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Where are you from (country)?
USA -
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?)
Looking for help after taking finasteride and feeling side effects from it -
What is your current age, height, weight?
26, 6ft, 145 pounds -
Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise?
I have started exercise since this happened. Lifting heavy weights and short intense sprints -
What type of diet do you eat (vegetarian, meat eater, raw, fast-food/organic healthy)?
I eat a combination of meats and veggies, no sweets or any junk food this this started -
Why did you take Finasteride (hair loss, BPH, other)?
Hair loss -
For how long did you take Finasteride (weeks/months/years)?
roughly 3 weeks -
How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start Finasteride?
26 10/11/15 -
How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit?
26 11/02/15 -
How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)?
Cold Turkey -
What type of Finasteride did you use – Propecia, Proscar, Fincar or other generic?
Generic -
What dose did you take (eg. 1 mg/day, 1 mg every other day etc.)?
1.25 every other day -
How long into your use of Finasteride did you notice the onset of side effects?
2 weeks -
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
[x] Watery Ejaculate
[ ] Reduced Ejaculate
[ ] Inability to Ejaculate / Orgasm
[ ] Reduced Sperm Count / Motility
Mental
[ ] Emotional Blunting / Emotionally Flat
[ ] Difficulty Focusing / Concentrating
[ ] Confusion
[ ] Memory Loss / Forgetfullness
[ ] Stumbling over Words / Losing Train of Thought
[ ] Slurring of Speech
[ ] 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
[ ] Testicular Pain
[x] Testicular Shrinkage / Loss of Fullness
[ ] Genital numbness / sensitivity decrease
[ ] Weight Gain
[ ] Gynecomastia (male breasts)
[ ] Muscle Wastage
[ ] Muscle Weakness
[ ] Joint Pain
[ ] Dry / Dark Circles under eyes
Misc
[ ] Prostate pain
[ ] Persistent Fatigue / Exhaustion
[ ] Stomach Pains / Digestion Problems
[ ] Constipation / “Poo Pellets”
[ ] Vision - Acuity Decrease / Blurriness
[ ] Increased hair loss
[x] Frequent urination
[ ] Lowered body temperature
[ ] Other (please explain)
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What (if any) treatments have you undertaken to recover from your side effects since discontinuation of the drug?
Exercise, Lifting weights, Vitamins -
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)?
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Anything not listed in the above questions you’d like to share about your experience with Finasteride?
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Tell us your story, in your own words, about your Finasteride usage and side effects experienced while on/off the drug.
I started taking finasteride after first noticing some slight hairloss on my temples which i was not really fond of, so I wanted to make sure it didnt get worse.
After trying things such as minoxidil and other hair loss products that didn’t really seem to work for me… I turned to finasteride. The first couple weeks I felt fine.
Nothing seemed wrong but then I was watching porn one night and noticed that i couldn’t maintain an erection, after i noticed this i thought i might need to stop but i
heard if you keep taking it then your symptoms would most likely reslove. I took it for another week and noticed this was not happening so I decided to quit. I almost had
an immediate crash once i decided to stop. I noticed that my dick and testicles became numb and cold. It didn’t feel like i had a dick anymore, the dick brain connection was severed. I also felt like shit and could not get any kind of sleep. after a couple weeks it seemed like I was improving and I almost thought I was recovered that quickly… unfortunately this was not the case… it seemed like the symptoms came in waves and it still kind of feels like that. Fast forward to now…
As of now I am better than i was when I first crashed but no where near normal…
Improvements
-Regained feeling in my testicles and dick
-No longer feels cold in that area
-When I am able to masturbate it seems like I cum a lot and its not very watery
-Get morning wood almost every other day but it is not consistent
-Some days dick looks it did pre fin while flaccid
-Waves of slight arousal that comes and goes
I’m still not back to normal but what has happened so far gives me hope that I may recover. It seems like my condition comes in waves… some days I feel like normal and other days I can’t get horny no matter how hard I try. I will keep a strict diet, lift weights and continue to take vitamins in hopes to get better.