Just quit cold turkey on 7/14/2012 after 14 days of hell

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#1

  1. Where are you from (country)?usa

  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?) google

  3. What is your current age, height, weight? 51/5’10’’/155

  4. Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise? swim

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

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

  7. For how long did you take Finasteride (weeks/months/years)? 14 days of hell

  8. How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start Finasteride? 51

  9. How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit? 51

  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? mylan

  12. What dose did you take (eg. 1 mg/day, 1 mg every other day etc.)? 5 mg / day

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

  14. What side effects did you experience while on the drug that have yet to resolve since discontinuation? depression, anxiety, agression,testical pain,prostate pain worsened , cronic tireredness,sleeping, decreased sex drive,fear coming out every pore in my body.

Put an X beside all that apply:

Sexual
[ x] Loss of Libido / Sex Drive
[ x] Erectile Dysfunction
[ ] Complete Impotence
[ x] Loss of Morning Erections
[ ] Loss of Spontaneous Erections
[ x] Loss of Nocturnal Erections
[ ] Watery Ejaculate
[ x] 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
[ ] Slurring of Speech
[ x] Lack of Motivation / Feeling Passive / Complacency
[x ] Extreme Anxiety / Panic Attacks
[ x] Depression / Melancholy

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

Misc
[x ] Prostate pain
[ x] Persistent Fatigue / Exhaustion
[ x] Stomach Pains / Digestion Problems
[ ] Constipation / “Poo Pellets”
[ ] Vision - Acuity Decrease / Blurriness
[ ] Increased hair loss
[ ] 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? truehope empowerplus vitimans,

  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)?

  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.this stuff is evil. depression, suicide ideations, the list goes on.

#2

Hello Barry, welcome to the forum. If you could share your story with us, it would help us better understand your situation to provide feedback. That said, if you just quit, give yourself a few weeks to assess things as it is very early days for you.

#3

Sounds like you have the severe depression and anxiety… I had these for months. Finally feel somewhat recovered from this after 19 months off thou negative things still seem to make me more upset then they should. They really need to classify this drugs mental side effects more accurately. Devestating sexually and even worse mentally… Making it harder and harder to cope with the sexual and physical side effects.

I hope you see some resolution shortly it may take time thou for even a partial recovery. Did you have any sort of crash at all?

#4

yes I crashed big time and that was the straw that broke the camels back for me…

The best thing to do to rid your system of these toxic chemicals is to take whey protein 2x/day for a couple weeks.
It works, the chemicals of these drugs store in the fat tissue,(merk and and I think its phizer did studys on it). when You take the whey protien they bind with the protien and get flushed out.

It works.

also very important is to take high doses of these truehope.com/ .

I take 20 per day.

#5

Barry, rather than posts links to other sites selling products (which appears dubious as it is your 2nd post on the site), pls share your story with us in detail. Thanks.

#6

I could not pee very well do to a enlarged prostate.
went to a doctor and was prescribed Finasteride Propecia Proscar .
I got sick after 14 days of usage, (symptoms listed above)…Thats as detailed as it gets

I fogot to mention I sit in a sauna 2x day to sweat out as many toxins as possible.many area gyms have these.

Focusing on the solution/recovery.

Im feeling better.