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#1

Hello All!
I am new to the forum and would just like to share my story.
I am 41 and took propecia for about 8yrs. I didn’t really notice any side effects other then when I orgasam in stead of shooting it would just come out like a dribble, and was more watery. I did notice a great increase in hair growth. I wasn’t bald by any strech, but I knew by looking at my dad and uncles I would be sooner or later. Any way the last 1-1/2 yrs I noticed that I thought less and less about sex. I am happly married and thought some of this was do to my wifes weight increase. Pretty shallow I know. Any way my wife is working out and she looks as good as she ever has, but I still was not looking at her like I should. I stopped taking propecia cold turkey about 2 months ago. After being off it for about 4 weeks I noticed I was horny again, not shooting like I used to but a sign of hope, thicker seamen, morning erections-good ones! I notice that I get hard just thinking about having sex with my wife, and I am thinking about it often. I haven’t noticed any hair loss yet, I’m sure it will happen, but oh well, my wife is much more important to me then hair.

I won’t ever look back.

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#2

One the one hand I appreciate the encouragement, but this site is basically designed for men to share information who have had long-term side effects. I think that the point of the recoveries section was to offer some hope that down the road there may be hope after some time by hearing from long-term sufferers who got over it eventually, not really to hear about people who quit the drug and never had an issue. Best continued luck – you’re one of the fortunate ones who also happens to be in the majority.

#3

I quit fina after 1 month and this site contributed a lot to my decision to stop taking this drug. But I was worried sick because reading the website it appears as if the majority have difficulty with the side effects whereas in reality most people do come back to normal soon after quitting. The people who get back to normal quickly never post. I feel for everyone with long term side effects and can’t begin to imagine your distress - but aren’t the people who only suffer for a months worth some encouragement too?

About myself - I had a noticeable decrease in libido and quality of erection while on fina. Quit fina, started eating 50 g of wheat germs in the morning, taking multivitamins, coenzyme Q10 and codliver oil, regular excercise. I was back to normal after 1 month (which was a month of great worry).

#4

We’re not saying it’s not worth encouragement, of course it is. What “I’m” saying is that I am secretley jealous of people like you. People who “only” suffered a month or so. And yes, ONLY a month or so. I wish I ONLY suffered for a month, rather than the hellish experience of having it go on for almost two years and counting with out ever knowing if it’s going to go away or not. So, you see, the site is for people like me/us who continue to battle with the sides. Sure a month can be scary, but psychologically we are in a different boat then you. You can’t even compare it. After a certain amount of time (like over a year or so) you start to wonder whether you should just get used to your new state of existence. Congrats on your speedy recovery. You are in the majority of people. Unfortunately for me, and the others that this site was created for, we are not. I hope you can see the glaring difference.

#5

I didn’t mean to come off all snappy or anything – I truly hope that anybody getting off the drug gets over any trouble immediately. It’s just that, from my perspective, we’re trying to get over this problem which has afflicted us for months and years; most men in here are looking for clues to how to get over the long-term, unresolved sides from those who eventually did, and it actually makes it more difficult to sort through the “one-post wonder” threads to get to the legit ones sometimes.