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Where are you from (country)? USA
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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?) Random google
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What is your current age, height, weight? 5’5 150-160
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Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise? 2-4 times a week, hiking, weight lifting, joggin
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What type of diet do you eat (vegetarian, meat eater, raw, fast-food/organic healthy)? Somewhat healthy meat diet
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Why did you take Finasteride (hair loss, BPH, other)? hair loss
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For how long did you take Finasteride (weeks/months/years)? 1 month
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How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start Finasteride? october 2014
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How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit? 25
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How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)? cold
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What type of Finasteride did you use – Propecia, Proscar, Fincar or other generic? Fin
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What dose did you take (eg. 1 mg/day, 1 mg every other day etc.)? .5 / day
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How long into your use of Finasteride did you notice the onset of side effects? 2 weeks
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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 ] Reduced Ejaculate
[X ] Inability to Ejaculate / Orgasm
Mental
[ X] Difficulty Focusing / Concentrating - Because my ED is worrisome and i cant concentrate on anything else
[X ] Severe Depression / Melancholy - this is because of my sexual dysfunction
[X ] Suicidal Thoughts
Physical
[X ] Testicular Pain - Mild but it is constant
[X ] Testicular Shrinkage / Loss of Fullness - It definitely appears to be smaller, i doubt its mental
[X ] Genital numbness / sensitivity decrease - not numb, but sensitivity is less
Misc
[ X] Persistent Fatigue / Exhaustion - likely due to the depression caused by my ED
[ ] 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? None yet
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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 took the drug for a full month before deciding to quit cold. Week 3 i started noticing my libido was much less, went from a horn dude 24/7 to not even enjoying looking at hot girls at my school, no boner, no desire to stare. Week 3.5, i noticed while masturbating that my hard on is not so hard and i need to stimulate it constantly to be erect. Week 4, Complete impotence, no libido, no hard on. Just a floppy dick
I need help on where to start for help. I already emailed Dr. Crisler. My local physicians are completely a waste of time who are not aware this condition. I am clearly doomed, but this forum is encouraging, the few success stories makes me want to go on.