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Where are you from (country)? GErmany
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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?) “Post Finasteride Syndrome Forum”
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What is your current age, height, weight? 31 years, 186 cm, 76 kg
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Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise? No more. Not possible
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What type of diet do you eat (vegetarian, meat eater, raw, fast-food/organic healthy)? Healthy Diet
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Why did you take Finasteride (hair loss, BPH, other)? HGair Loss
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For how long did you take Finasteride (weeks/months/years)? 58 x 1 mg in 4 months
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How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start Finasteride? 30 years, June 2012
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How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit? 30 years, October 2012
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How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)? Cold Turkey
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What type of Finasteride did you use – Propecia, Proscar, Fincar or other generic? Generic
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What dose did you take (eg. 1 mg/day, 1 mg every other day etc.)? 1 mg per day. but a little bit unregular
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How long into your use of Finasteride did you notice the onset of side effects? 4 weeks, but did not link it so Finasteride
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What side effects did you experience while on the drug that have yet to resolve since discontinuation? visual problems, muscle waekness, bad training performance, muscle twitsches, panic attacks, muscle problems in general. Loss of sensibility in hands.
Put an X beside all that apply:
Sexual
[ ] Loss of Libido / Sex Drive
[ ] Erectile Dysfunction
[ ] Complete Impotence
[x] Loss of Morning Erections
[ ] Loss of Spontaneous Erections
[ ] Loss of Nocturnal Erections
[x] Watery Ejaculate
[x] Reduced Ejaculate
[ ] Inability to Ejaculate / Orgasm
[ ] Reduced Sperm Count / Motility
Mental
[x] Emotional Blunting / Emotionally Flat
[ ] Difficulty Focusing / Concentrating
[ ] Confusion
[x] Memory Loss / Forgetfullness
[x] Stumbling over Words / Losing Train of Thought
[x] Slurring of Speech
[ ] Lack of Motivation / Feeling Passive / Complacency
[x] Extreme Anxiety / Panic Attacks
[x] Severe Depression / Melancholy
[ ] Suicidal Thoughts
Physical
[ ] Penile Tissue Changes (narrowing, shrinkage, wrinkled)
[ ] Penis curvature / rotation on axis
[ ] Testicular Pain
[ ] Testicular Shrinkage / Loss of Fullness
[x] Genital numbness / sensitivity decrease
[ ] Weight Gain
[ ] Gynecomastia (male breasts)
[x] Muscle Wastage
[x] Muscle Weakness
[ ] Joint Pain
[ ] Dry / Dark Circles under eyes
Misc
[ ] Prostate pain
[ ] Persistent Fatigue / Exhaustion
[ ] Stomach Pains / Digestion Problems
[ ] Constipation / “Poo Pellets”
[ ] Vision - Acuity Decrease / Blurriness
[ ] Increased hair loss
[ ] Frequent urination
[x] Lowered body temperature
[x] Other (please explain) loss of sensibility in hands
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What (if any) treatments have you undertaken to recover from your side effects since discontinuation of the drug? None
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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)? N.A.
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Anything not listed in the above questions you’d like to share about your experience with Finasteride?
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Tell us your story, in your own words, about your Finasteride usage and side effects experienced while on/off the drug.
I have started to take finasteride due to hair loss. After roughly 4 weeks my training performance went down immediately. I have been very tired and exhausted. After ac ouple of weeks panic attacks occured. That was linked to an accident in my company and I thought it is due to that. My hands stardted to feel weired and my muscles started to have a high tension. I nervous pain in my legs. Very bad sleep. Always thought of a neurological disease. never the finasteride I am taking. One doctor proposed to quit finasteride. i gave it a try and it helped little bit. Visual problems went away. But breathing problems occured and also my heart beat was completely out of order. Sympsoms bettered for approx. 6 weeks, but then I had incrased problems with my arms. bettered again and then got back again.
No sports is possible. Whenever I use a part of my body intensively, I loose sensitivity in that part. Breathing Problems as well as Heart Beat issues keep going on and make sports more or less impossible. besides that, I am facing severe depression some times.