No digestive issues at all prior to finasteride. I used to drink milk and eat what I wanted with no problems whatsoever. Never had lactose intolerance in my life before using finasteride. Now my digestive issues include:
Lactose intolerance. The smallest amount of milk will cause diarrhoea
Bloating, really bad bloating
Positive stool candida and bacteria
blood in the stool happened few times
persistent inflammation of the sigmoid colon
No prior.
Now:
Bloating, Constipation, hemmroids, alcohol intolerance, fluid retention, watery stools. Gets really bad if I eat a greasy mealā¦ Best when I stick to salads, fish and chicken with a moderate amount of fiber.
Methylation Inhibited by Candidaās Toxin
mthfr.net/methylation-inhibited- ā¦ 012/09/08/
A connection to brain fog, fatigue?
can someone update this thread ? what did you guys do to stop side effects like that ?
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No digestive issues at all prior to finasteride. I used to drink milk and eat what I wanted with no problems whatsoever. Never had lactose intolerance in my life before using finasteride. Now my digestive issues include:
Lactose intolerance. The smallest amount of milk will cause diarrhoea
Bloating, really bad bloating
Positive stool and bacteria
blood in the stool happened few times
persistent inflammation of the sigmoid colon[/quote
I know this is an old thread but if you are still around could you please say why you believe you have inflammation of the sigmoid colon? Was this confirmed via a Colonoscopy ?
Only minor issues before
my gut was the first thing to get messed up. Even before I crashed it got bad. Constant bloating, gas, wierd noises. I managed to calm it down through a strict diet and iberogast. Taking garlic before bed really helps with evacuation as well
Unfortunately I ate too much the other night and feel like Iām back to square one. Had a terrible crash and my gut is going crazy again.
Iām a bit late to the party here. Thanks for posting; IMHO this absolutely needs to be focused on.
I have been struggling with PFS for over four years, but it seems the PFS symptoms are just a part of it. Iāve experienced a severly inflamed bowel these years, especially reacting to (over)exercising, sugar/fructose, gluten, light carbs and stress, last but not least). The inflammation in the bowel has lead to prostatitis and very frequent bowel movements with loose stool and it seems that the prostatitis lead to the penile and scrotum pain I have experienced. Although, some of the pain can be plain PFS symptoms too, I donāt really now. I will know more in a short time. There is a nearly 100% certainty that my bowel problems stem from fin/quitting fin since it came immediately after I crashed post-fin.
I have taken probiotics, magnesium, anti-candida supps (GSE and SF722), l-glutamine, citrulline malate, CoQ10, Saccharomyces Boulardii as well as lactoferrin and all of them have made a difference and at times been very effective, but have not cured anything. This summer I started noticing muscle wastage and weight loss and being hungry all the time. I thought this had to be some kind of malabsorption.
I decided to try Betaine HCL and it seems to have made a somewhat breakthrough for me. I have used it for some weeks and Iām a completely different person. A lot of my personality has come back and I feel emotions and I enjoy a stable bowel/gut. So it seems Finasteride severly damaged/lowered my stomach acid production. And now you can say āreally, havenāt you tried HCL in 4 years?ā. And my answer is sadly enough no, because I was so fogged and scared and mentally reduced that I didnāt think about it. I probably should have gone to a gastro specialist a long time ago, but as we know, thatās no guarantee for getting the right advice either. It was the malabsorption signs that led me to try it.
Iām on a rather clean diet now. Not low carbā¦I eat mostly quinoa, gluten free bread and potato as carb sources. Apart from that itās clean, mostly non-processed and home made. I donāt feel much discomfort after eating anymore. It was quite extreme before, though, and it happened minutes after ingestion.
I will be back with a proper write up whenever I have felt more or less recovered for a very long time. I still have penile sensitivity and libido issues but Nitric oxide is actually able to fix a lot of this. Itās like testo/DHT just comes online again and I find it strange. However, itās way too early to say anything about this combo since it feels Iāve just started my journey. Before HCL it was ātry anything, get some good/decent reaction and then fall down again in a matter of days or weeksā. It was like PFS in my case was something auto-immune, but now it seems not. I can also mention that my sleep has become extremely good after HCL supplementation. I actually sleep less and achieve the same rest than before fin!
As a side note I can say that too much magnesium, l-glutamine or NO can make me anhedonic. I still take 200 mg magnesium a day but Iāve quit l-glutamine since I donāt need it anymore now that I take HCL. Magnesium still works as a protective barrier against over excercising. I might be able to quit that too when the absorption hopefully recovers fully.
Today I take HCL (4 x 650 mg seems to suit me, taken during dinner), Saccharomyces Boulardii, Garden of Life Primal Defense, Lactoferrin and 200mg magnesium and thatās it. For libido and erections I take CoQ10, but Iām hesitant to even mention it since I havenāt tried it for long this time. I tried it before, but then my stomach acid was way off and it gave several uncharming side effects.
In the meantime, I wish the best for you all, my fellow sufferers!
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How are you holding up? My digestion is pretty messed up. When I crashed, I went from having constipation to chronic loose stools. Still an ongoing battleā¦
Any progress for you guys? I had a colonoscopy but nothing major was found. Iām still bloated & constipated pretty frequently.
Hey brother, I too had a colonoscopy but nothing of significance was found. I do have less iBS related pains and Iāve developed intolerance to digesting meat, spinach, and most breads/oats. My stools are still soft and range from yellowish colored to brown with undigested food fragments. Most doctors donāt have a solution and one suggested an āautoimmune responseā but labs donāt support anything autoimmune in nature. My guess is poor microbiology in the gut.
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Anyone else here try Betaine HCl and see improvements? @MatchaTea @09eric09 @viking87 @basementdweller
I use now brand āsuper enzymesā which contain betaine, but also ox bile in them. I only use it as needed when digestion problems flare up, and it does seem to help with the gas and bloating.
I take a lot of ginger as well, which is definitely helpful
Thanks for getting back to me! Does any of that help with non-digestion related symptoms?
when my gut is feeling good, everything improves, so indirectly yes
hey man, any updates?
Iām using that same brand on digestive enzymes and trying to figure out how many to take- just 1 with dinner doesnāt seem to help all that much. also taking some gut health stuff and probiotics.
How are you these days? Did you ever figure out a regiment/diet that helped a lot?