Has anyone tried marijuana?
For…?
I don’t think Marijuana will help, only hinder… it makes you “slow”… not mentally sharp.
I don’t think anyone wants additional brain fog after finasteride.
I think that would really screw one up. Add to the brain fog factor etc.
I have headaches + brain fogs, and I tried marijuana on new years to see whether it would at least give me a painfree moment.
It didn’t. I wouldn’t recommend - it elevated the situation, although it’s now returning (I had tried dope about 6 times before, and never had any side effects previously)
I am a fellow propecia victim. I recently started smoking marijuana occasionally in the past year. I used to smoke regularly in my college years and then stopped for about 2 or 3 years. Now that I am a light marijuana user again, I have noticed something:
It seems that while I am high and have marijuana in my system, there is more bloodflow to my penis and I have more of a desire for sex/masturbation. Drinking alcohol is devastating to my sex drive now that I suffer from these propecia problems, but it seems very light marijuana use is helping.
I dont know why this is. It doesnt make sense. Marijuana not only increases heartrate (which technically should hurt your ability to have an erection due to constricting veins) but it is also a depressant. Because of this I am confused as to why it is helping me.
I dont want to make you think it has completely returned me to normal, because it hasnt. I am far from what I used to be. But still…there seems to be an increase in bloodflow and sexual desire.
Anyone want to comment?
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I haven’t smoked marijuana but once since the onset of my problems, but I will say that I always found that it increased my libido (i.e. desire for masturbation/sex). I’ve always assumed that this is simply because it works as an aphrodisiac… I wanted to have sex, because I knew it would feel particularly good, just like I wanted to listen to music because I knew it would sound particularly good. I’ve never really given it much thought. I’ve avoided it since I began suffering from post-Fin syndrome, in large part because I’ve heard it decreases testosterone, which is the last thing any of us need. For what it’s worth though, I seem to recall that the one night that I did smoke some weed I ended up having shockingly good sex.
YES!! I have noticed this myself. My unit definitely gets fuller and harder when high. No doubt. There is also a bit more sensation. I can’t even imagine what is at work there, but it most surely is. The thing is, you don’t even have to use that much for the desired effects to take place. Interesting. I was just thinking this same thing and you ended up posting it.
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Shit. Maybe I should go back to buying eighths 
I’ll smoke another J when I get the chance and report back to you. If I have another positive response, I’ll even smoke cdnuts down.
The one negative is obviously decreased Gaba activity which can lead to very high levels of anxiety if you aren’t fully comfortable when you use it. Recently though, I haven’t been having that problem and have just been gaining the increases in the sexual capacity.
I have noticed at times I have incredible anxiety when I’m high…but not like…how to put this…not normal anxiety like “oh my god im going to have a heart attack.” I don’t mean that kind. The kind I mean is just a rush of millions and millions of thoughts going through my head so fast and so randomly, that it literally begins to make my heart rate skyrocket. You mentioned Gaba? I didnt know that weed and gaba interacted that way to produce axiety. I wonder if supplementing gaba would help.
The fact that weed lowers testosterone I suppose is good for hair loss…but not good for sex. Now that I think of it…all my friends who are real actual pot heads, all have full heads of hair. Haha.
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I just meant that because our Gaba function is impaired, this is exactly what happens sometimes when you smoke.
The increase in blood flow to the penis is mediated by changes in the brain after smoking. What changes, I don’t know, but something definitely does.
I just wonder if anyone else using this site has considered the possibility that very moderate reduction of testosterone could actually benefit post-FIN sufferers when considering some of the ideas/theories about how FIN and coming off FIN affected our androgen levels and adrogen receptors.
I had a positive response when I ate space cakes in Amsterdam. I’m thinking about trying again at some point…
i remember after i smoked or drank alcohol i always was uncontrolably horny!
but i never smoked weed while on propecia or afte3r
I suspect thc would increase cortisol thus producing a calming effect. I doubt that the lowering of lh fsh and testosterone and possible prolactin has this calming effect. Probably the opposite.
We are all high strung and when we are relaxed we get horny. I belive its as simple as that then again im just guessin here 
We’re “high strung” chemically speaking because of the damage done to the Gaba channels via allopregnanolone pathway. This is one of the reasons many post fin guys have horrible sleep as well. One of the most powerful, and helpful combo’s I’ve tried before was to pop a xanax, a small dose, say .25-.50mgs and then take a small amount of marijuana. The two synergise perfectly and quiet the static in these nerves. I have no problems getting aroused and performing several times in a row. The erections are solid too due to the increased libido. The problem with both of these is they will dull your mind even further should you use them habitually.
When I do this while cycling androhard, I become a complete stud in the bedroom. The sad thing is, it doesn’t last. As soon as I stop everything, I go back to baseline, which is functional, but still subpar. I struggle with this, because for awhile I can make myself feel almost normal. It’s a slippery slope…
CD I’m not sure if you checked out my post here yet:
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4363&start=0
Have you used only marijuana without any other substances for it’s vasodilation effect? I’m talking NO other intervention, only the paleo diet. Xanax is like the muscle relaxer I refer to in the post, prescription muscle relaxers stop working for me after a single use and only for a day before the opposite effect. Marijuana actually sharpened my mind…
I can’t find the thread right now, but there’s been other discussions about the prosexual effects of marijuana that I’ve been part of. Have you seen them?
Yes, I’ve used it by itself before and the experiences have been positive. Xanax isn’t a typical muscle relaxer, it’s a benzo, which acts on Gaba in the brain. It gives me the results I want everytime I’ve used it. Some people have to watch it though, because it can be addicting.
CD you cant state that gaba is the reason for this as its a fact. We dont know this and to my knowledge there isent anyway of confirming this by testing?
And the reasoning in the gaba theories hav flaws. Atleast for alot of members.
If my DHT is high we have to belive untill otherwise proven that my 5ar is high. We have to belive that untill otherwise proven that both 5ar I and II are functioning properly if my dht is high.
So if my 5ar is high and my progesterone normal or high as its been on various tests why should i assume i have a reduction in prog to allopreg convertion when its the same 5ar as makes my DHT high?
Is there another way that low allopreg can damage gaba somethin that we know about or can be tested?
Almost any endocrine dissordere will have poor sleep and anxiety listed as a sideeffect so i cant c how you can present the above as a if it was a fact. Is there something im not aware of?
Cheers