first of all, i just have to say that this website is a godsend. you’re all great men, and if i could, i would buy each and every one of you a beer
here are the facts. I am 22. I used propecia 1 mg tablets on a mostly consistent basis for about a year. i then took three months off because I thought the drug was way too expensive,and my hair was starting to really look great. I then took propecia again for another 6 months afternoticing my hair falling out at faster rates. last week i stopped taking propecia. here’s why:
When i started propecia, I was just turning 21. i was as virile as a bull shark. I stared at tits and ass all day (i am not trying to joke around i will keep it serious) and i watched porn almost daily and tried to chase every girl i met. when i started taking propecia i was extremely hesistant about the side effects i read about, but i , like so many of you fine gentleman, followed merck’s bullshit claims that 'it only affected less than 2% of 'to the depths of mental hell. around the time when i started taking the drug i also started dating my current girlfriend. as you all know the first months of a great relationship are full of fantastic, non stop sex, and i couldnt keep my hands off her. after 4 months of dating and no side effects (hair looked much better), she moved across the country, and because i loved her, i decided to stay with her in a long distance relationship.
here is where propecia rears its nasty fucking head.
while she was away(for 6 months!!!) the side effects of propecia came into play, but they came so subtly, i only started to notice much later. while i was home with my friends, i would keep in good contact with my girl across the country while still going out with my mates and helping them chase tail and generally be fun loving young guys. it was about after a month or two ofmy long distance relationship that i began to wonder. i never had the desire to masturbate. morning wood stopped occuring. I also felt less mentally sharp and i wasnt on point. here i was, having not had sex for several months, losing the desire to at least talk to girls while my girlfriend was across the country. now i respect women and the moral code that no man should ever cheat on his girl. but here i was with NO desire to even think about girls. my friends would encourage me, hey man, just help me wing it tonight, lets just meet some chicks, and i had no desire to help. my friends were amazed that i could keep up such abstinence but little did they know i was on the devil’s pill.
anyway, after those 6 months, my gf moved back and we have been dating ever since. i stopped taking propecia for 3 months in the summer not because I had side effects but because the drug became too expensive. during those 3months i didnt notice any relief from side effects and when i got another job last fall, i began taking the 1mg pills again. I had been on the drugs for the last 6 or so months, and stopped taking them last week when i found this website and realized that my loss of morning wood and loss of sexual desire and general mental ‘foginess’ where commonplace side effects of this terrible pill. So now i begin my recovery from propecia but before I take a trip to the endocrinologist, change my diet, and start trying to regain my mojo i wanted some questions answered and i was hoping you guys couldhelp answer.
I certaintly lost a lot of my libido. I have sex with my girlfriend about 3 times a week (which is low when youre both 22 year olds) but it doesnt feel thesame.
my main question is: can i pin my lack of sexual desire and infrequent encounters solely on propecia or is it also maybe a product of dating a girl for over a year and a half and having thing just turn stale, as in, im under the impression that anyone who dates someone for over a year loses sexual interest at least somewhat? it is a possibility that my loss of mojo was just a product of a stale sexual relationship or does propecia come into play?
also, beause the side effects took so long to kick in and did so very gradually , i cant really remember what it was like to be a really horny man. because of this mental cloudiness, i cant quite remember what i lost, so i cannot determine exactly howmuch libido i lost, but i know i used to be hornier.i just dont feel it anymore!
ive been off the drugs for a week. morning erections non existent, and i dont feel the need to whack off ever.
is it worth going to an endocrinologist or will i just pysch myself out of future recovery? this site is extremely helpful but i worry that there can come a point where one starts to seek too much advice and delays helping themself.
also, a lot ofthe ‘full, 98%, almost full’ etc. recovery stories posted concern guys that have the drugs for a matter of months or less. do you guys have any ideas about recovery times for aguy that has taken satan’s pill for over 1.5 years?
i cant thank you guys enough for taking thetime to read my story. any advice in any form is welcome. if you guys ever want to bring merck down i am there with you and i will spend every last dollar i have made suing the shit outta them.
god bless