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Where are you from (country)?
Brazil -
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 -
What is your current age, height, weight?
37 old, 80kg, 1,78m -
Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise?
10km of Bicycle twice a week -
What type of diet do you eat (vegetarian, meat eater, raw, fast-food/organic healthy)?
sometimes fast food or most of time meat, rice, beans, salad, fruits -
Why did you take Finasteride (hair loss, BPH, other)?
agressive hair loss -
For how long did you take Finasteride (weeks/months/years)?
7 years -
How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start Finasteride?
28 old on 2005 -
How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit?
35 old on 2012 -
How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)?
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What type of Finasteride did you use – Propecia, Proscar, Fincar or other generic?
propecia 1mg -
What dose did you take (eg. 1 mg/day, 1 mg every other day etc.)?
1mg/day -
How long into your use of Finasteride did you notice the onset of side effects?
after one year of usage i noticed lack of nocturnal erection -
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
[ x] Complete Impotence
[ x] Loss of Morning Erections
[ x] Loss of Spontaneous Erections
[ x] Loss of Nocturnal Erections
[ x] Watery Ejaculate
[ x] Reduced Ejaculate
[ x] 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
[ ] 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?
I tried drugs to increase libido, tried several kind of specialists mainly urologists and the solution was to use injectable drugs to recover erection. -
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)?
After Finasteride discontinuing, there is no deviations in my blood test. every results seems to be normal. -
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.
When I was 28 my hair started falling agressively so I decided to visit the doctor. He recomended Finasteride 1mg would be my salvation.
After one year using Finasteride my hair were still falling but it seems they were growing again… it would really be my salvation if I haven´t start having lack of morning erection.
From that time up to now I live in Desperate due to lack of genital sensibility, lack of penis contraction, lack of erection, lack of libido. I stopped using Finasteride there are almost two years and the symptoms are far to desapear.
The doctor told me my problem started due to Finasteride usage and the solution for now is I have to use injectable drugs if I wanna keep sexual relationship.
Nowadays I manage to reach the orgasm with masturbation but the semen leaves with no pressure due the lack of contraction.
I see no light in the end of the tunnel.