Hey. I took antidepressants for two days only, and the side effects were insanely unbearable. Could be related to that it was very early during my PFS symptoms. I should’ve waited some months. But I never took it and everything cleared up. If your depression and anxiety is pretty bad, and you have tried other things, it would have to be a last resort with medicine if you ask me.
Thanks for your replies. I’m personally 3 months post-finasteride and I’m only experiencing mental symptoms, no sexual ones. I also had tinnitus and hyperacusis at the beginning, but they’ve calmed down. However, the anxiety and this feeling of sadness are very hard to deal with, even though they don’t stop me from living a fairly normal life. The truth is, I’m struggling internally every day… I find it hard to enjoy the things I used to love, and the general anxiety is heavy. My symptoms fluctuate… I used finasteride for 8 weeks. What would you recommend? I feel like our stories are pretty similar.
I understand. My symptoms were mainly mental, anxiety for the most. The first three months were the worst, a lot of derealization. I also felt no urge to do things that I once enjoyed. What helped me was to continue my daily life as usual, and slowly do things out of my comfort zone that I once did. I wouldn’t take any meds if I was you. Rather, go and join and infrared sauna a couple of times per week, take supplements such as magnesium and curcumin + black pepper. I began to do intermittent fasting. I pushed myself out to be social. It does take a couple of months, but within a year I could travel again and slowly it was all manageable.