Viagra of 25 mg. gave me some reassurance that I could have sex but it wasn’t very enjoyable because it’s hard to finish with Viagra.

Unfortunately you just have to give it time. Your body will heal. Just stay away from Propecia and never take it again under any circumstances."

Great news indeed. Congrats. However I think we have a few who are approaching the 10yr mark who havnt improved much. Hopefully its around the corner for them too.

doesnt give us nothing to go on, but congrats nontheless.

Double negative? So, you’re saying it DOES give us something to go on? :wink:

I guess in his case he’s saying it took time. All legitmate recovery posts are valuable IMO.

Again , congrats and thanks for sharing.

doesnt give us much to go on*

Congrats Dude…I’m really happy that u resolved your erection problems cuz I’ve tried everything and still have libido issues and full blown ED.I need to ask…what is your most recent 3 Adiol-G reading?Mine is rock bottom and so are most of the guys on here.It’s the one indicator that most of us share that shows that something is not normal.

That and out of range low vit d.

Of course it’s something to go on. Also, guys, remember the amount of guys that are ACTIVELY using this forum, I am sure there are a number of guys who got back to normal due to time and never came back to post.

It is a very long time, and I have no fucking idea how science can explain someones dick suddenly just getting back to normal after 4.5 years. But I hold hope.

Thanks for the great news. It is always inspiring to see when things turn out right. Too often, people only take the time to write about the bad, but not the good. We tend to like bad news. However, good news should be celebrated. Thanks for taking the time to write.

Sounds like he didn’t go through the post-fin crash. There seems to be a distinct difference in recovery prospects between those who crashed after stopping and those who acquired long-term sides while taking the drug. Seems if you fall in the former category, there’s something essential which has been altered in your system and you’re screwed. I hope someone can prove me wrong.

I never went through a fin crash either. The sides just remained, but my hormones are out of place and am working to get them straightend out. At least I can see clearly what is wrong with me.

I didnt really have a traditional crash except for the fact that my penis shrunk by 50% literally overnight. Which was bad enough. I’d say its gone back maybe 10-20% in the last 6 months. Has anyone else had that overnight complete shrinkage? Othersides have appeared ince like muscle wastage, ED, depression, fatigue, etc. But I’d say extreme shrinkage and ED bother me the most.

I wasn’t trying to say that the ones who didn’t have the crash are likely to recover… just that of the few long-term recoveries I’ve seen on here, almost all of them, if not all, were people who recovered from symptoms that developed while on the drug.

hi thanks for your post. can you tell us anything special you were doing prior that may have corrected you. please pm if you have any information. the reason is because im a 22 yr old male. i took propecia for less than 30 days about 2 and a half years ago and sometimes my drive comes back in weird waves. did you experience this? like ill have no drive, then itll come back, and then it will go away.

what did you think of the viagra? im thinking about getting on cialis. please PM me people with this information. just please nothing negative because i had a panic attack last time i was on here lol. so i am weary to post different things in here. thanks.

Viagra is just a band-aide to our situation, and on some it stops working after a while. You need to get your cortisol levels and thyroid levels tested.

This is his first post. Is this something we can believe? I’m not saying he is lying, but I don’t put anything past profit hungry drug companies.

This is a merck rep, you are stupid if you think its not

He’s not saying anything positive about Finasteride at all (unless you consider 6 yrs of ED “positive”). And hes not denying PFS. Matter of fact he explictly confirms it. So, I doubt he’s a Merck Rep. There are alot of guys just like him, who took Fin and never put the pieces together on what happened to him or never found this community. Not difficult to imagine when nearly every urologist, endo, GP, etc tells you Finasteride can never make you hypogonadal. Just sounds like he didnt crash as bad as some of us. I don’t see where he said he had shrinkage or tissues changes or complete loss of libido. So, it took him 4.5 yrs to recover from a “mild” crash. Thats not exactly proof positive he’s a Merck rep.

Actually, you should do your research before spouting off like that. This is an old user from the Yahoo forum. His bloodwork was posted here in 2006 by the Admin, when he also joined this forum himself (check his join date).

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