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Where are you from (country)? USA
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How did you find this forum? Google search. propecia side effects and male melasma.
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What is your current age, height, weight? 27, 5’ 10” 165lbs
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Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of exercise? moderate. run and lift.
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What type of diet do you eat (vegetarian, meat eater, raw, fast-food/organic healthy)? fairly clean, low fat. no fast food.
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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)? off and on for 4 years
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How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start Finasteride? about 23
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How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit? 27. May of 2015
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How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)? cold turkey
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What type of Finasteride did you use – Propecia, Proscar, Fincar or other generic? generic
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What dose did you take (eg. 1 mg/day, 1 mg every other day etc.)? 1mg/day
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How long into your use of Finasteride did you notice the onset of side effects? hard to tell because I didn’t put the two together but maybe a year or so into it?
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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
[ ] Erectile Dysfunction
[ ] Complete Impotence
[ ] Loss of Morning Erections
[ ] Loss of Spontaneous Erections
[ ] Loss of Nocturnal Erections
[ ] Watery Ejaculate
[ ] Reduced Ejaculate
[ ] Inability to Ejaculate / Orgasm
[ ] Reduced Sperm Count / Motility
Mental
[ x] Emotional Blunting / Emotionally Flat
[ x] Difficulty Focusing / Concentrating
[ ] Confusion
[ ] Memory Loss / Forgetfullness
[ ] Stumbling over Words / Losing Train of Thought
[ ] Slurring of Speech
[x ] Lack of Motivation / Feeling Passive / Complacency
[x ] Extreme Anxiety / Panic Attacks
[x ] Severe Depression / Melancholy
[x ] Suicidal Thoughts
Physical
[ ] Penile Tissue Changes (narrowing, shrinkage, wrinkled)
[ ] Penis curvature / rotation on axis
[ ] Testicular Pain
[ ] Testicular Shrinkage / Loss of Fullness
[ ] Genital numbness / sensitivity decrease
[x ] Weight Gain
[ ] Gynecomastia (male breasts)
[ ] Muscle Wastage
[ x] Muscle Weakness
[ ] Joint Pain
[ x] 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)
recently noticed brown patches under eyes and forehead. almost like a melasma type condition.
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What (if any) treatments have you undertaken to recover from your side effects since discontinuation of the drug?
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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)?
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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.
Started taking propecia as a preventative measure years ago. I believe it worked for hair loss. Have kept my hairline and everything well. I thought the drug was fine but looking back I feel I may have experienced some symptoms and didn’t correlate the two. Even now I’m not sure if Propecia is related to my problems, if its a mental thing or what. But over the past few years I noticed depression that I’ve always had has severely worsened. My libido has dropped, fatigue and anxiety through the roof. again not sure if its because of the propecia or some other factor.
Most recently I noticed big patches of brown show up on my face. Under my eyes, on temples, middle of forehead and on my right hand. Have some background with skin and it seems awfully like Melasma which is most commonly a female related problem that could possibly be linked to estrogen/female hormone levels. This lead me to finding out propecia could mess with hormones and made me correlate the two. and also led me to think maybe some of my past issues are related to this drug as well. Just trying to sort this out and looking for some help. Stopped taking propecia about 3/4 weeks ago and so far no improvement.
Thank you for reading. This has been pretty hard on me. and nice to meet everyone