Welcome to our community. Please fill in the following template as a way of introducing yourself, and helping others to understand your background and situation.
Where are you from (country)?
New Delhi, India
What is your current age, height, weight?
23, 5’9, 63kg
Check the boxes that apply. You can save your post first, then interactively check/uncheck the boxes by clicking on them. If your symptoms change, please update your list.
Sexual
[ x] Loss of Libido / Sex Drive
[ x] Erectile Dysfunction
[ ] Complete Impotence
[ x] Loss of Morning Erections
[ x] Loss of Spontaneous Erections
[ x] Loss of Nocturnal Erections
[ ] Watery Ejaculate
[ ] Reduced Ejaculate
[ ] Inability or Difficulty to Ejaculate / Orgasm
[ ] Reduced Sperm Count / Motility
Mental
[ x] Emotional Blunting / Emotionally Flat
[ ] Difficulty Focusing / Concentrating
[ x] Confusion
[ ] Memory Loss / Forgetfulness
[ ] Stumbling over Words / Losing Train of Thought
[ ] Slurring of Speech
[ ] Lack of Motivation / Feeling Passive / Complacency
[ x] Extreme Anxiety / Panic Attacks
[ ] Severe Depression / Melancholy
[ ] Suicidal Thoughts
Physical
[ x] Penile Tissue Changes (narrowing, shrinkage, wrinkled)
[ ] Penis curvature / rotation on axis
[ x] Testicular Pain
[ ] Testicular Shrinkage / Loss of Fullness
[ ] Genital numbness / sensitivity decrease
[ ] Weight Gain
[ ] Gynecomastia (male breasts)
[ ] Muscle Wastage
[ ] 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
[ ] Tinnitus (ringing or high pitched sound in ears)
[ ] Hearing loss
[ ] Increased hair loss
[ ] Frequent urination
[ ] Lowered body temperature
[ ] Other (please explain)
What (if any) treatments have you undertaken to recover from your side effects since discontinuation of the drug?
If you have pre or post-drug blood tests, what hormonal changes have you encountered since discontinuing the drug (please post your test results in the “Blood Tests” section and link to them in your post)?
Anything not listed in the above questions you’d like to share about your experience?
Tell us your story, in your own words, about your usage and side effects experienced while on/off the drug.
I’m a 23 year old guy from New Delhi, India. I have been struggling with hairloss since I was 17, I used to browse hairloss forums all day, tried a couple of generic indian treatments (biotin, zinc, commercial formulations) with no avail. When I was 18 I came across hairloss-help which suggested a curcumin and blackpepper and curcumin tea for hairloss, that very day I made myself a ginger and black pepper tea had it before sleeping - it had so much pepper that it absolutely burnt my throat yet I finished it in my desperation to fight hairloss. The very next day I woke up without morning wood, and feeling something had changed in my body. I was in complete panic I couldn’t even get it up for a regular masterbation session, I always noticed my first erection was floppy but the next would be better and the third would be fine, I was lying to myself telling myself there nothing wrong. but my first erection of the day while jerking off was totally floppy. Fast forward to today, my eq is horrible. I’ve tried alot of things, eaten healthy. gymmed, the only thing that worked in the middle was when I used to eat raw garlic but who am I kidding I should be able to get erect without it, I cant depend on other things, I’ve even tried cialis 5mg and worked the first day but the effects weened off over a while. I have only got partial erections when I’m with a woman, even now when I masterbate its floppy. The inconistency is what bothers me so much, some days it’ll be fine and somedays it’ll feel like I’m back to square one. Maintaining an erection is the hardest at the moment. Can’t believe a tea could cause this. Could anyone confirm any bad effects from black pepper or ginger? and how can I get over this? I can swear my penis has changed texture too, looks like the sink has sunken in and the arteriest are more prominent. there is an artery on the top and it looks like theres a clot on it. My erections are always weak at the base and point downward. I’m currently taking tribulus and eating very very healthy. I’ll know when I’m cured when I wake up with strong morning wood, till then none of the urologists or doctors can tell me its in my head and dismiss me. I try to practice nofap too thought I should mention. I really dont have a major compulsion to masterbate like I used to and its easy to do nofap.
