Hi,
Zoloft (50 mg) + workout has helped me sleeping.
Sleep = 4 hours straight each night approx. since 1 week (taken Zoloft since 6 weeks)
Maybe my sleep issues weren’t fully related to Propecia persistent side effects. Or these side effects have at least faded away after 4 years
It’s such a relief !
Courage to all
Zoloft is an antidepressant drug, not a sleeping pill or sleeping aid
Three days off sleep pills. Feel very similar to after I crashed. Like an emotionless, weak, apathetic ghost. Will be back on sleep pills starting tonight. I guess ill have to be on the motherfuckers the rest of my life. thanks propecia.
Sometimes I get so down man. I wonder if suicide is the solution. To end misery. Im full of hate, despair, anger, regret, jealousy, and disgust. I just want to punish my fucking body for not working like it goddamn is supposed to
I feel so depressed man its hard to breathe. I dont know what to do. I know I am not a strong person I am handling this like a weak pussy. But life is meaningless to me now. I just want to die finally. Can I please just die and be gone from this world?
Hey scared
Judging by your usage date you and I found ourselves on this site at about the same time. I just wanted you to know that nobody considers you a loser or weak. What you’re going through (even without the sexual side effects) is akin to a daily user of heroin coming off after many years. The damage the drug has done to you can only be healed by time.
Mate, I know it’s hard but all of us here on this website are here to support you. We know how shit the period that you are going through is. You know yourself you have periods of recovery where things look better - know that one day that will be the norm.
Hold on brother and all the best to you
I feel cheated out of my life
Hang in there scared. You are not weak at all. This shit is fucking unbelievable; you are not alone in feeling this way.
Back on remeron for sleep. What a difference. I’m starting to feel better, more optimistic. Sleep is the key for me. At least for the mental sides. Last weekend I had gone off and felt the same old symptoms of apathy, mental fog, depression, anxiety, fatigue. Now I’m feeling a bit more optimistic, energetic, clear headed etc. Also I’ve been in the gym everyday since Tuesday.
Got off remeron for sleep because of weight gain. Got back on trazodone. Hell man these side effects are INTOLERABLE!!! Ive lost weight and am losing muscle mass as well. Went to the gym today and 2 hrs later my arms look small and weak! I am starting to realize that prescription meds are not the answer. I will just get back on remeron and be fat untill I can get off these fucking medicines. What a shitty nightmare this has become. Fuck! I really cannot see a way out that will allow me to live a normal life!!! Im ready to find someone and get in a relationship. Now im either gonna be fat, sleep deprived zombie, or a weak frail man. Is there no sleep medicine that doesnt have these fucking side effects?!
I see this ending badly for me. I cannot live with sleeping pills, and I sure as shit cant live without them. Im a deadman walking.
You should do intermittent fasting with a 4 to 6-hour eating window… It won’t fix all your problems, but you’ll sleep better in a week and it will also help you with your other symptoms, not to mention that you’ll lose all the extra fat you gained. Before doing it, I was never able to go back to sleep when I was waking up after 4 or 5 hours of sleep because my mind would go racing uncontrollably as soon as I was a little bit awake. Now, I can.
I know you don’t like the idea of taking benzoids, but taking clonazepam once or twice a week really helps me keeping things on track. This way you wouldn’t built a tolerance and clonazepam won’t make you fat.
Another thing that makes a huge difference for me is the fact of reading before sleeping. When I do it, I fall asleep more easily and usually sleep longer. When I don’t have the discipline to do it, I usually get into trouble.
Ok tried 5mg melatonin last night. Tossed and turned all night. Guess id have to give it time. Dont feel so bad today. I will get back on remeron and revisit this issue after im finished with college and have a decent job. I cant keep playing doctor on myself. I will find a doctor to listen to me and help me. Until then I will keep working out and living well.
Mainly to treat secondary hypogonadism caused by PFS, Im’ giving a try to Forskolin. It is too early to give a verdict (I’ve been using it for less than a week), and even if it helped raising LH, FSH and T the effect could fizzle out like many other things such as Maca, Tribulus, Clomid, Avena Sativa, Arimidex, etc. However I do feel it has a positive effect on sleep.
My insomnia is not severe, I rarely take heavy stuff like Lormetazepam or other benzodiazepine, instead I usually take either melatonin or gaba + ashwagandha. But in the last few days I’ve been sleeping rather well without any sleeping aid, and this is unexpected.
I see my insomnia as the root off all problems. Everytime I sleep well, I feel like my old self. If only there was a sleeping pill I could tolerate for a long time
What about ambien or lunesta?
hi,
i’ve just joined…
i suffered gynecomastia from propecia in 2005. it never fully resolved.
One year later/one year and half, in 2006 I developed some brutal insomnia.
It was started by a few nights of bad sleep while finished university and some loud upstairs neighbours. aggravated some noise sensitivity i had during sleep and never went back to normal. it’s 2013 now.
i tried countless medications and am in the process of research for some more solutions.nothing has worked.
i dont have problems to fall asleep but i do to maintain asleep, especially waking up in the early hours. I now feel this is related to cortisol secretion in excess, and I’m falling back in the propeciahelp forum…i also have high cholesterol and upper limit prolactin (12 out of 17 max) I’m wondering if my condition has anything to do with this sh*t drug!!
I wanted to tell you guys a probably good medication to try for sleep is pregabalin. i want to ask my doctor for this now.
This propecia problem seems to be connected to adrenal fatigue, or am I wrong?
All that I know is that getting deep sleep allows me to feel normal the next day and is great for my energy. Remeron has allowed me to get back a fairly normal life, amongst other lifestyle changes. If only it didn’t cause weight gain. But after all I’ve been through I can deal with 20 extra pounds. I workout every day now, so I’ve lost a little. Also my mom takes it but she doesn’t eat and is not over weight. So I think some of it is will power obviously. But for me this is the best treatment for PFS this I have tried. So many of my symptoms are directly related to sleep.
i’ve tried like…5 or 6 AD’s for sleep.
Remeron was the best but I had muscle spasms at night because of it and had to add Clonazepam in the morning, 0.5mg.
It helped me but when i got a bit more stress in my life (working and moving countries) I started waking up on work days in the eearly morning, 6 hours after falling asleep.so it didnt cure me.
when i sleep i also feel normal, but i guess that’s just…NORMAL 
I just want a safe med that doesn’t make me fat. I only have so much confidence as it is. I might try restoril at my next Dr. appt in February. I know a guy with pfs who successfully takes ambient for 8 years. I won’t give up on giving myself the best quality of life I can. I have so much back. I’m starting at a big company when I graduate in December. I’ll have benefits and health insurance. I will take my time and be patient. I still have hope for my future.