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#1

  1. Where are you from (country)? israel

  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? 28, 1.70m, 70 kilo

  4. Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise? not

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

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

  7. For how long did you take Finasteride (weeks/months/years)? 6 years

  8. How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start Finasteride? 20

  9. How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit? 26

  10. How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)? i just stoped

  11. What type of Finasteride did you use – Propecia, Proscar, Fincar or other generic? propecia

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

  13. How long into your use of Finasteride did you notice the onset of side effects? no side effect while using

  14. What side effects did you experience while on the drug that have yet to resolve since discontinuation? nothing

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
[ ] 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
[ x] 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
[ x] Genital numbness / sensitivity decrease
[ x] Weight Gain
[ -+] Gynecomastia (male breasts)
[ x] Muscle Wastage
[ x] Muscle Weakness
[ x] Joint Pain
[ ] Dry / Dark Circles under eyes

Misc
[ ] Prostate pain
[ x] Persistent Fatigue / Exhaustion
[ ] Stomach Pains / Digestion Problems
[ ] Constipation / “Poo Pellets”
[ ] Vision - Acuity Decrease / Blurriness
[ ] Increased hair loss
[ ] Frequent urination
[ ] Lowered body temperature

[x ] Other (im getting injured a lot each time i go to run\play football)

  1. What (if any) treatments have you undertaken to recover from your side effects since discontinuation of the drug?
    testomax no use…

  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.

kornilos story
treatment
#2
  1. Where are you from (country)?
    israel
  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?
    28 ,1.70,70kg
  4. Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise?
    the last two years not at all . i have tried but i get injured all the time , my muscel are very week
  5. What type of diet do you eat (vegetarian, meat eater, raw, fast-food/organic healthy)?
    evrything,healthy
  6. Why did you take Finasteride (hair loss, BPH, other)?
    hair loss
  7. For how long did you take Finasteride (weeks/months/years)?
    6.5 years
  8. How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start Finasteride?
    20
  9. How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit?
    26
  10. How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)?
    cold turky
  11. What type of Finasteride did you use – Propecia, Proscar, Fincar or other generic?
    propecia
  12. What dose did you take (eg. 1 mg/day, 1 mg every other day etc.)?
    1mg
  13. How long into your use of Finasteride did you notice the onset of side effects?
    one week after i have quit. before no sideeffect
  14. What side effects did you experience while on the drug that have yet to resolve since discontinuation?
    no sideeffect whie on the drug only when i have stopped
    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
[ ] Watery Ejaculate
[x ] Reduced Ejaculate
[ x] Inability to Ejaculate / Orgasm
[ ] Reduced Sperm Count / Motility: maby i didnt cheek

Mental
[x ] Emotional Blunting / Emotionally Flat
[ x] Difficulty Focusing / Concentrating
[ ] Confusion
[ x] Memory Loss / Forgetfullness
[ x] Stumbling over Words / Losing Train of Thought
[ ] Slurring of Speech
[ x] 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
[ x] Genital numbness / sensitivity decrease
[ x] Weight Gain
[ x] Gynecomastia (male breasts)
[ x] Muscle Wastage
[ x] Muscle Weakness
[ x] Joint Pain
[ ] Dry / Dark Circles under eyes

Misc
[ ] Prostate pain
[ x] Persistent Fatigue / Exhaustion
[ ] Stomach Pains / Digestion Problems
[ ] Constipation / “Poo Pellets”
[ ] Vision - Acuity Decrease / Blurriness
[ ] Increased hair loss
[ ] Frequent urination
[ ] Lowered body temperature

[ x] Other (please explain)

i get injured evry time that im doing sport do someone experiance the same??

  1. What (if any) treatments have you undertaken to recover from your side effects since discontinuation of the drug?
    testomax didnt work at all

  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)?
    i will check for it maby i have

  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.

i took propecia becuse i thoght it could help me against my hair loss. acctually it didnt help at all but i was allways thinking that maby it dont stop my hair loss but it make it slower .
beacuse i didnt had any side effect i just keep on taking it. i remember twice that my doctors recomended me to do a break for one month and so i did.

with the years i understood that i can live my life without hair and i have stopped to take it.
then the nightmare began.

at age of 26 1-2 weeks after i have stopped taking the drug i felt wired i went to a girl and i just could not have sex with her. few days afret the same and i thogth that its becuse of presure from the university and i had some bad thing going throw on me but its last and then after 2 month i belive i found this place and i understood that i have PFS …
i tried to ignore it by not reading nothing and hope its all in my head but in the end i realized that im in a problem.
now im in a serious relationship and my girlfriend advise me to share my story with u.

#3

“Welcome” to awareness.

I have always played soccer and during my finasteride taking I also got injured for the first time in my life. I felt weak, later my joints was cracking all the time, I had pain…

So it seems DHT plays a role in maintaining a strong musculoskeletal system and preventing its ageing.

#4

totaly but i feel a bit diffrent than you. while i was with propecia i felt ok, and i got injured but not somthing radical. After quiting all of the problems appear. i had like 5 diffrent injuries from doing just easy sport.

#5

Yes…
Almost everybody here feel worse afterquitting, me too. But I didn’t get injured post-finasteride (probably because I reduced considerably my sports activities due to fatigue. I even hailed taxis often on the street.)

Now I am much better, so keep optimistic. Cheers!

#6

how did u got better ? with time?

#7

i have tried to post another 2 post’s. why its not apearring?

#8

hi guys, my main problem is fatigue.
Coincidently i have injured myself as well while on/after taking propecia.

I always feel my legs weak and strenghtless. Also my hips can’t maintain my legs properly, they’re vigorless. Anybody feel like this?
Because of these i got chronic pain in my left knee… I’ve been on this for the last 4 years. Not so easy.

Nevertheless, i have great days, where all my pains go away and i feel completely cured, full of energy. This occurs about 1-2 times per month.

Wish i had less bad days, because when im on them, i feel totally wasted and can’t function properly. Even a short walk is difficult.

Anyway, keeping hope is always a good thing!

#9

just stay positive and try to do sport slowly.
i just run into that and im starting to have thoghts: Your Brain On Porn , google it…
i have to say that evryone that i have spoke with jercking a lot/ was very sexual in comperation to other persones.

have anyone here can say clearly that he didnt watch porn each week?

#10

Do sombody know that does it means Leucocytes high ? it stands for 250 .

#11

So after 2 years of suffering i can report some small progress.
first of all i have once in a while mornning erections (first year none).
second i feel that my muscels are less vonruble.

today i started a my healing process.
eat right-acording to Ornish diet
sport each day (running/walking/ciyclin)
no drugs no alchohol.

i will fast for one day each month

all of the above will continue for 4 month and i will keep you update about my progress.

any segestuions?

#12

What do you mean by your muscles are less vulnerable?

#13

i mean that i can do modrate sport activities without to get injured.
in th first year i could get injured from every minor sport activity