- Where are you from (country)?
Mexico, Queretaro - 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?)
“propecia secondary effects” - What is your current age, height, weight?
78kg, 23, 1.76 - Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise?
No, 1 time per week. - What type of diet do you eat (vegetarian, meat eater, raw, fast-food/organic healthy)?
meat eater, a lot offast food, actually I eat very bad. - Why did you take Finasteride (hair loss, BPH, other)?
Hair loss - For how long did you take Finasteride (weeks/months/years)?
months - How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start Finasteride?
3 periods
1st period 1st May- 2007 to 1st-september-2007 19years, no side effects
2nd period 1st june- 2008 to 1st November 2008 20years, no side effects
3rd period 1st jul 2009 - 1st november 2009, - How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit?
November 2009 22years - How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)?
Cold turkey - What type of Finasteride did you use – Propecia, Proscar, Fincar or other generic?
Propecia - 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?
1 month, but I thank that it was phsicologic. - 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
[ ] Watery Ejaculate
[x ] Reduced Ejaculate
[ ] Inability to Ejaculate / Orgasm
[ x] Reduced Sperm Count / Motility
Mental
[ ] Emotional Blunting / Emotionally Flat
[ ] Difficulty Focusing / Concentrating
[ ] Confusion
[ x] Memory Loss / Forgetfullness
[ x] Stumbling over Words / Losing Train of Thought
[ x] Slurring of Speech
[ ] Lack of Motivation / Feeling Passive / Complacency
[ ] Extreme Anxiety / Panic Attacks
[ ] Depression / Melancholy
Physical
[ x] Penile Tissue Changes (narrowing, shrinkage, wrinkled)
[ ] Penis curvature / rotation on axis
[ x] Testicular Pain
[ x] Testicular Shrinkage / Loss of Fullness
[ x] Genital numbness / sensitivity decrease
[ x] Weight Gain
[ ] Gynecomastia (male breasts)
[ ] Muscle Wastage
[ ] Muscle Weakness
[ ] Joint Pain
[ ] Dry / Dark Circles under eyes
Misc
[ x] 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)
No big sensation in my gland and my penis when I touch it
- What (if any) treatments have you undertaken to recover from your side effects since discontinuation of the drug?
I started to do cardiovascular exercise and a diet. But I have 4 days only. - 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 don´t have a blood tests - Anything not listed in the above questions you’d like to share about your experience with Finasteride?
In the third period of taking finasteride I drank alcohol frequently and did not exercise, NO like in the other 2 first periods that I did a lot of exercise and NO alcohol. - Tell us your story, in your own words, about your Finasteride usage and side effects experienced while on/off the drug.
I have taken propecia in 3 periods of my life.
The first period. 2007
During 5 months i was taking, when i was 19 years, i experimented a very good results in my hair and a little bad things like low desire sex and a little change in volume, i stopped the treatment by the high cost of propecia, the little bad effects disappear inmediatly. I remembered that i was doing a lot of exercise and i have never taken alcohol during this period of propecia. Satisfactory results.
The second period. 2008
During 5 months i was taking propecia, when i was 20 years old, i experimented the same things that in the first period, but i canceled the treatment because i saw results and there was not really necessary to be continued. I have taken a little portions of alcohol during the treatment, like an half of bottle in on week, distributed in the days and a lot of exercise. All was good with my hair and my sexual systema. Satisfactory results.
The third period:
I was 21 years.
Date: may - june 2009
I had a girlfriend and she, by any reason, did not want to have sex with me i was very angry and when i tried to have sex she rejected to me and i really did not understand why.
No exercise.
July 2009: I started to taking propecia, in this month (july) i experimented sex desire and rare erections, sometimes very good and sometimes not very good like ever had, i suposed that was a phsicological thing by the things happened with my girlfriend before. No exercise.
August - october 2009: I started to drink a lot of alcohol because i brake with my girl with various problems. I continued with the treatment and the bad things suddenly appears. Bad things: i experimented a really sex desire, NO erections and my testicles produced pain. The thing that really show me a change is that my “glande” in my pene experimented a reduction and my pene in general too. No exercise.
October 20 2009. I was very scared, i stopped the treatment inmediatly, but the symthomps never get away.
2 years later of stopped the treatment i continue with bad symthopms: pathetics erections (suddenly my erections are better than ohters, in general pathethics) suddenly my testis produce pain, i have a very low volume of semen, sex desire, No orgasm in masturbation or other i have not a sexual relations and i think that i am infertile.