Hey folks,
I’m 23 years old, started taking propecia 2 years ago because my hair was thinning just a little and as a musician a slight vanity made me think that people would rather see a guy with a full head of hair on stage. Anyways, in the past two weeks i’ve had two experiences that i found alarming. The first incident was a post-bar experience with a pretty girl and I found myself not able to maintain an erection. I was embarrased but attributed it to being quite tuned in, having been at the bar. But last night, with the same girl, I was able to achieve erection but not maintain. I was pretty embarrased, having never had any problem in that department before.
So i started looking up Propecia side effects, and this site came up (though I wish it was the first site that came up in my search). I’d never really thought of some of these things before, but it’s true, no morning woodrows that i can remember in the last two years, the brain fog sounds a bit familiar, though I always attributed that to depression… As a competetive endurance athlete i’ve also noticed that when lifting weights the muscle mass tends to decrease sooner than it used to after quitting lifting sessions.
So i’m done with this drug. But I was wondering if it might be better to ween myself off of it than to go cold turkey. And if so, what the best protocol might be . I was thinking of taking a half a pill every other day for about two weeks so that my body doesn’t go too haywire. I must say that all of the stories i’ve read on here telling about how symptoms worsened after stopping use have me pretty scared. Really scared in fact.
Any help would be so much appreciated.