hey everybody, this is my first post here so add another miserable person who’s life has been ruined by this awful drug, at least for now.
I’m 21 years old.
I got finasteride a few months ago, my first attempt on it I took the regular dose for 3 or 4 days. got sides & stopped, after a month I was back to normal.
really wish I would have stopped there.
I tried it again w half a pill, got sides & stopped. after a month I was completely back to normal again.
third try. I took a quarter of a pill everyday 15 days straight which is the longest I had been on it. got sides, stopped. started feeling better & then crashed. it’s now been 3 months & I’m still suffering side effects.
I don’t know why I was so stupid to try to force my body to adjust to the drug, I feel like i may have ruined my life & I’m miserable 95% of the time.
there is a small glimmer of hope though.
my penis was pretty much dead a week & a half ago. but for the past 5 days I have seen some improvement.
I now get weak morning wood, which before I had nothing.
I can get an erection Laying down & sitting down. it can get to about 80% by itself but then requires physical stimulation for me to get it to about 95%. still doesn’t get to 100%.
once I stand up it disappears.
now when i try to make my penis move I guess is what you could call it when it’s completely flaccid I actually get a response from it, albeit a weak one. but a few weeks ago I would try & absolutely nothing would happen.
I am so scared. I have a girlfriend & I’m so afraid that I’ll lose her because of this.
based on my story does it sound like I have a chance of recovering to 100%?
the worst thing is the fact that my erection disappears when I’m standing up.
& also the fact that to keep it at 95% is not easy. it often wants to shrivel back down to 80%.