I'm currently experiencing the "crash"

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#1

  1. Where are you from (country)? Canada

  2. How did you find this forum (Google search – if so, what search terms? Via link from a forum or website – if so, what page? Other?) Youtube, google.

  3. What is your current age, height, weight? 21, 6’’, 180 lbs

  4. Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise? I go to the gym once a week.

  5. What type of diet do you eat (vegetarian, meat eater, raw, fast-food/organic healthy)? meat eater.

  6. Why did you take Finasteride (hair loss, BPH, other)? Har loss

  7. For how long did you take Finasteride (weeks/months/years)? 3 years

  8. How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start Finasteride? 18

  9. How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit? 21 years old (November 9 2014)

  10. How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)? Cold Turkey

  11. What type of Finasteride did you use – Propecia, Proscar, Fincar or other generic? Proscar

  12. What dose did you take (eg. 1 mg/day, 1 mg every other day etc.)? 1mg/day

  13. How long into your use of Finasteride did you notice the onset of side effects? 3 years

  14. What side effects did you experience while on the drug that have yet to resolve since discontinuation?

Put an X beside all that apply:

Sexual
[x] Loss of Libido / Sex Drive
[x] Erectile Dysfunction
[ ] Complete Impotence
[x] Loss of Morning Erections
[x] Loss of Spontaneous Erections
[x] Loss of Nocturnal Erections
[ ] Watery Ejaculate
[ ] Reduced Ejaculate
[ ] Inability to Ejaculate / Orgasm
[ ] Reduced Sperm Count / Motility

Mental
[x] Emotional Blunting / Emotionally Flat
[x] Difficulty Focusing / Concentrating
[x] Confusion
[x] Memory Loss / Forgetfullness
[x] Stumbling over Words / Losing Train of Thought
[x] Slurring of Speech
[x] Lack of Motivation / Feeling Passive / Complacency
[ ] Extreme Anxiety / Panic Attacks
[ ] Severe Depression / Melancholy
[ ] Suicidal Thoughts

Physical
[x] Penile Tissue Changes (narrowing, shrinkage, wrinkled)
[ ] Penis curvature / rotation on axis
[x] Testicular Pain
[x] Testicular Shrinkage / Loss of Fullness
[x] Genital numbness / sensitivity decrease
[x] Weight Gain
[ ] Gynecomastia (male breasts)
[ ] Muscle Wastage
[ ] Muscle Weakness
[ ] Joint Pain
[x] Dry / Dark Circles under eyes

Misc
[ ] Prostate pain
[ ] Persistent Fatigue / Exhaustion
[x] Stomach Pains / Digestion Problems
[ ] Constipation / “Poo Pellets”
[x] Vision - Acuity Decrease / Blurriness
[ ] Increased hair loss
[x] Frequent urination
[ ] Lowered body temperature

[ ] Other (please explain)

  1. What (if any) treatments have you undertaken to recover from your side effects since discontinuation of the drug? Nothing yet. I just stopped the medication on November 9 2014. I had no side effects for a month. And since December 10 2014, the side effects are back.

  2. If you have pre or post-Finasteride bloodtests, what hormonal changes have you encountered since discontinuing the drug (pls post your test results in the “Blood Tests” section and link to them in your post)? n/a

  3. Anything not listed in the above questions you’d like to share about your experience with Finasteride?

  4. Tell us your story, in your own words, about your Finasteride usage and side effects experienced while on/off the drug.

Hi, since I started taking proscar 3 years ago, my libido started decreasing as well as my speech was started to be not as good as before. At the time, could not really realize that it was because of the treatment. In August 2014, I experienced my first erectile dysfunction. Again, I did not know it was because of the treatment. Before I stopped the treatment on November 9 2014, I experienced complete erectile dysfunction, really bad testicular pain, I also noticed my penis was changing. After I stopped, all the side effects went away. I started to have morning erections back. Now, since December 10 (which was not a long time ago), I have testicular pain and erectile dysfunction again.

I would like to have advice. I don’t want my side effects to get worse than what they are now. And, of course, I would like the side effects that I’m currently experiencing to go away. What should I do? What specialists should I see? Since I had my “crash” only a few days ago, is there something specific I can do?

Thank you.

#2

Dont masturbate and dont eat shit. Dont overdo work outs. You may crash again.

#3

Are you having insomnia?

#4

This would be a great experiment if you could take arimedex, we have one user that supposedly understood our problem, and what you are experiencing is called " estrogen dominance " only in a brutal form, a.k.a PFS CRASH, so take a look at some of Justquit’s latest posts to get how many mg a day you should take and start this as soon as you can to prevent further demage caused by these out of whack hormones.

#5

Dude, don’t tell someone who’s mid crash to take aramidex ffs. Op, try and relax bro. Read up and don’t rush into anything before you understand it.

#6

Yes, I’m also having insomnia. I’m really stressed. I try to relax but it is really hard. I really don’t know what I can do. I tried to see an endocrinologist. But he’s not available before February.

I also feel a really bad stomach pain. I read somewhere in the blog that I should masturbate as many times as I can. Should I?

Have you heard of people in my situation in which case it did not get worse or it the side effects went away?

#7

Your stomach pain will go. Dont masturbate. who is this idiot that suggests masturbate?

#8

I crashed over a year ago, and noticed (by trial and error) that crash symptoms become worse by 1) having sex 2) aerobic sports 3) eating (fast) carbohydrates.

If I were you I would try to abstain from them. Drinking a lot of green tea seemed to help me to control excess cortisol during the crash.

The following advice by gefinauser might also be helpful: