Yes, there have been a few topics on this. I considered it myself but decided against it.
Some people have improved going back on it, but most people have gotten worse. So you could get better, but more likely you’re going to make your symptoms even worse or get new symptoms…
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I’m not sure why I still was shedding hair but I mostly restarted it to see if I would reduce any of my sexual symptoms and I can confirm that absolutely nothing changed for the better. I also noticed a major increase in depression and anxiety symptoms so if you suffer from that I would steer clear for this reason as well.
It’s entirely on topic. The experiences of people who have used multiple drugs or substances that inhibit 5ar are completely relevant to your question.
this guy in the first comment - https://www.reddit.com/r/tressless/comments/6t6441/finasteride_morning_erections_erectile/
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So if you don’t buy the sides of SP, what are you doing here in this forum then?!
aha…so tomatoes too ? 
I take your point.
Because the buy the sides of propecia and finasteride. It’s a chemical, pharmaceutical grade. Saw palmetto is a herb. Not even close to the same. I took saw palmetto for a long time too and it’s fucking snake oil. Doesn’t do shit in my opinion positive or negative. Fin on the other hand is a totally different beast.
If you had guys with enlarged prostate curing it with saw palmetto pills then I’d believe you.
Alright I read all that stuff. Interesting. I’d be more inclined to experiment but my job is very iffy with that kind of stuff. Need to be mentally alert and I’m starting to feel better now that I’ve quit TRT and adopted a healthier eating plan and stuff like that. Mainly if I got my dick back I could find the motivation to get other things like my body back and stuff.
I just can’t feel mentally foggy again or depressed. So I’m bit scared to try the restart and ween off again.
I’ve cleaned-up and reopened this thread now. I kindly ask everyone to keep every discussion respectful. This is a safe place for everyone who suffers from PFS or related conditions from endocrine disruptors. We all have enough to deal with as a result of our condition. We do not need fights, insults, bullying or any other aggressive behaviour.
So, please treat everyone with kindness even when you disagree fully. If you feel people are derailing a thread, destroying a discussion, are insulting or in any other way breaking the community guidelines, please flag the post for the staff. It is our job to deal with issues like that.
Thank you.
Northern Star
I want to hear from people who started re taking finasteride. Or links to articles where this has occurred. That’s it please and thanks.
I took finasteride for 8 years. Towards the end my libido had dropped to maybe 65%. I stopped finasteride 2.5 years ago and my libido improved to around 80%. After 6 months of not taking it I started losing a lot of hair so I decided to resume finasteride for a while so I can taper off more slowly and give the androgen receptors in the hair follicles a chance to re-adjust more gradually. With the first pill of finasteride I got PFS. My libido dropped to 15%. I stopped taking it after a month but PFS symptoms never improved. In fact in the past 4 months libido has dropped to 5%.
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During my 8-year stretch on finasteride I had gradually increasing symptoms. Things were getting worse but very slowly. At the end of the period the biggest issues were lower libido, weaker erections and (!) shrunken penis. People who have this symptom would know this but let me clarify. I am not referring to smaller erections here but to smaller, thinner and lighter penis in the flaccid state, which is evidence for tissue atrophy. This effect has of course been confirmed in many rat studies. I also had other symptoms that did not bother me such as watery semen and lack of morning erections. The realization that my penis had shrunk was quite shocking when I finally figured it out and that was a major reason for my decision to quit finasteride. In other words, and this is very important, I had developed penile atrophy while on finasteride without having PFS. It must have happened gradually during the last couple of years because in the early years on finasteride I don’t think I had it. That issue has not improved at all since I stopped finasteride. In fact, I think it has gotten worse.
Yes, the second time I took it I took it for one month but I got knocked down after the first pill. I continued taking it hoping it would go away and also tried to taper off but nothing changed.
Prior to that experience I had stopped finasteride one more time a couple of years earlier for around 3 months. I had no issues while being off it or after I went back on it at the time.