How many of you had worse mental sides than sexual/physical sides?

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#1

Hey Everyone,

I wanted to ask who had worse mental/cognitive side effects than sexual/physical sides?

For me, the sexual sides were minor compared to the mental sides.

The worst was the settling in of constant brain fog, memory problems, anxiety and of course depression. This started slowly about 8 months ago and I have been battling these horrible sides for almost a year now. 3 doctors later and nobody could figure anything out, until I finally found this site and stopped taking finasteride a week ago. Slowly feeling better, but it is still early, I am looking forward to the DHT returning and things going back to normal.

The crazy part was that my doctor had finally agreed to give me an SSRI for the anxiety and depression, but luckily, I found this site before I got started on the SSRI’s and my referral to the psych. I guess I dodged a bullet with all that stuff as my body probably would have been hit hard with more nasty symptoms due to the SSRI’s.

I would bet that my situation probably happened to alot of you guys, but it depends on when you found this site and started on the SSRI’s.

Good luck guys and things should clear up after the finasteride leaves our systems and our hormones re-adjust to there natural state. I know I have a long road ahead, but I am glad that things will slowly start to improve!

Gino

#2

My mental sides were about on par with my sexual. They were both completely pathetic. No energy, depression at times, slight anxiety sometimes complete anxiety others, a feeling of never having energy but always being “wired” that is hard to explain, sluggish brain fogged mind, no ability to concentrate, memory was fading.

All of that is gone now after working on my adrenals and reverse T3 as well as some key other things like.

Now I’m just asexual basically. I CAN achieve an erection most of the time, especially with PDE5s, but I have no desire or drive for sexual activities. The fact that I can go months without ejaculating or getting even slightly horny is nuts.

#3

I’ve had my fair share of both psychological/cognitive and sexual side effects. The mental effects felt the worst. There’s little point in having erections if you can’t think straight or formulate complete sentences IMHO. Also - I make money with my brain, not my dick. (At least not yet).