Help finding some answers

Symptoms Neurological
#1

Hey guys I’ve recently joined this site in search for some answers to relate to my expereinces. I took proscar for a year and half and eventually quit when certain side effects kicked in two most prominent ones were panic and anixety attack and sexual dysfunction. Know its been over two years since I quit the first 6 months nothing changes I got some blood tests done at a walkin clinic and everything came back normal, to be quite honest I have no faith in doctors having any clues as to diagnosis and help our issues. I live in toronto canada by the way. AFter a year I started to get better the anxiety was down and panic attacks gone and i did have some sexual interaction but it was all subpar. REcently I have been having no problems in the sexual area but panic and anxiety through the roof unbareable, its really hard to live like this I finally understand why some people choose to end there lives. Another note that it think relates to this is my cannabis smoking habit. Before propecia I used to enjoy it and feel happy and calm after propecia It would just cause me anxiety and my first real panic attack came while smoking a large amount. EVer since i decided to quit and after a few months I felt great and like and idiot I relapsed, now im going through all the anxiety and issues all over again. SomehowI think that smoking cannabis and withdarawals and propecia use are all connected somehow maybe the interaction of GABA and other hormones, this stuff is all so complicated how can it ever be fixed…sigh BAsically im lookin to see if some of you have had similiar experiences with anxiety and panic atack with propecia that have subsided so at least and can say its from the cannabs use and not from a drug i took two years ago and quit for two years(proscar). THe sexual stuff I can deal with theres more to life than just sex, its the anxiety and panic attacks that are ruining my life. Any advice or experiences will be appreciated I plan on seeing an endo once i feel a bit better in the next couple months but until than maybe some advice from some experienced members here can help shed some light on what im going through…:frowning:

Thanks
B

#2

yes man

thars what we experience and after relapsing it should take even longer to heal I did the same…

the only thing that really helped and still helps me is raw food diet…

#3

what do you do for protien than>>>

#4

Hey there BJamin. I share a similar story to you mate. I have suffered from Anxiety for years now on and off. I was on propecia for a long long time and i quit only about 9 months ago. I would like to think that my anxiety has reduced somewhat just from being off the drug but that wont make you feel better. To be honest you are further along than me. I totally understand what you say about anxiety being awful. My sexual function isn’t that great but it doesn’t really matter to me right now because im too scared to even put myself in the situation of a relationship. At least if i had no anxiety i could date a girl for a while. What hurts the most about anxiety is you actually know its not you. Every now and then i have this day where i wake up feeling good. There is no explanation my life can be going shitty or well it doesn’t matter. Those days i feel normal. Im a good looking, well educated guy who has wit charm and is liked by everyone. Yet still, this underlying fear will not go away.

Anyway you can adapt and learn to deal with it, i have for years and years. I do hope mine will subside one day. Be kind to yourself and let time do the healing. I am also trying a gluten free diet. For the first 5 or so days on it, my god i felt amazing. I was so happy and charming. I thought maybe i was a celiac. Then yesterday i woke up and the brain fog had returned and i realised i probablly dont have a gluten intolerance. This kind of setback really hurts you to the core. Life goes on though and i wont give up and neither should you!

#5

I think I can adapt I have before and I think I can again , but sometimes the lows really kill me, Ive come to the conclusion that I cannot drink coffeee or alcohol or smoke or do any of those things anymore…

I have felt better before, I eat healthy, go to the gym, ride my bike, meditate all which temporarley help me… Today I met a friend at the gym who was going through the same things as me but the cause was completley different. I will never pop another pill in my life .

I will post back in a couple months to see if I recover like i have in the past

Cheeers

B

#6

Well guys its been years since this all began, but it hasnt been a straight road, and I know that my environment and choices I made has affected the severity and length of this horrible pills side effects. I was plagued with ED and Panic attacks/General Anxiety. Both have subsided greatly, I can now have sex with my girl anytime but usually once a day, I only ever get anxiety now and then thats when i dont sleep or eat, much better than before where i was just anxous all the time and had a hard time keeping it up. I took some supplements that helped ZMA and larginine and pycnogenol, I havent taken them in a while cause l-arginine increase cold sores and I get those too from time to time. I started to take the essential 5 supplements I read on this penis exercises site and I have to say it was the best move ever, I take green tea extract, ginko biloba, garlic, cayene pepper, and ginsing. And out of all the supplements Ive taken, And I have spent 1000$ trying everything that has helped the most with out any side effects, yes more potent herbs like tongkat ali work but they triggered bad anxiety for me. The 5 I just listed are more mild but certainly help with zero negative effects. I doubt it will cure you it hasnt for me but it helps. Everynow and than I pop a cialis to have great night but dont need to rely on it for the average bang. Mentally I feel a 1000 times better and attribute this to time has propbaly been the main healer, and reducing stress in my life is huge, plus staying away from smoking weed I think that has been a trigger point for my anxiety along with not being able to have sex. Either way I feel much better, I was at a huge low and wanted to give people here some good news. We might not be able to be the tanks we were before the drug but heck I’m 30 now and have no problems giong at it, which is all i ever wanted back. Here is a link to the site that i used to find the five gs as they call it, this site might be helpfull for more poeple on here, stop thinking about what you lost and start thinking about what you can gain.
pegym.com/forums/erectile-dysfunction-forum/10786-five-gs-big-erections.html

I realized that even without taking this pill life can shit on you, lots of people have problems this happens to be ours now. The mental and physical are hugley related,the pill made me soft, and my anxiety kept me soft. In university in Psyc 101 I studied Freud he believed everything was about sex, he was damn fucking right! No matter how low you get there is always hope, I also feel like there is room for improvement for me, drink less meditate more, penile exercises. Im just getting lazy… will post back here if i take another step towards improvement… so far i would say i am at 75% I posted here two too three years ago and I was at 35% …that s a 40% improvement in all areas.

GL everyone and may the force be with you

#7

That really is fantastic news Bjamin. I have seen the 5 G’s tea before and it certainly looks good - you cannot go wrong with ginger, it is a powerful anti inflammatory. Green tea gives me a nice little boost as well.

You might want to stop all supplements for a month to get a baseline. It is a shame you can only go once a day, but if that is good sex then there could be far worse in life. I am sure that may improve too.

I wish you the best of luck!

#8

Cracking post. Update again in 2 years with a full recovery in the relavent section :smiley:

#9

I will, I had sex last night with the GF twice :wink: no help from Cialis … shit is looking up my friends

B

#10

I also had sex twice last night with the GF. Things aren’t so bad hey. However, I had to have about 4000 tablets of ZINC and 60 pills of LArginine to keep going!

One upside is that the numbness means I can last longer :mrgreen:

#11

LOL becarefull with the l-arginine too much is not good…

B