I am curious to know how far out (on average), after quitting Fin, you should start to be concerned that you are permanently changed? I know it is hard to answer this question and that is why I want to know on average. Is there any distinct time period afterwards that most people are back to normal? Is there any distinct time period afterwards that you should start to believe that affirmative action is necessary.
I post my situation in my story, but nobody said a word to me. I am now 2.5 months out from quitting (minus accidentally taking one pill on September 21st). Would the average “recoverer” be better by now? Should I start to worry that this will be my state forever?
Nobody knows for sure, but an accepted rule of thumb is that if you have a problem that persists for more than 3 months it begins to be more serious. Try not to worry, that won’t do you any good. At this point, I suggest seeing doctors to see if you can solve the problem. Don’t jump to any conclusions yet because you may be lucky and your problems may be solvable and totally unrelated to PFS. However, the truth that is difficult to swallow is very few of us with PFS have seen natural recoveries, even after many years.
Oh man, my heart goes out to you mate it really does. I’ve been dealing with this for 8months now and I only took it for a week, starting to get worried. Have you partially recovered at all? Or is it just stayed the same since taking it.
I only took it for a brief period of time as well. Unfortunately, I can’t say that I have even partially recovered in the time I have been living with PFS. Some people report improvements, so hopefully you will be one of them, but that isn’t the case for all guys on here.
The advice I would offer you is to first give it a little time, which it seems you have. Educate yourself about the different potential treatment options to see if there are any if you would like to take. The medical experimentation process can be very tough emotionally and few things work for anybody, but you owe it to yourself to consider thinking about it. If you don’t find anything that works and you exhaust all available, it is time to make peace with the condition and try to get your life back to the best of your ability.
I’m currently trying to make peace with it and get my life on track. Learning to cope with the psychiatric effects is a real bitch, but I hope will be possible with the assistance of professionals. I’ve been focusing on this to try to repair my quality of life. At this point, I really have no idea how to date or have a normal relationship with PFS. The condition has really decimated my personal development in this aspect.
I don’t want to give the impression that the psychiatric effects “improve” over time, because they haven’t in my case even with medication, but you can learn what to expect and how to compensate and cope with certain impairments better. It’s a matter of building life skills and learning to overcome adversity, which all people experience to varying degrees.
